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Welcome to

UU Santa Fe!

We are a busy place. We are interested in community rather than conversion. You don't need to join UU Santa Fe to enjoy our inspiring worship, make meaningful connections, experience transformative learning or participate in justice-making initiatives. Introduce yourself and we will help you find the things that will make your heart sing. Please visit our Online Welcome Table.

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Featured

Many Hands Make Light Work | Rev. Gail Marriner
Sun, Jul 12, 10:30 am
​Fogelson Hall
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This Sunday we recognize all of the many folks whose big hearts and capable hands keep things rolling along here at UU Santa Fe. We will covenant with our new Board of Trustees, enjoy music from our friend Ron Tintner and celebrate with our summer hot dog roast! Please, please RSVP to Elizabeth and Roberta and tell them if you are coming, what you will bring and/or how you will help with set up and clean up! Many hands making light work—in action!
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​Visit our Sunday Gatherings page for more information on upcoming services.​
Annual Hot Dog Roast Potluck & Photo Day
Sun, Jul 12, noon
​Courtyard
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Please RSVP using our online form and let us know if you can volunteer and what food you can bring. Last year so many of you attended that we almost ran out of hot dogs and places to sit! So, we encourage everyone to sign up ahead of time. This year we'll have 4 different types of hot dogs to cover everyone's preference. Questions? See us at the Welcome Table on Sunday mornings.
Freethinkers Forum | Citizen’s Assemblies: Why Democracy Can Work Better Without Elections
Sun, Jul 12, noon MT
Library
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Americans no longer believe their elected officials work in the public interest. They’re right. Learn why choosing our representatives randomly by lot, like juries, could deliver better results and restore trust in democracy. It should be an interesting conversation! You may attend in person or online by going to meetup.com/freethinkersforum and RSVP to attend and receive the link. For more information, please contact Mim Chapman, Roger Brumley or Mary Ellen Gonzales.
Art on Barcelona Exhibit | Lisa Flynn: Road Trip
Meet the Artist:
Sun, Jul 12, 11:30 am–2 pm​
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Art On Barcelona’s new exhibit, Road Trip, features a collection of impressionistic plein air paintings and expressive abstractions by UU Santa Fe member and artist Lisa Flynn. 

Visit our Art on Barcelona page for more information. UU Santa Fe hosts various art installations by local artists; these change tri-monthly. Art on Barcelona is facilitated and curated by Virginia Asman.


​UPCOMING EVENTS & GATHERINGS

For more information about our programming, click the navigation tabs above! For news, click on the UU Santa Fe News tab above.
INSPIRATION​
  • Worship, Every Sunday, 10:30 am MT, in-person and livestream
  • Early Bird Service, 2nd and 4th Sundays, 8:30 am, in-person in the Library​​​​
CONNECTION
EXPLORATIONS
Adult Programming​
  • Adult Groups―for regular meeting times click on the Learning Tab above
  • Adult Classes​​​―click on the Learning Tab above for complete info
  • T’ai Chi Chih, Thursdays, 10–11 am, Fellowship Hall. Seated participant option available. All skill levels and drop-ins welcome. Contact Jim Eagle or Greg Berg for more information.​​​​

Inspiration

Sunday Gatherings

A proper community, we should remember also, is a commonwealth: a place, a resource, an economy. It answers the needs, practical as well as social and spiritual, of its members - among them the need to need one another.—Wendell Berry

At UU Santa Fe, worship is an experience we create together―not in adoration of a god―but rather a celebration of awe, wonder and the sacred. Our Sunday Gatherings are one of the ways we live into community, coming together to greet one another in person or online. We meet at 10:30 am each Sunday morning. Details on each week are found on our Gatherings page. We also offer an Early Bird Service, 2nd and 4th Sundays, 8:30 am, in-person.

Connection
There are more than 25 groups and 280 members and friends participating in our Community Life Groups and events—gathering variously onsite, online and hybrid. Check our calendar and various web pages for more information.

