This Sunday, May 18, at 10:30 am,
“The Stories We Tell: Living the Beloved Community,”

Rev. Christiana Wille McKnight preaching, with Bo Crowell, Clare Fortune-Lad, and music by Tom Sylva. The Beloved Community is a dream that the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King made famous, but it is also an inspiration to who we can become - individually and together. This Sunday we will be reflecting on how the stories we tell shape our understandings of where we have come from, and how we can bring our values more fully into the communities we are building for the future. Please join us in person or on Zoom!

Rev. Christana Wille McKnight is the Island Minister and Beloved Community Project Manager at Star Island, a UU/UCC Camp and Conference Center off the coast of New Hampshire. One of Rev. Christana’s primary areas of focus is on inclusion and representation within the wider Star Island organization in the past, present and future. Rev. Christana has been an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister since 2005, and served as a hospice chaplain until becoming a parish minister in Taunton, Massachusetts, where she was for a decade. She has served in leadership with the Unitarian Universalist Minister’s Association Board of Trustees and the Unitarian Universalist Society for Ministerial Relief. Rev. Christana lives with her husband Eric and their two teenage children in Portsmouth, NH, where they enjoy skiing at the nearby mountains and walking on the beach with their beloved dog, Roscoe.

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What’s Happening Here?

In addition to Sunday worship and religious education, we offer a number of ways to connect here on a regular basis.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Sunday, Tuesday, & Thursday at 6:45 pm

Grief Support Circle, led by Tom Ellis and Rev. Frank, first and third Tuesdays at 10:30 am

Play Church, after-school gathering for children & parents/caregivers, Tuesdays 3:30 to 5 pm

Mindful Meditation Practice, Buddhist-inspired meditation, led by Bets Robertson, Tuesdays at 7 pm

Brown Bag Lunch w/ Rev. Frank, Wednesdays at noon

Community Meals, a free hot meal served on the 1st, 3rd, & 5th Saturdays at 3 pm

UUCH Circle, Sarina Ryan, President and Trudy Blyth, Vice President, first Saturday 1 to 3 pm

Reflections, led by Linda Sanchez and Mary Roth, fourth Sunday at noon

Regular Online Gatherings

Mindful Meditation Practice, led by Bets Robertson, Tuesdays at 7 pm

Writing as Spiritual Practice, Wednesdays at 8 am

Reflections Group, led by Linda Sanchez, Third Wednesdays at 7 pm

Our Capital Campaign is Concluded!

The past five years have seen one of the biggest undertakings at the Universalist Unitarian Church of Haverhill in many decades. Through our Lift Us Up! Capital Campaign, our community helped us to give new life to our upstairs spaces, and to make our whole building accessible to all.

Learn about the needs, the ambitious goals, and how our community came together to restore and rebuild for the future!

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Other Resources

UUCH YouTube Channel

Sermons and Podcast

Rev. Frank’s Blog

The Communicator – Monthly News from UUCH!

Welcoming. Caring. Faith. Community.

The UU Church of Haverhill is an open and vibrant church serving Haverhill, the Merrimack Valley and southern New Hampshire. We are known for inspiring and openhearted worship, friendly people, and putting our faith into action by being a force for good in the wider community.

Rooted in the progressive Protestant tradition, we take inspiration from many sources. We are people looking to live deeper lives, and to help heal and bless our world. We are a Welcoming Congregation, which means we fully welcome LGBTQ folks into the church and our leadership. If you are seeking more connection, more meaning, and more purpose in your life, then please visit us!