Mid-Columbia Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
PO Box 521
Hood River, OR 97031

we meet at:
The Rockford Grange
4262 Barrett Drive
Hood River, OR map

Please come visit us!
Sundays at 10am
Sunday Worship with
Children's religious education and childcare
(view our calendar)

We are a Welcoming Congregation. Please come visit!

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Faith, Hope and Silly Songs
by Rev. Craig Moro, June 2010

 
Annual Flower Communion: an MCUUF tradition

Everyone enjoyed the beauty of May flowers at the Penchoen residence at this special ceremony inspired by N. Capek, founder of the Unitarian Church in Czechoslovakia. (led by Cindy Horton)

Mother's Day 2010

Today is the day in the US when we celebrate Mother’s Day. And we aren’t the only ones in the world to do so, as at least 46 countries honor mothers with a special day ...
(read the full introduction by Cindy Horton)

Julia Ward Howe
by Juliana Sandahl
My name is Julie Ward Howe and it is somewhat ironic that I am best known for writing the words for the “Battle Hymn of the Republic,” an anthem used for the Union Army during the Civil War...More
Ann Reeves Jarvis
by Myrna Clements
Good morning. My name is Ann Marie Reeves Jarvis. I feel so honored today to be here with you’all to talk about my work in my beloved West Virginia....More
Anna Jarvis

I’m sure my beloved mother, Anne Reeves Jarvis would be rolling ROLLING OVER IN HER GRAVE if she knew that the Mothers Day...had become so commercialized...More
Out of the Floody Floody
by Rev. Craig Moro, April 2010
We read in the Book of Genesis that all of a sudden God got mad at his whole creation—not only people, but plants and animals, too! What was going on? Did God need a “time out”, or just some time with a friend?

 
A Season of Many Resurrections
A homily for Easter, by Don Hardin, 4-4-10

Today we gather on Easter Sunday, a day when over two billion Christians around the world are celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ form the dead. For most Unitarian Universalists Easter comes as a strange and confusing mixture of ideals, values, and memories... More

Getting Your Goat
by Rev. Craig Moro 3-14-10

Folktales, like religious scriptures, have a bottomless quality. There’s no end to the meanings we can discover, if we keep looking. Listen as we cross the river with The Three Billy Goats Gruff to see what's on the surface, underneath the bridge, and over on the other side. This story is definitely not just for children! (At our "Homily Grist" class after the service, we had a chance to talk more about trolls, goats and bridges as well as how other folktales can be important resources for life.)

Reflections about beliefs and the examined life
A Homily by Tina Castañares 1-24-10

I was finishing a meal one day at Grace Su’s China Gorge restaurant when I got the fortune in my fortune cookie that said, “People willingly believe what they wish." Well, that was quite a fortune to open and read for someone who holds the views that I do. Because in the first place, I would love to think that’s true – that we willingly believe what we wish. But in my observation and self-examination, quite the opposite is often true…. we all hold beliefs that, first of all, we don’t even recognize as beliefs…we like to call them something else ... More

Teen Trip to Portland Jan. 2010...See more in our photo album.

There's Lots Going On at MCUUF.
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Meeting and Greeting at a UU Sunday service