Events

Watch this recorded webinar at your own time, pace, and place – LEARN HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF THE SOLUTION! Hear Jeffco business and community leaders discuss the impacts of rising housing costs on our local workforce, economy, and community vitality. Presented by Bell Policy Center, Golden United, and Jeffco Community Network. 1 hour long. Click this link to watch the YouTube video!

Turn pumpkins into houses! Sign up to help us unload pumpkins on Friday, October 3rd or 10th, and sell pumpkins from Oct 4 through Halloween to raise funds for our 2025 Habitat for Humanity Home. This a super fun opportunity for kids to help out; they make the best salespeople! Costumes encouraged! Shifts are 4 hours (10AM – 2PM and 2PM – 6PM), but can be split if needed. The patches are in Arvada and Lakewood. Details and signups at the links provided:
Arvada: https://signup.com/go/VRntuZZ
Lakewood: https://signup.com/go/zpLmKUz

Poet bell hooks penned these words “let me be a witness to love/stand on the outside/and see tenderness/unbidden.” How might engaging this be a path toward centering something larger?

Visit a local business with information that explains how they can prepare for the possibility of an ICE raid to better protect their business and their employees. This is the Prevention work in Immigrant Support. Those who sign up will receive a 15 minute orientation and materials in order to visit one business. There will be an orientation Sunday October 12th and at other times depending on the needs of those who sign up. More specifics about time and place will be sent out when you sign up. You will choose a business during the Orientation.

Luke Campbell, Homeless Response Coordinator for Jefferson County and Kory Kolar, Homeless Navigator will offer an update on the unhoused population in Jefferson County, along with the planned response for severe weather sheltering this winter and volunteer opportunities.

Join JUC’s Immigrant Support Team when they attend the October 13th Vigil at ICE’s GEO Detention Center in Aurora. Vigils are held weekly to support the Detainees and demand their release. Joining the Vigil is a very moving experience that will include speaking, chanting, singing, some communication from detainees or their families. Meet at JUC between 5pm and 5:15pm to carpool to Aurora (about 40 minutes). The Vigil begins at 6pm and can go as long as 8pm, although it could finish earlier.

Reading from the great books of our civilization and discussing them with other people – sharing your insights and questions. This week’s selections from Metamorphoses Books 1 and 2; pages 3-9, by Ovid. Contact: Carol and Clint Flynn

Do you long for a mid-week opportunity to nourish your spirit and tend to your inner world? Do you wish we had more opportunities to sing together or chant or be in silence? Is there a part in you that would love a ritual in which you could place a stone or light a candle for all the burdens and blessings of your heart?

Dr. Baker and Rev. Wendy are creating a time to be together that centers music, silence, poetry, and ritual on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm in the Chapel.

Our new Queer Social Justice Group will be providing a time to talk about gender. We’ll introduce how pronouns can be used by gender diverse people and provide examples of the transgender experience. Questions are welcome. Celebrate gender diversity with us and gain some insight into becoming an ally to transgender people.

Join fellow JUCers for an afternoon of ecstatic drumming, and possibly dancing. No drumming experience required, no age or physical limits, beyond the ability to stay up til 8 pm. Bring a hand drum if you have one, but we also have extra drums and other instruments to share. Dancers are always welcome!

We gather to share a poem we have written on a chosen topic, and give gentle feedback to each other.

Over 8 sessions, we will have a spiritual exploration of UU Values and Covenants (with love at the center!). This is a great course to learn more about our UU theology in a nurturing space in which we listen deeply to each other’s reflections and commit to a spiritual practice.

This class will be held on the following Mondays:

October 6, 2025

October 20, 2025

November 3, 2025

November 17, 2025

January 5, 2026

January 19, 2026 

February 2, 2026

February 16, 2026

Would you like to be involved with JUC’s Immigrant support work? Join us every other Wednesday for meetings. Please sign up so we know how many to expect. Contact: Gretchen May and June LeCrone

Welcome to the Queer Social Justice Group!

We are a group of queer people and queer allies here at JUC committed to raising awareness of issues that affect the queer community and fostering communication between queer people and our allies. We will be turning that awareness and education into action, including but not limited to, helping our unhoused find refuge and helping our queer youth find safety and community.

Reading from the great books of our civilization and discussing them with other people – sharing your insights and questions. This week’s selections from Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. Handouts provided for $15. Contact: Carol and Clint Flynn

Whether you’re beginning your writing journey or have written for years, the Creative Writers Circle is for you! Everyone is welcome to join our friendly, supportive group of folks eager to learn from, and laugh with, each other in a safe, nonjudgmental space. Not quite ready to share your work? Come anyway, we can’t wait to get to know you! Contact: Sharon Groten

Over 8 sessions, we will have a spiritual exploration of UU Values and Covenants (with love at the center!). This is a great course to learn more about our UU theology in a nurturing space in which we listen deeply to each other’s reflections and commit to a spiritual practice.

