Origami as a metaphor for the role of spirit in bringing a just, sustainable world into being. When we are beginners we follow the patterns, learning the skills to be able to make the folds. We can't see what we're making. We have to trust that the origami master is giving us good instructions. I want to suggest that there is a metaphor here for the spiritual life, with one important caveat. The unfolding instructions can arrive from our experience of the still small voice, o

At the state and local level in Texas, politicians are spreading fear about Islam and Sharia. Republicans are proposing laws to ban Islamic dress and halal foods, investigate Muslim organizations, close Islamic charter schools, and deny professional licenses to Muslims. What is Sharia and how is it a part of the Muslim faith? Come and learn about Islam as we talk with Necip Orhan, executive director of the Dialogue Institute of Austin. Find out how we can support our Muslim n

Before the service, the Fellowship House fills with tables — every team, committee, and working group that makes this congregation run. Come see what happens here, and who makes it happen. Then a short service on why this matters: not because we need volunteers, but because a congregation is an ecosystem, and an ecosystem has no spare parts. Every role is real. None outranks another. Take your place. "Your contribution to the work does not define your worth." A shorter servi

Annual Water Communion is where the community bring a small amount of water from a place that is special to them. During the appointed time in the service, people one by one pour their water together into a large bowl. As the water is added, the person who brought it tells why this water is special to them. The combined water is symbolic of our shared faith coming from many different sources. It is often then blessed by the congregation, and sometimes is later boiled and used

The illusion of powerlessness stems from our belief that we can't choose. Owning our choices and the real situations and circumstances that boundary those choices is an act of agency. Well practiced, this agency deepens into a lived experience of liberation - sowing the seeds for our collective liberation. "We are not free from triggers, but we can develop the skills to recognize those triggers when they happen." - Eric Hepburn Full Podcast Transcript Eric Hepburn: Welcome to

Some may be familiar with "body positivity", but fewer have encountered the history of the fat liberation movement. Rooted in the belief that people of all body sizes deserve dignity, respect, and equitable treatment, fat liberation challenges the stigma, discrimination, and systemic barriers faced by fat people in healthcare, employment, public spaces, transportation, clothing access, media representation, and everyday life. In this service, we will explore the history and p

Free Community Film Screening: Your Fat Friend Hosted by the SGUUF Social Justice Team Date: Saturday, September 19, 2026 Time: 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM Location: San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship (Sanctuary), 1322 E University Ave, Georgetown, TX 78626 Admission: Free and open to the public The San Gabriel Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Social Justice Team invites the Georgetown community to a free screening of the powerful documentary film Your Fat Friend. Directed

We're experimenting with a new earth-centered Wednesday night program this year. Why? What are we doing on Wednesday nights that's different from what we do on Sundays? Why is it different? Why does it matter? Journey to Wholeness — Stephen Jenkinson, Embodied Practice, and Why Wholeness Is Not a Hierarchy "Your body is neither an inconvenience nor tertiary to your existence." This episode is an invitation into embodied practice — and a correction to something the summer serm

This Sunday’s All-Ages Service will include a blessing for the new year ahead, inspired by the picture book Tomorrow I’ll Be Brave. All of us are entering something, carrying something, and needing courage, curiosity, kindness, and community. Together, we will bless what we carry and what we hope to offer one another.

Unitarian Universalists are often comfortable talking about justice, compassion, and personal growth—but what about sin, confession, and redemption? These words can make many of us uneasy, yet they point toward an enduring spiritual question: How do we repair the relationships that matter most when they have been damaged by our words or actions? At this service Lou Snead will explore how honest self-examination, confession, forgiveness, and reconciliation can become powerful

The Social Justice team is holding a Spanish language book drive for Georgetown ISD during the month of August. While being interviewed by KVUE back in March, I asked a GISD administrator how the district has been impacted by ICE presence in Williamson County. The impact has been steady, with less parental interaction at school hosted activities due to fear of deportation. GISD has had to slow down on advertising events, like open house, field day, meet the teacher night, etc

San Gabriel is the name of this Fellowship, the river that runs through Georgetown, and the river valley many of us call home. This valley is also the ancestral homeland of the Tonkawa people, who called it Takachue Pouetsu: "the land of good water." Sacred Currents, our reimagined earth-centered gatherings, takes its name in honor of that living heritage, strengthening our connection to the river, the land, one another, and ourselves. Join us on Wednesday evenings beginning

Our series developmentally exploring Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem arrives at spirit — not a fourth faculty, but the awareness that knows what the moment asks. The Guides and Weavers help the whole ecosystem see itself — and help each of us move freely among all the roles. "It is possible to be free. Not free from anger, or shame, or fear — but free among them: transparent to the light, a window the light shines through." The final service in the four-part series readi

The third sermon in The Pulpiteer's four-part series reading Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem — from her book Social Change Now, the 2025–26 Unitarian Universalist Association common read — through a developmental lens drawn from the Enneagram's centers: gut, heart, head, and spirit. This week: the thinking triad, whose underlying feeling is fear, and the three ecosystem roles where head energy finds its work — Visionaries, Builders, and Storytellers. Along the way: Frank

July 12, 2026 - The second sermon in a four-part series reading Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem — from her book Social Change Now, the 2025–26 Unitarian Universalist Association common read — through a developmental lens drawn from the Enneagram's centers: gut, heart, and head; plus spirit. This episode turns from gut to heart: the feeling triad, whose underlying struggle is shame, and the two ecosystem roles where heart energy finds its work — Caregivers and Healers. Al

July 6, 2026 - We begin a four-part series exploring Deepa Iyer's social change ecosystem — from her book Social Change Now, the Unitarian Universalist Association's common read — through a developmental lens drawn from the Enneagram's three centers: gut, heart, and head, plus spirit. This episode explores the instinctive (gut/body) triad: the people whose call to justice arrives as anger, and the three ecosystem roles where that energy finds its work.

In our Social Justice Sunday service on June 28, Chuck Collins and Lou Snead will invite our congregation to consider the many ways we can resist feeling powerless to stand up against the forces of political authoritarianism, religious self-righteousness, and racial superiority that seem to be dominating our nation’s political landscape today. In the spirit of the resistance expressed in the hippie and black power movements of the 1960s and 1970s our congregation is encoura

Join us at 9:30 am to participate in a streaming of the Music and Worship Service from the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly for this year. Begin Sunday by lifting your voice in song with fellow Unitarian Universalists. This joyful gathering invites all participants to join in beloved hymns and spirited music that connect us across distance and difference. No experience is needed, just bring your voice and your heart. Sunday morning worship is the heart of

No, not the artistic kind. The Facilities team is asking for volunteers to help paint the sides and the back of the Fellowship House from 8 am to 11 am on this Saturday June 20. The house was power-washed on the congregational workday and now needs a coat of paint on three exterior sides. The paint, brushes and rollers will be provided and we hope to have enough volunteers helping that Saturday to finish the job in 3 hours with an early start to beat the heat. Wear your

As Bill Withers sings, "Then I look at you, and the world's alright with me. Just one look at you, and I know it's gonna be: A lovely day!" Think of this as a love letter to the congregation and to all those who gather in joy and in sorrow to work toward the beloved community that signals a lovely day for all. We will have our Annual Congregational Meeting after service.