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Westside Unitarian Universalist

a welcoming community in
Fort Worth, Texas

Welcome to Westside UU Church!

We are a church where you are free to pursue your own spiritual path in an atmosphere of warmth and acceptance.

In our community, what you believe is less important than how your beliefs guide your interactions with others and the world.

We also strive to create a place where children can develop their ethics and principles without prescribed dogma.

Click here to learn more about us and see what interests you!

Upcoming Reflection

  • Guns to Gardens Comes to Cowtown
    Guns to Gardens Comes to Cowtown
    Sunday, Feb 22 @ 10:30 AM

    Guns to Gardens Comes to Cowtown
    with Reverend Jan Orr-Harter
    A child killed by finding a loaded gun. Protestors shot dead in Minneapolis. A distraught and suicidal veteran. Gun violence permeates many of the issues that we face in the United States today. How can we get beyond feeling overwhelmed by this? How can we move toward actually saving lives? On Feb. 22, Rev. Jan Orr-Harter will tell the story of the new “Guns to Gardens” movement among American congregations—and how we might help to dismantle unwanted firearms to reduce the risk of gun theft, homicide, mass shootings, gun suicide and unintentional shootings, right here in Fort Worth. This presentation is for those of us who own guns and those of us who do not, calling us to the common cause of saving American lives from gun violence. Learn more at http://www.presbypeacefellowship.org/gun-violence-prevention

Westside UU is a young and thriving church located just south of downtown Fort Worth on 901 Page Avenue, 76110. We are united by a covenant of care, mutual respect, and the freedom to independently search for truth and meaning.

Be you theist, agnostic, humanist, or atheist, we strive to provide a full program of activities that will nourish your spirit and stimulate

Membership in our church is open to any person 18 years or older who is in sympathy with our purposes and programs and with the Eight Principles of Unitarian Universalism. It is specifically understood that membership is open to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, disability, affectional or sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, age, or national origin.

Newcomers

Newcomers

Programs at WestsideUU

Programs

Religious Education at Westside UU

Radical Exploration

Resources

Resources

Sundays: So Much to Like

Services are held every Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
You can watch our services live on Facebook or watch recordings on YouTube.

  • Current Events Forum meets at 8:45 am in person and on Zoom to discuss current events.
  • Children and youth enjoy fun and thoughtful programs in personal development, critical thinking, and religious literacy.
  • After church, people gather for fellowship in our Fellowship Hall or in the recently updated courtyard.
  • Information on how to watch our services online is in the blue box on this page.

Our church always has a LOT going on, including book clubs, dinner gatherings, and social justice work. And did we mention our incredible children’s religious education program? The best way to keep up with everything is by receiving our weekly emails. Just click here to subscribe.

At Westside, sermons are called “reflections.”

You can watch recordings of our reflections and other church activities on our YouTube channel.

February Loose Plate Offering

Westside’s plate offering for February is Texas Gun Sense, https://txgunsense.org/  Texas Gun Sense’ mission is to prevent gun violence and other gun tragedies in Texas through education, partnerships, and policy change,while protecting the rights of responsible gun owners.

In 2007, Students for Gun-Free Schools in Texas was founded by survivors of the Virginia Tech shooting along with supporters who wanted safer school campuses. As the network grew, so did the mission. In 2013, Texas Gun Sense launched, working to make Texas safer for everyone. In 2015, the Texas Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence brought partners together from across the state, such as Texas Impact, The League of Women Voters, and March for Our Lives. This coalition was able to secure funds from Texas’s portion of the American Rescue Plan to invest in community driven gun safety initiatives. Violence Intervention & Prevention, VIP Fort Worth was one of those groups.

As it has since its inception, Texas Gun Sense has advocated for safe gun laws in the Texas legislature. This past session, it tracked hundreds of gun-related bills and amplified voices often ignored—survivors, youth, and healthcare professionals. It blocked several dangerous bills and meaningfully advanced the conversation on gun policy. Still, lawmakers once again rejected common sense measures like safe storage and raising the age to buy semi-automatic rifles.

Texas Gun Sense knows that Texans can’t wait on the legislature to act. It created a Safe Storage Toolkit to equip you with the knowledge to store firearms securely and be an advocate for safe gun storage. You can access this resource here, https://txgunsense.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Safe-Storage-Toolkit.pdf Take action here to continue funding for VIP Fort Worth, https://bit.ly/4pYRz7d  And please give generously as you are able to this vital organization. Thank you!

Give online through the church’s giving page or by using the Vanco Mobile App. Select the “Service Project” fund. You can also mail a check to the church (901 Page; Fort Worth, TX; 76110). Thank you for your contribution!

  • Church Work Day
    Church Work Day
    Feb 21 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

    Church Work Day

    Lend a hand – help spruce up in and around Westside! Please contact Michael Munoz (Building_Chair@westsideUU.org) to see how you can help! Thank you in advance.

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