This class will be held on the following Mondays:

October 6, 2025

October 20, 2025

November 3, 2025

November 17, 2025

January 5, 2026

January 19, 2026 

February 2, 2026

February 16, 2026

Do you long for a mid-week opportunity to nourish your spirit and tend to your inner world? Do you wish we had more opportunities to sing together or chant or be in silence? Is there a part in you that would love a ritual in which you could place a stone or light a candle for all the burdens and blessings of your heart?

Dr. Baker and Rev. Wendy are creating a time to be together that centers music, silence, poetry, and ritual on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm in the Chapel.

Would you like to be involved with JUC’s Immigrant support work? Join us every other Wednesday for meetings. Please sign up so we know how many to expect. Contact: Gretchen May and June LeCrone

We gather to share a poem we have written on a chosen topic, and give gentle feedback to each other.

Reading from the great books of our civilization and discussing them with other people – sharing your insights and questions. This week’s selections from The Blue Fox by Sjón. Contact: Carol and Clint Flynn

Over 8 sessions, we will have a spiritual exploration of UU Values and Covenants (with love at the center!). This is a great course to learn more about our UU theology in a nurturing space in which we listen deeply to each other’s reflections and commit to a spiritual practice.

This class will be held on the following Mondays:

October 6, 2025

October 20, 2025

November 3, 2025

November 17, 2025

January 5, 2026

January 19, 2026 

February 2, 2026

February 16, 2026

Do you long for a mid-week opportunity to nourish your spirit and tend to your inner world? Do you wish we had more opportunities to sing together or chant or be in silence? Is there a part in you that would love a ritual in which you could place a stone or light a candle for all the burdens and blessings of your heart?

Dr. Baker and Rev. Wendy are creating a time to be together that centers music, silence, poetry, and ritual on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm in the Chapel.

Would you like to be involved with JUC’s Immigrant support work? Join us every other Wednesday for meetings. Please sign up so we know how many to expect. Contact: Gretchen May and June LeCrone

Join fellow JUCers for an afternoon of ecstatic drumming, and possibly dancing. No drumming experience required, no age or physical limits, beyond the ability to stay up til 8 pm. Bring a hand drum if you have one, but we also have extra drums and other instruments to share. Dancers are always welcome!

We gather to share a poem we have written on a chosen topic, and give gentle feedback to each other.

Welcome to the Queer Social Justice Group!

We are a group of queer people and queer allies here at JUC committed to raising awareness of issues that affect the queer community and fostering communication between queer people and our allies. We will be turning that awareness and education into action, including but not limited to, helping our unhoused find refuge and helping our queer youth find safety and community.

Do you long for a mid-week opportunity to nourish your spirit and tend to your inner world? Do you wish we had more opportunities to sing together or chant or be in silence? Is there a part in you that would love a ritual in which you could place a stone or light a candle for all the burdens and blessings of your heart?

Dr. Baker and Rev. Wendy are creating a time to be together that centers music, silence, poetry, and ritual on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm in the Chapel.

Would you like to be involved with JUC’s Immigrant support work? Join us every other Wednesday for meetings. Please sign up so we know how many to expect. Contact: Gretchen May and June LeCrone

We gather to share a poem we have written on a chosen topic, and give gentle feedback to each other.

Whether you’re beginning your writing journey or have written for years, the Creative Writers Circle is for you! Everyone is welcome to join our friendly, supportive group of folks eager to learn from, and laugh with, each other in a safe, nonjudgmental space. Not quite ready to share your work? Come anyway, we can’t wait to get to know you! Contact: Sharon Groten

Reading from the great books of our civilization and discussing them with other people – sharing your insights and questions. This week’s selections from “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote and “The Loudest Voice” by Grace Paley. Handouts available for $15. Contact: Carol and Clint Flynn

Do you long for a mid-week opportunity to nourish your spirit and tend to your inner world? Do you wish we had more opportunities to sing together or chant or be in silence? Is there a part in you that would love a ritual in which you could place a stone or light a candle for all the burdens and blessings of your heart?

Dr. Baker and Rev. Wendy are creating a time to be together that centers music, silence, poetry, and ritual on the first and third Wednesday of each month at 6:00pm in the Chapel.

Would you like to be involved with JUC’s Immigrant support work? Join us every other Wednesday for meetings. Please sign up so we know how many to expect. Contact: Gretchen May and June LeCrone

Join fellow JUCers for an afternoon of ecstatic drumming, and possibly dancing. No drumming experience required, no age or physical limits, beyond the ability to stay up til 8 pm. Bring a hand drum if you have one, but we also have extra drums and other instruments to share. Dancers are always welcome!

We gather to share a poem we have written on a chosen topic, and give gentle feedback to each other.

Welcome to the Queer Social Justice Group!

We are a group of queer people and queer allies here at JUC committed to raising awareness of issues that affect the queer community and fostering communication between queer people and our allies. We will be turning that awareness and education into action, including but not limited to, helping our unhoused find refuge and helping our queer youth find safety and community.