Who are we?

We are a courageous and compassionate community standing on the side of Love, Justice, and Peace. We are diverse in faith, ethnicity, history and spirituality, but aligned in our desire to make a positive difference in our lives, our community, and our world.

We have a history as self-motivated spiritual people who think for ourselves and recognize that life experience influences our beliefs more than anything.

We stand for love beyond belief. We don’t need to think alike to love alike. We are people of many beliefs and backgrounds: people with a religious background or none, people who believe in a God, or who don’t, and people who embrace the great mystery of Life.

We are Unitarian Universalist and Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, 
atheist and agnostic, believers in God, and more.

We include people of all sexual orientations and gender identities, trusting individuals to live according to the authentic promptings of their heart.

We welcome you, your whole self, with all your hopes and fears, your faith and your doubt. Come join us on this extraordinary journey of faith.

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Our Seven Principles:

We affirm and promote:

  • 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 congregation

  • A free and responsible search for truth and meaning

  • The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large

  • The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all

  • Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part

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Our Inspiration:

Our living tradition is inspired by many sources:​

  • Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life

  • Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love

  • Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life

  • Jewish and Christian teaching which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves

  • Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit

  • Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the circle of life and guide us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

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ANZUUA

The Australia-New Zealand Unitarian-Universalist Association (ANZUUA) is a collective of the UU churches and fellowships from Australia and New Zealand, promoting co-operation, sharing, communication and joint social justice initiatives in the region.

ANZUUA has regular meetings with representatives of each member congregation, conducts a (roughly) quarterly all-ANZUUA Sunday Service on Zoom, and holds an annual conference.  

Find out more about ANZUUA at www.anzuaa.org.