A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

As the holiday season approaches, I want to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for this vibrant and caring community. The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Phoenix has been a source of light and love throughout this eventful year, and I am continually inspired by the ways we support one another and live out

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

Christmas is almost here! Each year, the staff and I go through all the services that we are having, figuring out the order of the service, placing the best music in the right place, figuring out what our themes are, and getting all the details in place. Each year, we set a date that we

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

I had two profound experiences that led me to the same conclusion.  First, on Monday morning was the Arizona Faith Network’s annual gathering. Over 200 Interfaith leaders, lay people, and community leaders were present to share the good works that we were each doing and to celebrate the accomplishments of the interfaith community. Each year, I

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner

“Are we a concert venue now?”  This is a question I asked our Music Director Benjie Messer about a month ago. Within the last year, we’ve had musicians reach out to US to do concerts at our facility, including Urban Nocturnes (which made sense because of their connection with Glenn Stallcop), Joe Jencks, Crys Matthews, Emma’s

Navigators Garden Party!

Our Navigators program had a very fun garden day last week! Our group planted a variety of flowers, herbs and vegetables in our garden bed. These plants will be tended to and harvested throughout our programming calendar year.   Thank you everyone that came and helped out. It was a very successful multigenerational event! As our