I lost my UU virginity... (beliefs, attend, doctrine, church)

Meesheltx · #1 10-17-2005, 11:19 AM

haha...sorry for the raunchy title...I couldn't resist!

Anyway, I went to the First Unitarian Church of Dallas this past Sunday for the first time. I had really never been exposed to this kind of church before. Before the service, I went to a discussion group and the topic of the day was Ayn Rand. Wow! What a difference! The oppenness of everybody and the willingness to accept eachothers' differences was very refreshing. I learned a lot about Ayn Rand and objectivism and I hope to keep learning more. The service was also very interesting, and I actually felt like I fit in, even among people who believed in the Jewish doctrine, the Christian doctrine, and so on and so on... If anything made me feel a little out of place, it was the fact that I believe I was the only one in the place that was 20ish and straight. But thats not really important! It was a great feeling to attend the service, and I do plan on going back, even if its just to learn more about it!

Anyway, I just wanted to share that with y'all!

Green Gaia · #2 10-17-2005, 11:22 AM

I'm so glad you had a wonderful experience!

What had prompted you to attend a UU service in the first place?

robtex · #3 10-17-2005, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Meesheltx

Before the service, I went to a discussion group and the topic of the day was Ayn Rand.
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That is awsome! Only in a UU sermon would the topic of disscussion be Rand and her philosophy

Meesheltx · #4 10-17-2005, 01:09 PM

My dad had been going for a few weeks and I just so happened to be awake at 8:00am when he was leaving so I decided to go with!

michel · #5 10-17-2005, 01:14 PM

I am so happy for you meesheltx; sounds like you have found your 'niche'

Shadow Wolf · #6 10-17-2005, 01:19 PM

I have been wanting to go to a UU service just to check it out. I am curious as to how a sermon can please people of many diferent religions.

Green Gaia · #7 10-17-2005, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Luke Wolf

I am curious as to how a sermon can please people of many diferent religions.

Just curious what you mean. We are one religion made up of individuals with different backgrounds and beliefs. Not everyone is always pleased by everything the sermon or homily or service, but in UU that's OK. We go into knowing that we're not all going to agree 100% of the time, but we choose celebrate and worship together anyway.

Davidium · #8 10-17-2005, 04:56 PM

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Anyway, I went to the First Unitarian Church of Dallas this past Sunday for the first time.

Great! A friend of mine is currently the Intern (Student) Minister there. His name is Stephen Atkinson. He is from my seminary, and in fact sat on my admittance board for seminary. You might have met him. If you do, tell him you met David from the UU Church in Galveston online... he will probably laugh at the online part.

In fact, I am considering getting up real early one morning and driving up just to hear him preach before he goes back to Chicago... but dont tell him that, I want to surprise him.

Anyway, I'm glad you had such a good experience... First UU Dallas is a great church. They took care of some of my members when Hurricane Rita headed this way.

Oh, and on the question of what kind of sermons do UU's have, well, I preach at a UU church once a month. If you are interested in the ones I do, they can be found in my journal at http://dynamicdeism.org/tpst/viewforum.php?f=14 .

And remember, UU is not many different religions... it is one religion with many different faith traditions.

Yours in faith,

David Pyle
Administrator and Lay-Minister
UU Fellowship of Galveston County
www.uugalveston.org

Ciscokid · #9 10-18-2005, 08:38 PM

I recently attended a UU church about 25 minutes from my house and I was floored by the friendliness of the Church. I believe I have found a home. I love the UU way of life...it's so refreshing.

lilithu · #10 10-18-2005, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Meesheltx

haha...sorry for the raunchy title...I couldn't resist!

It's the kinda thing a UU would do.

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Originally Posted by Meesheltx

Anyway, I went to the First Unitarian Church of Dallas this past Sunday for the first time. I had really never been exposed to this kind of church before. Before the service, I went to a discussion group and the topic of the day was Ayn Rand. Wow! What a difference! The oppenness of everybody and the willingness to accept eachothers' differences was very refreshing. I learned a lot about Ayn Rand and objectivism and I hope to keep learning more. The service was also very interesting, and I actually felt like I fit in, even among people who believed in the Jewish doctrine, the Christian doctrine, and so on and so on... If anything made me feel a little out of place, it was the fact that I believe I was the only one in the place that was 20ish and straight. But thats not really important! It was a great feeling to attend the service, and I do plan on going back, even if its just to learn more about it!