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Universalist Society of Strafford
South Strafford, Vermont
A Member of the Unitarian Universalist Association

“Teach this triple truth to all: a generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things which renew humanity.”
— Buddha

Upcoming Services

In Autumn and Winter, all services begin at 10 a.m. in Barret Hall, across the street from the UU Church in South Strafford.

Sunday, January 29
"Midwinter Reflections --Standing on the Side of Love" Laelia Tawnamaia will be the guest in the pulpit. Click here for details.

Sunday, February 5
"Hands Across the Ocean -- Rwanda today and imperatives to becoming global citizens in the 21st Century." Presenter: Paij Wadley-Bailey. Click here for details.

Sunday, February 19
"The Power of the Heart"
Rev. M’ellen Kennedy will lead the worship service. Click here for details.

Sunday, March 4
Rev. Richard Kellaway, Consulting Minister of the UU Fellowship of Stowe, will be the guest in the pulpit.

Sunday, March 18
"Welcome Spring!"
Rev. M’ellen Kennedy will lead the worship service.

Soul in Cinema
Noon - 2, Barrett Hall,
Third Sunday of each month.
Click here for details of upcoming films.

Minister

Dr. M'ellen Kennedy

Click for Directions

Welcome!

Our church celebrates freedom of belief and welcomes individuals and families of all backgounds and faiths. Unitarian Universalism does not advocate a particular creed. We come together because of our shared commitment to values and to ways of living, not to religious dogma. See “What Is UU?” for more about the long history and tradition of Unitarian Universalism.

The Strafford Universalist Society is the second oldest in Vermont and fourth oldest in the nation. Though the society was dormant for several years in the 1980s and 1990s, we are now growing again, meeting in the “new” church built in 1833 in the village of South Strafford.

Services are held on the first and third Sundays of each month – in the historic church building during the warmer months, and across the street in Barrett Hall in the winter. We hope you will join us!

On November 20, Ginger Wallis of Thetford gave a remarkable talk at the Church entitled "Vulnerability — Reflections on Illness and Recovery." If you missed it, click here.

Gratitude

There is an amazing, inspiring short film by Louie Schwartaberg, available on the internet, that will fill you with gratitude — gratitude for the wonders of the beautiful planet on which we live and for the people with whom we share it. Click here and enjoy.

Special Guest Coming February 4
Hands Across the Ocean -- Rwanda Today, and Imperatives to Becoming Global Citizens in the 21st Century.

Presenter: Paij Wadley-Bailey, MA Social Ecology / Masters in Education, a member of Vermont Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) for the past decade, is liaison to Rwanda/WILPF and has made month-long trips there for the past 8 years. Paij assists in the convening of a 3-day WILPF Congress, teaches English Language Learning in the small village of Gerimpuhwe, and brings youth to Rwanda for independent studies and to be engaged in voluntary peace-related projects. She organized the Solar Cookers for Rwanda project in which this congregation participated.

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