We nurture hearts and minds, practice beloved community and work for justice.―UU Santa Fe Mission Statement

BELONG TOGETHER | Right relationship with others

When we welcome babies in our church, when we welcome new members into the community, when we celebrate the love of beaming couples, when we ordain new ministers, we speak not in the binding language of contract, but in the life-sustaining fluency of covenant, from covenir, to travel together. We will walk together with you, child; we will walk together with you, friend; we will walk together with each other toward the lives we mean to lead, toward the world we mean to have a hand in shaping, the world of compassion, equity, freedom, joy, and gratitude. Covenant is the work of intimate justice.―Rev. Victoria E. Safford

Unitarian Universalist communities are covenantal, meaning we promise one another certain things―sacred things. It says we will breathe together, travel together, and witness and shape our lives together. At UU Santa Fe, we may not be better at right relationship than any other spiritual community, but oh how we bend toward that "intimate justice!" We hold one another in a deep and abiding embrace. We promise. Let us travel together.

At UU Santa Fe, we travel together in many ways; however, here are some obvious ones:

• ​Spirituality Groups―opportunities for friendship, spiritual growth, mutual responsibility, leadership, and service (28% of our members are in covenant groups)
• Affinity Groups―connections around shared identities or activities
• Support Groups―support as we cope with life's challenges
• Learning Groups―shared learning and spiritual practice opportunities

75% of our membership belongs to one or more of these groups!​

For our current community life activities, click here and/or read the UU Santa Fe Weekly eNewsletter.

Typical Hospitality Events

• September Ingathering Potluck Brunch
• October New Member Potluck
• November 22 Thanksgiving Dinner
• December Holiday Potluck Dinner
• December 24 Dessert Potluck
• Refresh! Fellowship and Family Nights

UU Santa Fe Annual $$ Events
Throughout the year we gather to FUNdraise and enrich our UU Santa Fe community.

• September Octoberfest
• October Book Sale
• March-April Annual Canvass
• March Mardi Gras
• May Mega Sale

As Parker Palmer writes:
I no longer ask, “What do I want to let go of, and what do I want to hang on to?” Instead I ask, “What do I want to let go of, and what do I want to give myself to?”

Welcoming Diversity

"All of us, God willing, [are] here to unravel each other and love back together what we find."―Mark Nepo

Unitarian Universalists are dedicated to living our faith and practicing what we preach. Working for civil rights and combating oppression are essential parts of our spiritual journey. Our history includes notable abolitionists from the 1700s and 1800s, members of color as early as 1785, the first ordained minister of color in the U.S., founders of the NAACP, leaders of the 1960s voting rights movement, and more.

We continue to work for justice today in ways that resonate with our Principles, from protecting our environment to advocating for full civil rights for bisexual, gay, lesbian and transgender people. For decades our social justice statements have supported equality for all people, regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation, age or ability.

We are a caring, open-minded spiritual community that encourages your spiritual growth and supports you in your life. Unitarian Universalist communities are places where people gather to nurture their spirits and put their principles into action by helping to make our communities—and the world—a better place. Come, and belong.

“The root idea of our entire tradition is the covenant. A covenanted free church is a body of individuals who have freely made a profoundly simple promise, a covenant: We pledge faithfully to walk together in the spirit of mutual love. The spirit of love is alone worthy of our religious loyalty, our ultimate loyalty. So, we will meet often to take counsel concerning the ways of love, and we shall yield religious authority solely to our own understanding of what these ways are, as best we can figure them out or learn or remember them, together.”―​Rev. Alice Blair Wesley