Sky Island Unitarian Universalist Church

Sunday Service July 3  The Mountain of Tolerance: A Community’s Experience of Dirty Dishes   Guest speaker Emrys Staton will share some experiences of living in intentional communities, and how those skills translate into our wider experience of creating strong communities. Emrys Staton is currently serving as the ministerial intern at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation […]

Sunday Service June 19 Not Necessarily Your Father’s Day   When President Lyndon B. Johnson proclaimed the first official nationwide Father’s Day in 1966, he said that in American homes “we look to the fathers to provide the strength and stability which characterizes the successful family.” The ideal father we’re supposed to honor on Father’s […]

Sky Island UU Church Sunday Service May 22  Justice and the Future Can we achieve justice for the Earth and its current inhabitants? And can we extend justice 7 generations into the future? Is justice a concept that only applies to human life? The future of life on Earth depends an awful lot on what […]

Sky Island UU Church Sunday Service May 15  Treasuring the Past, Looking to the Future What is your vision for your own life, for your children/grandchildren/great grandchildren, for our congregation, for Unitarian Universalism, for the earth? We’ll explore these questions during Rev. Linda’s last sermon of this church year (she’ll be back in the pulpit […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service May 8  Poor Archy’s Almanack One hundred years ago this spring, journalist and poet Don Marquis created Archy the cockroach and Mehitabel the alley cat to fill space in a newspaper column.  Over the next twenty years, Archy and Mehitabel provided America with clear-eyed yet charitable observations about the world […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service May 1  Flower Service   The service will be led by Rev. Linda Lawrence and church member Terry Zapotocky. The service is multi-generational so the children will participate in the service, and there will be no separate children’s religious education. We will learn about the origin and meaning of the […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service April 24  Conversos or Crypto-Jews The title refers to early Spanish settlers to the American southwest, many to northeastern New Mexico.  Ferdinand and Isabella gave the Jews the option of conversion to Christianity or exile. Suspicion lingered, however, that many among the converts continued to practice “the Dead Law of Moses” […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service April 10  The Spirit of Islam Through the Tacheria School of Spiritual Direction, our minister recently spent a day with Imam Jamal Rahman as he spoke about Islamic Sufi spiritual insights and practices.  With pleasure and with the imam’s blessing, Rev. Linda will share some of those teachings to foster […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service March 27  As We Give We Gain – A Multi-Generational Service Our March 27th service will celebrate some of the themes of Spring: Easter, renewal and the rebirth of the human spirit through acts of altruism and kindness. Come, celebrate with us, all the wonderful volunteers in our midst, those who keep our congregation […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service April 3  Spirit: Relating to It All Our congregation’s own Jerry Fitzmaurice writes: I have always been interested in how people of different cultures and religions viewed life. So I welcome the opportunity to share some of what I have learned. I will try not to stray into my own beliefs, […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service March 20  The Reality of Interdependence According to Buddha, for every action there is an effect, and all of our actions affect others. Small actions can lead to great effects. In these challenging times, we need confidence that all of our actions matter and can bring benefit to those around […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service March 13 Interdependence: The Tension Between Individualism and Community As we become more independent we experience groups and communities of different sorts and sizes.  How do we weave a satisfying web of community while honoring the uniqueness of its individual members? Presenter: Rev. Linda Lawrence Facilitator: Carolyn Edwards Click Here To Listen

Sky Island UU Sunday Service March 6  The Oneness of Everything: Reflections on my trip to Alaska Sharon Travis has been a member of Sky Island since it’s very first congregational meeting in Feb. 1996 at the Pintek Ranch in Bisbee. On her bucket list, Sharon always wanted to travel to Alaska. Her desire was […]

Rev. Linda Lawrence We will explore some of the stories and issues raised in this year’s UU Common Read –”Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson. Although the subject matter of the book is tough – “defending the poor, the wrongly condemned, and those trapped in the furthest reaches of our […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service February 21  Justice: My Perspective from Baha’i Writings  Gwen Calhoun will address our February theme of “Justice: Soul Force” from the perspective of the Baha’i faith. Biography of Gwen Calhoun Currently a member of the Sierra Vista City Council, Gwen Calhoun also serves on several boards such as AZ Community […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service February 14  Soul Force: What Is It? Who Has It?  Who Needs It? On this Valentine’s Day, we will explore some of the deeper meanings of love as demonstrated by the teachings and lives of Jesus, Ghandi, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Presenter: Reverend Linda Lawrence Facilitator: Tricia Gerrodette Click […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service February 7  Soul Force What calls to you most deeply?  What motivates you to take action? Why?  These are questions we’ll explore as we begin examining our next monthly Baja 4 theme: Soul Force. Brief Biography of Rev. Lisa McDaniel-Hutchings Rev. Lisa  is a life-long Unitarian Universalist and an ordained […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service January 31  Wage Reconciliation There is a double meaning to this title. The more obvious meaning is about how we reconcile our wages in a time of rampant wage inequality. The other, subtler meaning is about waging not war, but reconciliation. To wage reconciliation would be to aggressively pursue forgiveness. Is it possible […]

Sky Island UUC Sunday Service  January 24  STUCK Being stuck is no fun. America is stuck.  What are we “stuck” on? How badly “stuck” are we? Most importantly: How do we get “unstuck”?  As a nation, we are at a crossroads. One way or another, how we answer these questions will determine our fate – […]

Sky Island UU Sunday Service January 17  What Does It Mean to Forgive?  Forgiveness is a concept that everyone understands – until they’re asked to define “it” (from Amish Grace). This morning we will continue to explore the meaning of forgiveness and its importance to us as Unitarian Universalists. Message: Rev. Linda Lawrence Facilitator: Carolyn Edwards   […]