Vibrant UU global communities during a time of pandemic
Unitarian centres around the globe are switching to online services to continue worship and community engagement during the current coronavirus pandemic. In most cases, we’re interested in maintaining strong connection and support for people in our immediate geographic community, but we are also part of a global community. Outlined below are some of the many online services currently available. In most cases you can just drop in, but in some instances, you may need to be invited. For a taste of the richness of the UU community world-wide, check some of these out!
International UU Online Services – Spring 2020
Worship, Chat, Meditation, Multigenerational…
Last updated by Keith Wilkinson, Vancouver Unitarians, Canada, 6 Apr 2020
Here is a partial and constantly changing list of international UU congregations that are meeting online using zoom, YouTube, FaceBook and other live-streaming services. Website and email addresses are listed to help ensure access to the most current information. Times are for the sponsoring group!
| Australia, New Zealand & CLF | Day, Local Time & Type of Meeting | Website links |
| Norwood, Southern Australia | Sun, 1030 AM, ACST | SAUC Webpage, Facebook |
| Auckland, New Zealand | Daily, 1100 AM, Virtual Morning Tea | AucklandUC zoom |
| Church of the larger fellowship | Long-standing online programs for UUs. | CLFUU Webpage |
| European Congregations | Day, Local Time & Type of Meeting | Website links |
| UK 2020 Annual Conference – Online | Wed, 8 Apr 2020, 6:45 pm Greenwich time, 10:45 AM Pacific time |
UK Annual Conference info |
| St Mark’s Unitarian Church Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
Sun, 11 AM, GMT, Service | SMUCE |
| Roslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel, Hampstead, London, UK | Sun, 11 AM, GMT, Service | RHUC, YouTube |
| Other UK Congregations – | Various online services, live and pre-recorded, are offered by different UK congregations. Visit individual websites for best information.
You can also try the UK Unitarian Online Services which leads most often to FaceBook accounts for the named congregations. Further queries or updates by Email to UK Unitarian Information Officer |
Search here for information on specific UK congregations: UK Unitarians Find a Congregation
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| International Unitarian Church of Prague, Czech Republic | Wed, 7-8 PM, Czech time, Discussion | IUCP zoom or Email |
| USA Congregations | Day, Local Time & Type of Meeting | Website links |
| UUA | The UUA offers many resources related to online worship, but doesn’t currently have a page listing all congregations with online services. If you’re thinking about dropping in on an online service/discussion in a community of interest to you, just find the website for that community and look directly there for what they have to offer. Below are examples of active congregations in Western, Central, and Eastern USA. | UUA Resources
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| WESTERN – First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR |
Sun, 1005 AM, PT | FUCP web or Live via BoxCast, YouTube, Facebook |
| CENTRAL – Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church, Kansas City, KS |
Daily online Evening Fellowships 5:30 PM
Daily Children’s Online Programming |
KansasCity |
| EASTERN – All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation, New York City, NY, USA |
Daily remote programming. Sign up to receive emails from All Souls, including instructions for remote programming. | Sign up |
- GMT = Greenwich Mean Time. Posted times are those of the sponsoring congregation.