What We Believe
Pacific Unitarian Universalist Church is an inclusive, liberal religious community and a Welcoming Congregation. We are committed to valuing people and encouraging their spiritual, ethical and intellectual development.
Our Vision
We envision Pacific Unitarian as a recognized leading spiritual community seeking to grow, connect, transform, and heal.
Our Mission
Pacific Unitarian Universalist Church is an inclusive, liberal religious community and a Welcoming Congregation. We are committed to valuing people and encouraging their spiritual, ethical and intellectual development.
We gather as a welcoming, progressive congregation where all are free to seek truth and meaning. We put our UU principals into practice by nurturing the spirit, creating community and working for justice in the world.
The Seven Unitarian Universalist Principles:
We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:
1. The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
2. Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
3. Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
4. A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
5. The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
6. The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
7. Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Our Symbol – the Flaming Chalice
Hans Deutsch, an Austrian artist, first brought together the chalice and the flame as a Unitarian symbol during his work with the Unitarian Service Committee during World War II. To Deutsch, the image had connotations of sacrifice and love. Unitarian Universalists today have many different interpretations of the image. To many, the cup represents a religious community, while the flame represents ideas including the sacrificial flame, the flame of the spirit, and more.
Our LIVING TRADITION draws from many sources:
- •Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life;
- • Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love;
- • Wisdom from the world’s religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life;
- • Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God’s love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;
- • Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit;
- • Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.
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