Awakening the Heart: Stories, Silence, and New Horizons is the annual programming theme for July 2025 – June 2026. See the monthly themes below.
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July 2025 Spiritual Listening: Hearing the Calls of Soul and World
In the stillness of summer, we open ourselves to the quiet wisdom within and the gentle voices of the world around us. This is a time to explore contemplative silence, sacred soundscapes, and the quiet truths that often go unheard.
August 2025 Roots & Wings: Connecting to Sources of Strength
We stand in the space between where we’ve come from and where we long to go. Honoring the roots that ground us and the wings that lift us, we reflect on how stability and freedom shape our journey.
September 2025 The Grace of Impermanence: Finding Beauty in Change
As the seasons turn, we are reminded that change is life’s constant rhythm. In letting go and welcoming what’s new, we discover beauty not in holding on, but in flowing gracefully with life’s impermanent nature.
October 2025 The Practice of Enough: Harvesting Our Blessings
In this season of abundance, we turn toward the quiet wisdom of enoughness–the deep knowing that we have enough, that we are enough. Amid the rush for more, we pause to celebrate simple gifts and cultivate gratitude, opening space for generosity and joy.
November 2025 Thresholds & Crossings
Life calls us again and again to the edge of what is known. This is a time to honor the courage it takes to step through life’s thresholds–into new beginnings, deeper commitments, and the unknown landscapes ahead.
December 2025 Pilgrimage of the Heart: Light Rising in the Darkness
In the quiet hush of long nights, we journey inward, seeking the light that flickers gently within. Even in the darkest times, we carry hope’s fragile flame, walking steadily toward dawn.
January 2026 Shared Wisdom, Sacred Stories
We gather around the hearth of human experience, sharing stories that reveal resilience, grace, and the wisdom that guides us forward. In every voice, we hear echoes of courage and connection.
February 2026 The Fabric of Belief & Experience
Beliefs take root not just in thought, but in the lives we live. This month invites reflection on how our values are woven into daily choices and how experience shapes what we hold most true.
March 2026 Cultivating Curiosity & Wonder
As spring stirs the earth awakens, we, too, are called to open wide to life’s mysteries. In curiosity and wonder, we rediscover joy, ask new questions, and rekindle awe for the ordinary and extraordinary alike.
April 2026 Sacred Earth & Spiritual Ecology
The earth’s rhythms invite us to remember our place in the great web of life. This season calls us to honor creation as sacred, nurturing a deeper relationship with the natural world and renewing our commitment to care for all beings.
May 2026 Sacred Threads: Weaving Belonging
Through shared stories, simple kindness, and acts of love, we weave the sacred threads of belonging. This is a time to celebrate community, strengthen connections, and welcome all into the circle.
June 2026 The Spark of Being: Honoring Our Inherent Worth
As the year’s circle closes, we return to the luminous truth that every life holds inherent dignity and beauty. We celebrate the sacred spark within ourselves and all beings, kindling the light of hope for the journey ahead.
In a society built on artificial scarcity and the greedy pursuit of “more,” how do we find our way back to right relationship with the Earth? Through discussion of interbeing, the lens of music, and the profound wisdom and love of whales, we explore how … read more.
Laurel Graham is the owner of The Refuge Permaculture Center at Tara Farm and Nursery west of Casper Wyoming. For over 25 years she has worked with the land and the plants in Central Wyoming and has training and certification in … read more.
Spring, and especially Easter, represents a time of rebirth in ourselves, our relationships, and in nature. We often seek to leave the old behind and struggle on the path to the new. Also, we often struggle with finding the new in the world around us. What … read more.
Join us for a short musical service followed by a potluck lunch featuring soup and bread. We look for to this time of food and fellowship! Contact Janet or Melody to sign up for a dish.
What do Unitarian Universalists and Bahá’ís share in common? In this special interfaith service, we will explore the idea that while religious traditions may appear different, they often shine with the same underlying values. Co-presented by members of our congregation and the local Bahá’í community, … read more.
Guest speaker Laura Hunter will present on the topic of Curiosity & Wonder.
Laura Hunter is the Executive Director of ART321, a nonprofit visual arts organization in Casper, Wyoming, that has been serving artists and the community for over 100 years. A … read more.
What objects hold meaning in your life? A photograph, a tool, a book, a stone, a toy, a keepsake?
In this interactive service, participants are invited to bring an object and share the story it carries — a memory, a lesson, or a moment of transformation. … read more.
Kicking off the March service theme of Cultivating Curiosity and Wonder, service leader Leanne Woodfill will share her passion for visiting National Park sites and answer the question, “Why American Samoa?”
The Share the Plate recipient for January, February, and March is Natrona … read more.
Annette Grochowski will facilitate a discussion after we view the TED Talk, “An ethicist’s guide to living a good life” by Ira Bedzow.
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Share Your Voice. Lead a Sunday Service.
At UU Casper, Sunday services are a shared creation. … read more.
Don Benson, Justin Wimbish, and Stewart McAdoo will share their spiritual journeys. Spiritual Journeys Sundays at UU Casper are sacred spaces where members and friends of our community are invited to share from the heart about their personal spiritual paths. These special services center lived … read more.
