A Message from Rev. Terry Burke

I envision the Unitarian Universalist church as a sanctuary in the broadest sense, a place to experience healing from the "dis-ease," the lack of ease, characterized by modern life. The church and its living tradition provide a creative alternative to the powers and principalities, a holy ground where people can disarm and be truly human. I think that the first step in creating such a space is tolisten actively to one another and God. I conceive of the church as a meeting house, a place where we encounter one another and the stranger. In such a community, the members take spiritual, emotional and social risks as they reach out to one another and to society at large. The Universalist idea that all persons are ultimately reconciled to God suggests to me the radical connection and equality of all humans. In keeping with that Divine equality, we are called to be co-creators, with God, of greater equality in this world. When we worship together, we sense the new life of God's reign of love and justice, and we live in the ultimate hope of reconciliation and wholeness.