Coming to an in-person event? Please check out our current COVID-19 policy!
Beginning Nov. 7, 2021, UUCY services will be held in person at 407 N. 1st St. on Sundays at 10 a.m. with the exception of Nov. 28 which will be a Tune in Together service via Zoom. These are the policies we will be following, … read more.
With great regret, the service planned for this Sunday in the park has been canceled. COVID-19 is still a concern, and in addition the air quality in Yakima has been unhealthy due to fires. Given the recent trend it seems unlikely to improve much before … read more.
On August 17th the UUCY Board met in an emergency Zoom session regarding in-person services. It was decided to suspend in-person services through the month of August due to the COVID threat and current air quality issues. This decision wasn’t taken lightly. Members of the … read more.
Due to our state’s current surge in cases and the emergence of a more transmissible variant of the COVID-19 virus, we are bringing UUCY’s protocol in line with the CDC’s latest recommendations. Masks are required for all in-person events (Sunday services, meetings, etc.). To be … read more.
Reflecting on Wendell Berry, corona virus, September 11, and community resiliency.
This video message is offered in lieu of our Sunday service an March 15, which was cancelled due to the corona virus health emergency.
Dear UUCY Members and Friends:
In order to help prevent the spread of the covid-19 virus, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Yakima is suspending all officially- sanctioned UUCY in-person services, meetings and gatherings, including events outside of the church building, until further notice. This … read more.
There’s an old song I like, by Michelle Shocked, that goes:
The secret to a long life is knowing when it’s time to go.
I thought of that song, in a
sort of humorous way, after the recent UUCY Board retreat at which I informed
the board … read more.
Some people say living in religious community is
easy. You get to hang out with
like-minded people, so you never have to be confronted by someone who sees
things differently.
But
others say living in religious community is hard, because even if you are
surrounded by people who mostly agree … read more.
As I write this, I was reminiscing just two days prior about the incredible moment just three years ago when the US Supreme Court decided, in the case Obergefell v. Hodges, that marriage equality was the law of the land. I was attending the UUA’s … read more.
