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About the Yadkin Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
The first Unitarian Universalist congregation in Wilkes County, Yadkin Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
(YVUUF) is a vibrant, diverse and growing Fellowship, meeting first and third Sundays each month at Rose Glen
Village at 407 Main Street in Wilkesboro. We also have a Social gathering the second Sunday of each month at
various members’ homes.
Our Fellowship celebrates its 2nd full year of services in April 2007.
YVUUF is a church of religious liberals, open to all people of faith, any faith, whether it is faith in
God, whatever one may conceive God to be, or faith in humanity and belief in the inherent worth and dignity of
every person.
For those of you unfamiliar with Unitarian Universalism, UUs, as we call ourselves, believe each individual should
be encouraged to develop his/her own personal theology and be able to express their religious beliefs and opinions
without fear of censure or reprisal. The role of the congregation is to be supportive of individuals seeking their own
religious truths, in an atmosphere of enthusiasm, tolerance, love and respect.
UUs believe the ultimate authority in religion is not a church, a document or an official, but the personal conscience
and reason of each individual. We believe that all people on earth have an equal claim to life liberty, and justice-and
no idea, ideal, or philosophy is superior to that claim. UUs also believe in the ethical application of religion. Good
works are the natural product of a good faith, evidence of an inner grace that finds expression in social and community
involvement.
YVUUF is active in both our local and global communities, and has contributed generously to Our House (Child
Abuse Prevention Team), Friends Feeding Friends, Wilkes Cares, United Way, and the UUA Gulf Coast Relief Fund.
We also have a Volunteer Ministry to assist local families under Hospice care with chores & home maintenance, and
have provided tuition assistance to a local WCC student. Other community service projects are always in the works.
Members also participate in local, national, and international movements for peace and human rights.
YVUUF is confirmed as an Emerging Congregation with the Unitarian Universalist Association, and is listed on their
website, www.uua.org. Our Fellowship joins an ever-growing number
of UU fellowships in North Carolina including nearby congregations in Boone, Hickory, Winston-Salem and Charlotte.
YVUUF is also a member of the Western Carolinas Cluster of UU Congregations.
Members and visitors enjoy the spiritual fellowship of free religious community, and if they so choose, the opportunity to
contribute their talents and energy toward building a spiritual community dedicated to the UU principles of:
- the inherent worth and dignity of every person,
- justice, equity, and compassion in human relations,
- acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations,
- a free and responsible search for truth and meaning,
- the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within the congregation and in society at large,
- the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all, and
- respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Please join us for a Sunday service or a Social and experience the unique joy of spiritual fellowship in a free religious
community.
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