Join a GROUP! MEETING TIMES

For more information about our Groups. To get connected with any of these groups, contact our Office Administrator.
FRIENDSHIP GROUPS
  • Art on Barcelona meets as necessary.
  • Informal coffee hour every Sunday after our gathering
  • Different Drummers. 1st and 3rd Sundays, 1:30 pm Fellowship Hall. 
  • Men's Odyssey. 1st Tuesday of every month, 7–8:30 pm in the library. This is an open friendship group for men.
  • UU Women's Fellowship. 2nd Saturdays, 11 am
NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS
  • Baca Street. 3rd Saturday, 11 am in-person. 
  • Central Santa Fe. Meeting outdoors when activity and weather allows, dates vary each month, mostly weekends. 
  • El Castillo. Residency, no regular meetings. 
  • Eldorado. 3rd Saturday. 
  • North Central Santa Fe. 3rd Thursday, 4 pm in-person as circumstances allow. 
  • Park Plazas. 1st Saturday, 4 pm in-person. 
  • Southside. 2nd or 3rd Saturday, in-person. 
SPIRITUALITY GROUPS
  • Zia Spirituality 1st & 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30 pm MT online
  • Covenant Groups: Soul Journeys is welcoming new members. Their meeting times are varied. Please contact the office for more information.
SUPPORT GROUPS
  • Better Together, for those living along, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 1 pm in the Library
  • Memory Café, every Friday, 2 pm in Fellowship Hall
If you wish to go fast, go alone. If you wish to go far, go together―
N'Gambay People, Central Africa

ART ON BARCELONA


July/August/September 2026
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Art On Barcelona’s new exhibit, Road Trip, features a collection of impressionistic plein air paintings and expressive abstractions by UU Santa Fe member and artist Lisa Flynn. 
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 More information and video.

UUWF 

Unitarian Universalist Women's Fellowship (UUWF)
UUWF is a community of women seeking to enrich the lives of its participants as well as the lives of the women and children of Santa Fe through donations to local Santa Fe charities. UUWF activities are open to any woman in the community, and it’s not necessary to be member of UU Santa Fe to participate. 

For more information about UUWF and to receive our emails about upcoming events, email us at [email protected].

Men’s Odyssey (a Men’s Friendship Group)

An odyssey is a long wandering or voyage usually marked by many changes of fortune; an intellectual or spiritual quest. Open to any man in the community, Men’s Odyssey meets at 7 pm in the Library to discuss matters of mutual interest. In the fall there is a weekend retreat which participants have greatly enjoyed. The group considers service to UU Santa Fe to be an important part of its activities and has, for example, assisted at weddings and memorial services, as well as UU Santa Fe fundraisers. For more information please contact Rod Morgan or the office.

Men's Odyssey Covenant 
We gather for fellowship, mutual support, moral centering and spiritual growth. We hold meetings, share activities, gather for yearly retreats—and share from the heart.

Justice
Below are initiatives and information regarding our justice activities.
Do you have an issue or concern that you would like to see UU Santa Fe form an advocacy group to address? To form a new group, you will need two co-facilitators and at least four additional team members. Contact Mary Ellen Gonzales to explore your idea.

Join a JUSTICE TEAM! MEETING TIMES

Justice Workgroups | Open to All
Our Justice Workgroups are outward focused in serving the needs of the community of Santa Fe and the wider world.
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The Justice Council meets the seond Thursday of each month from 5:30 pm via Zoom.

  • Advocacy and Democracy Workgroup. Contact Gayle Boyd. 
  • Environmental Workgroup: 4th Sunday, 12 pm MT, online or hybrid. Contact Jean Darling.​
  • Community Partners with Ongoing Relationships:
          Adelante: Contact Mary Ellen Gonzales
          Afghan Resettlement: Contact Gale Wasserman
          Esperanza (Community Partner): Contact Cheryl Ancell
          Santa Fe Chapter of the NAACP (Community Partner): Contact                      Michael Brown
  • See our Calendar (all the red buttons are justice initiatives) for more information!
UU Santa Fe hosts the Meetup Page, Santa Fe Justice Makers. Many of our justice initiatives and gatherings will appear on this group page. Join Meetup, then join Justice Makers! And visit often.

​Learn more about Justice Teams
Never forget that  justice is what love looks like  in public.—Cornel West
There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.―Mohandas Gandhi​

SUPPORTING those in Need

July Giving | Minister's Discretionary Account used to provide small emergency assistance grants to folks in need

Learn more about our First Sunday Giving Program!

EXPLORATION

Below are highlights of our Family and Adult programs.
The stories we tell ourselves make us who we are.
―Donna Barba Higuera, The Last Cuentista

Inter-generational Programming
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS!

