About Wildflower Church
We are a deliberately inclusive, open-minded religious community in the Unitarian Universalist tradition, growing spiritually together, spreading love, justice, and joy!Our Mission
Growing spiritually together, spreading love, justice, and joy!
Our Vision
We nourish the growth of Spirit in new ways.
We work as partners for social justice with our wider community.
We deepen our multiculturalism and grow in diversity.
We create spiritual spaces, in our central home and beyond.
This is our vision of the Wildflower Church we aspire to be.
Wildflower Covenant for Beloved Community
The spirit in me welcomes the spirit in you, in all our wholeness and imperfection.
We celebrate our connections and our differences.
We actively seek to create equity as we build relationships with one another.
We care for one another and for ourselves.
We listen to others with respect and open hearts, intending to understand.
We speak to others with respect and kindness, intending to be understood.
We make every effort to settle differences directly and openly.
This beloved community is our spiritual home: we all share our gifts to build it.
We commit to be in covenant and to be called back into covenant.
7 UU Principles (as of Sept 2020)
- 1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
- 2nd Principle: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
- 3rd Principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
- 4th Principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
- 5th Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
- 6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
- 7th Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Voices of a Liberal Faith
Our Values
We commit ourselves to the following values…
Caring
We express love in action: for one another, for strangers, for our community and our planet.
Transcendence
We experience awe, hope and joy in connecting with something bigger than ourselves.
Spiritual Growth
We transform our authentic selves through worship and learning, work and play, taking risks and talking about things that matter.
Justice
We promote fairness, freedom and empowerment, in our society and our relations with one another.
Outreach
We engage with the communities around us, to serve and to open doors for those in search of a spiritual home.
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In the midst of a situation which is itself ever changing, we are free to bring into realization new relationships of understanding and good-will, and new acts of courage.”
– Rev. Frank O. Holmes (UU minister)
Our Goals
1: Wildflowers grieve, heal, rebuild trust and develop as a community that knows how to disagree effectively/move into conflict, set healthy boundaries, and hold each other accountable within brave spaces where vulnerability and non-defensiveness occur and a deeper understanding emerges.
2: Members, friends and visitors experience sustainable & joyful involvement in the church community and beyond that fulfills their spiritual needs.
3: Wildflower makes relevant changes in its bylaws, policies, processes, and practices, dismantles oppressive structures and hierarchies and decenters whiteness to become a more anti-racist and multicultural church community.