Our Richmond area faith community encourages you to find your own answers to the great religious questions of life. We are a community of open hearts and questioning minds.

We are an inclusive and compassionate community, welcoming all people of goodwill regardless of age, race, or sexual identity. Our church values religious diversity and strives for social justice.

We affirm that there is more than one way, more than one language, more than one tradition which leads people to goodness and love. Unitarian Universalism creates change: in ourselves, and in the world.

Seven days a week, Unitarian Universalists live their faith by doing. Whether in a community with others or as an individual, active, tangible expressions of love, justice, and peace are what make a difference.

Unitarian Universalist congregations are committed to principles that include the worth of each person, the need for justice and compassion, and the right to choose one’s own beliefs.  Our congregations and faith communities promote these principles through regular worship, learning, and personal growth, shared connection and care, social justice and service, celebration of life’s transitions, and much more.

Our faith tradition is diverse and inclusive. We grew from the union of two radical Christian groups: the Universalists, who organized in 1793, and the Unitarians, who organized in 1825. They joined to become the UUA in 1961. Both groups trace their roots in North America to the early Massachusetts settlers and the Framers of the Constitution. Across the globe, our legacy reaches back centuries to liberal religious pioneers in England, Poland, and Transylvania. Today, Unitarian Universalists include people of many beliefs who share UU values of peace, love, and understanding. We are creators of positive change in people and the world.

OUR UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST PRINCIPLES
Unitarian Universalists affirm and promote principles that we hold as strong values and moral guides. We live out these principles within a “living tradition” of wisdom and spirituality, drawn from sources as diverse as science, poetry, scripture, and personal experience.
First Principle – The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Second Principle – Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations;
Third Principle – Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
Fourth Principle – A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
Fifth Principle – The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
Sixth Principle – The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
Seventh Principle – Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.
Eighth Principle – Covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.