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WBUUC Covid Protocol

Updated 7/19/23 With a consistent and continuous decline in COVID-related hospitalizations and in accordance with CDC and the Minnesota Department of Health recommendations, WBUUC is removing our existing COVID protocol and masking requirements for those who are unvaccinated, children three and up, and nursery staff. Beginning July 19, 2023, masking is no longer required for any individuals while in our building. However, if you prefer to stay masked, please do so. As with any communicable infection, COVID or not, please stay home when you are sick. If you’ve been exposed to...

This I Believe: Sharon Gooch (2023)

Good Morning. My name is Sharon Gooch. My Pronouns are she/her. I first found my way to this church in the spring of 2015. I had been seeing a therapist for depression and anxiety for a couple of months. I talked to her about how, as I worked to understand and sort out my feelings, my behavior and actions were hurting people that I loved.  I talked to her about how alone I felt.  She suggested that I “find a community” and recommended that I check out this church. So I dutifully attended every Sunday for several months that spring. I sat in the back pew, trying to blend in the pillar, and...

This I Believe: Jeff Ranta (2023)

I like to start with my own spiritual journey. My father is agnostic and my mother was Lutheran. I didn’t attend church beyond 6th grade. My mother posted spiritual, uplifting statements around the house. My father is a recovering alcoholic of 45 years whose main spiritual practice is the Serenity Prayer that he still lives today at age 94. In college I was a YMCA camp counselor, and guided canoe trips in the BWCA and Canada, often carrying a bible, seeking a spiritual life. I grew spiritually in nature leading teens through the wilderness. My spirituality was very open, free of church...

Members and friends share why they pledge to White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church (WBUUC). Watch on YouTube To learn more: www.wbuuc.org/pledge  

Members and friends share why they pledge to White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church (WBUUC). Watch on YouTube To learn more: www.wbuuc.org/pledge  

This I Believe: Ginny Johansen (2023)

Hello, my name is Ginny Johansen. My pronouns are she/her. Here’s my situation: I have Glioblastoma with a few months left. This is not a death sentence. It’s a gift! This gives me enough time to: Tell people how much they mean to me, Get my affairs in order, Do a few bucket list things (Native American Museum in Washington DC, Say goodbye. There are only 2 things I believe, everything else is just theories and questions: God is love Love never dies I consider myself a happy agnostic. I don’t believe God can be fully known or defined by our finite, limited minds, labeled, or put in a box...