ADULT LIFELONG EXPLORATIONS

  • Our shared journey is expressed at UU Santa Fe by four core experiences and their corresponding spiritual practices:
  • The experience of Becoming by listening to our deepest self
  • The experience of Belonging by loving our neighbors
  • The experience of Engaging by serving needs greater than our own
  • The experience of Being by opening to life’s gifts.
​Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Explorations offerings.
The most important thing is to find out the most important thing.―Suzuki Roshi, Zen Master

Join a GROUP! MEETING TIMES

​Below are abbreviated descriptions of our Adult Explorations offerings. More info, then scroll down the page. Our Groups gather onsite and online via Zoom video conferencing.
  • ​Freethinker's Forum: A HUUmanist Discussion Group |2nd Sundays, Noon MT | in-person and via Zoom. Find out more on the Santa Fe Freethinkers Meetup page. When you RSVP to attend, Meetup provides you the Zoom meeting sign-in information.
  • Meditation Practice | Sundays, 3:30–5 pm | Fellowship Hall. Vipassana meditation, also known as Insight Meditation, is a Buddhist practice focused on cultivating present moment awareness and understanding the nature of reality through direct experience. Join us for our weekly practice.​​
  • ​​Mindfulness Meditation Group | Mondays, 9:30 am MT | Library and hybrid via Zoom. Guided meditation for 30 minutes and discussion of a short reading. New participants welcome. If joining on Zoom, please email Kelly at [email protected]​ or Robert at [email protected] for sign-in information.​
  • T’ai Chi Chih | Thursdays, 10–11 am | Fellowship Hall. Seated participant option available. Completing the T’ai Chi Chih Beginner Course before attending this weekly practice is recommended. Contact Jim Eagle or Greg Berg for more information.
Learn more about Groups
Wisdom tells me I am nothing, Love tells me I am everything. Between the two my life flows.―Nisargadatta Maharaj


​Adult EXPLORations discussions

ADULT EXPLORATIONS
What Will You Bring
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UU Santa Fe Explorations adult learning programs depends of volunteers. Do you have a burning topic related to personal growth, spiritual wonder, practical life experience, or other topics that you would like to explore? Others in our community might be willing to explore with you. Please bring your suggestions to our Explorations steering team: Mary Ellen Gonzales, Mike Owens or Sherry Kraemer.

UU Santa Fe & Board News

Office Hours
  • Sunday–Friday 9 am–12 pm
  • Our office is closed on Saturdays and civic holidays
  • If door is locked, ring bell

UU Santa Fe Board news

Meetings & Important Dates
  • Board of Trustees Meeting | Board Meeting, Thursday, July 23, 6 pm, Committee Room. Contact [email protected] for more information.
  • Minutes of recent Board meetings may be found on the Members page of the website; contact [email protected] for access.
Highlights from the June 25, 2026 meeting. The Board:
  • Welcomed new Board members Vada Maryol and Michael Owens and thanked outgoing Board members Lisa Flynn and Leon Winston.
  • Recognized new members Elizabeth Hamilton, Caroline Hanna and Dan Peterson who signed the membership book this past month.
  • Thanked the Permanent Endowment Committee for a wonderful year; Tencha Avila for the Kiss Bessemer Goodbye reading that raised over $1,100; the Mega Sale Planning Committee for the best ever sale—$16,000 net; the Facilities Committee for the shade sail; and Jean Darling and the Justice Council for the mulch path.
  • Received a financial update from VP for Finance John Lehman. We have a total of $330,054 pledged for 2026-2027, the amount budgeted. He reported that spending to date is within budget except for higher expenses in the facility maintenance area; we expect a budget surplus this year of about $35,000 owing in part to hiring the pastoral associate late in the year. The approved budget will be presented to the Board in July.
  • Ratified $5,009 in capital funds for the carpeting project as approved by the Executive Committee on June 18. The Library, hall, Committee Room, Aaron’s office and Mary’s office will be carpeted in July.
  • Approved a request from the Facilities and Communications and Technology Committees for $4,800 in end-of-year funds for several projects: replacement computer for the library Wally cart; updated wi-fi network; smart TV for the Committee Room; window shades for the Rainbow Room; and two additional storage cabinets for worship materials.
  • Approved Andrea Cassutt as a General Assembly delegate and payment of her registration fee.
  • Approved the annual Signatories Resolution designating signers on UU Santa Fe financial accounts.
  • Agreed to hold a Board retreat on August 13, at 5:30 pm at church with a potluck preceding the meeting which will address the 2026-2027 Board agenda and other matters.
Busy people have goals; productive people have priorities.―Anonymous​