Covid-19 Info & Updates

UUS is currently in Phase 4 of our Covid-19 reopening plan. Sunday services are being streamed via Zoom at 10 a.m.

Normal operations at the UUS building are closed. Outdoor gatherings and indoor meetings may be scheduled with the office, and the public is welcome to use our labyrinth and trails, with masks and social distancing required. Read more »

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(Virtual Service) Seeking Grace in the Changing Places

We’re in a moment of change and also in an uncertain place between changes. Join us as we celebrate and reflect on what it means to be a people who are together navigating transitions in the midst of larger transitions.

We will welcome Marsha Thrall, our new Director of Lifespan Religious Education, and Alex Heetland, our new Director of Congregational Music, and as we say goodbye to Dave Rowe, who has been our Online Music Leader for most of the past year.

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Who we are

Who we are

We are a loving, inclusive and growing spiritual community that honors your personal search for truth and meaning.

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Children & youth

Children & youth

Your children will develop their own answers to life's big questions in a fun and nurturing environment.

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Justice & sustainability

Justice & sustainability

Join with us to support all members of the human family and to honor the interconnected web of existence.

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You Are Valued Here

UUS has long been a safe and supportive home for members of the LGBTQ+ community. Learn more

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Black Lives Matter

We support the Black Lives Matter movement and are actively examining our own beliefs and actions to become more effective anti-racists. Learn more

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Community Partner Program

Each month we donate to different community partner organization. Learn more

Watch recent services

UUS member Lynette Marshall addresses speaks about resiliency and the important role that community can play in sustaining us through challenges

UUS member Lynette Marshall addresses speaks about resiliency and the important role that community can play in sustaining us through challenges

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Friends To Me Gathered Round - July 22, 2021

UUS member Sally Hartman leads this service on resilience and compassion as UUS prepares to sponsor an asylum seeker.

UUS member Sally Hartman leads this service on resilience and compassion as UUS prepares to sponsor an asylum seeker.

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Compassion & Resilience: Welcoming Asylum Seekers - July 11, 2021

Until Love Wins Worship with the First Universalist Worship Team This Sunday, First Universalist leads the Sunday Service for the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly, our worldwide virtual gathering. The service is titled, "Until Love Wins." Today’s challenging times require a nimble and resilient spirituality. We need a demanding, inspiring faith and a love strong enough that it will not let us go. This service is led by musicians Franco Holder, Aimee K. Bryant, and Dr. Randal Buikema, religious professionals Lauren Wyeth and Julica Hermann de la Fuente, and Revs. Arif Mamdani, Karen Hutt, and Jen Crow. Join us as we draw the circle wide, gather our strength, and promise to stay in the struggle and joy until love wins.

Until Love Wins
Worship with the First Universalist Worship Team

This Sunday, First Universalist leads the Sunday Service for the Unitarian Universalist Association's General Assembly, our worldwide virtual gathering. The service is titled, "Until Love Wins." Today’s challenging times require a nimble and resilient spirituality. We need a demanding, inspiring faith and a love strong enough that it will not let us go. This service is led by musicians Franco Holder, Aimee K. Bryant, and Dr. Randal Buikema, religious professionals Lauren Wyeth and Julica Hermann de la Fuente, and Revs. Arif Mamdani, Karen Hutt, and Jen Crow. Join us as we draw the circle wide, gather our strength, and promise to stay in the struggle and joy until love wins.

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Sunday, June 27 Worship with First Universalist

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Announcements

  • UUS Welcomes Our New Music Staff

    We are delighted to announce that after an exhaustive search we have hired Alex Heetland as our new Director of Congregational Music and Hsin-Hui Liu as our new Staff Pianist and Music Outreach Coordinator. Click the title to learn more about these positions and our newest staff!

  • UUS Welcomes Our New DLRE, Marsha Thrall

    We’re delighted to announce that after an exhaustive search, which included restarting UUS RE visioning process to discern what our hopes are for family ministry and lifespan religious education, UUS has hired Marsha Thrall to be our new Director of Lifespan Religious Education. Marsha will join us in August. Click for more.

  • 2020/2021 Annual Report Available

    Please take a look to learn about the projects and work undertaken by the staff, leadership, and many groups of UUS this past program year. Thank you to all who submitted reports and photos for this year’s Report! Click the title to view the 2020/2021 Annual Report. You can also pick up a hard copy in the vestibule of UUS.

Featured Events

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Visitor Breakout Room after Sunday Services

August 8 @ 11:00 am - 11:20 am
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An event every week that begins at 11:00 am on Sunday, repeating indefinitely

Unitarian Universalist Society, 2355 Oakdale Rd
Coralville, IA + Google Map

Visitors, potential new members, or any others that would like to ask questions and have conversation about Unitarian Universalism or our UU Society here in the Iowa City and Coralville area, are invited to a separate breakout room after our virtual services on Sundays. Just let the Zoom host know that you want to attend the visitor session either by sending a chat message, or remaining in the main room after the service is over to tell them you want to go to the Visitor Breakout Room.

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