Seeking Truth, Building Community, and Promoting Justice
Welcoming Congregation
We are a welcoming congregation that seeks to be a spiritual home for people of free faith. We value the full range of human diversity, including race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, affectional/sexual orientation, age, national origin, socioeconomic status, and ability.
We acknowledge that we gather on the traditional and sacred land of the Anishinaabe and Dakota people. In honor of their stewardship throughout the generations, we commit ourselves to protecting that land and working to mitigate the effects of climate change.
The St. Cloud Unitarian Universalist Fellowship is a small religious community serving the central Minnesota area. We are a welcoming congregation and a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association which has more than one thousand congregations in the United States and Canada.
Our denomination has a shared set of shared values and principles to guide us rather than a prescribed creed. Each individual has an opportunity to seek their own spiritual path. Our efforts and growth are encouraged through intellectual, aesthetic, supportive and spiritual programs and activities and through discussions among members and friends.
If you are seeking an open and welcoming religious environment, please visit us and share in our fellowship.
Sunday Services
We meet at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday mornings from September through May. The services usually include music, readings, a presentation by a minister or other speaker, and a chance to respond to the presentation. Casual dress is common and the service is less formal than many churches. Visitors are welcome.
On two select Sundays of each month from September to May, a Children’s Religious Education (CRE) experience, based on UU Principles, is offered for children and youth ages 5 – 16. Recent topics have included: Cultivating Compassion, Building Belonging, Nurturing Gratitude, Choosing Hope, and Meditation. Occasionally we go on a Sunday field trip, and last year we attended a Catholic Mass and visited a Hindu Temple.
A “CRE Corner” in the Sanctuary has quiet games and activities for youngsters to enjoy during the other Sundays of the month. “Time for Children” story time is offered early in most services and a nursery is available for infants and toddlers.
Sunday Services and Events
Sunday Services will be multi-platform. You may attend in person or use the zoom link.
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OCTOBER 2025
10:30 a.m. Sunday, October 5: Sympathy, Empathy, Compassion — Rev. Phillip Lund. A good place to start exploring this month's theme of Cultivating Compassion is to understand how compassion differs from similar concepts—especially sympathy and empathy. This Sunday we'll be looking at the subtle (and not so subtle) distinctions between them. Stay afterward for pizza provided by Lois Head prior to the 1:00 p.m. Memorial Service for her son, Karsten Eric Braaten.
Children’s Activity: Youngsters are invited to enjoy the Bright Bulb Kidz Korner or the Nursery with Ms. Shumey.
10:30 a.m. Sunday, October 12: Degrowth: a radical idea for a sustainable future – Scott Russell. Scott, a volunteer with the Sierra Club's North Star Chapter, will speak on the nascent Degrowth Movement which understands that we have to change how we live in order to have a livable planet. The Chapter's new Degrowth Team advocates an economic system prioritizing human well-being, community resilience, and ecological health.
Children’s Program (CRE): We will play games to learn about cultivating compassion. Louise Goetz guides this class for children 4-years-old and up. Nursery care is available for the younger children.
10:30 a.m. Sunday, October 19: Be Compassionate – Rev. Phillip Lund. A growing number of secular and religious leaders in the United States are promoting the view that empathy and compassion are in some way toxic. Our shared values offer Unitarian Universalists a different perspective.
Children’s Activity: Youngsters are invited to enjoy the Bright Bulb Kidz Korner or the Nursery with Ms. Shumey.
10:30 a.m. Sunday, October 26: Finding Refuge in Compassion – Myo-O Habermas-Scher. Our world is in a pressure cooker: natural and human caused disasters, divisiveness, polarization, heartbreak. What do we do with so much challenge? How does our spiritual life support our deep understanding of our world, and our moment-to-moment responses to it? We will examine these questions together.
Children’s Program (CRE): We will play games to learn about cultivating compassion by exploring the domino effect, and how even the smallest act of kindness and compassion, can make a big difference. And we’ll get silly to learn about the power of a smile. Mary Ness leads this lesson for children 4-years-old and up. Nursery care is available for the younger children.