Upcoming Worship Services
All of our services are Multi-Platform and you have the option of attending either In-Person or on Zoom.
In person we meet for worship at the Community for Positive Aging, 1820 NE 40th Ave., Portland, OR.
Every worship service is streamed online on Zoom.
Click here to join our service on Zoom
Meeting ID: 275 194 110
Phone In: (669) 900-6833
Wy’east UU is a shared ministry. Our quarter-time minister, Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx, leads one service most months and also often contributes elements to one other service each month. Our lay-leadership collaborates to bring a variety of guest ministers, other speakers and special programs on the remaining Sundays. These include regular appearances by Guest Minister Rev. Stephani Skalak with her focus on Personal Spiritual Practice, as well as a series of speakers and special collections related to our Social Justice focus for the year “We are Stronger Together.”
In months when there are 5 Sundays, which happens 4 or 5 times each year, we will typically gather for a service project rather than a worship service.
Love Rises: Easter From a UU Perspective, Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx
We will gather to celebrate the renewal of Spring and the power of Love. Jesus refused to answer violence with violence. In our Unitarian Universalist faith, we honor this as a story of enduring love—one that rises again in us when we choose compassion, justice, and hope, even in the face of oppression.
First-Sunday Monthly Potluck after Service!
One Journey, Many Paths - George Rede & Monica Clark, PFLAG Portland
From our humble beginnings a half-century ago to the present, Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, PFLAG Portland, has been a safe harbor for those of us who love and cherish the LGBTQIA+ people in our lives – and for queer individuals themselves.
The two Portland couples who founded Parents of Gays in 1977 – the forerunner to our PFLAG chapter – opened their living rooms to like-minded parents at a time when gays and lesbians were more likely to be shunned than embraced. These days, we hold our chapter meetings in a nondescript room on the campus of a gender-affirming church in Southwest Portland.
Our journey remains the same, even if our paths differ greatly from one another. And in a world that can sometimes make us feel discouraged or lonely, we take comfort in knowing there are people who “get us.”
Special Collection: PFLAG
Earth Day: A Spiritual Practice Service, Rev. Stephani Skalak
In honor of Earth Day, we gather to explore the theme of Ultimacy and our place within the interconnected web of life. Please bring a small object or photograph that symbolizes your personal bond with the natural world. During the service, there will be a dedicated time to share how these treasures ground you and remind you of our deep interdependence with all living things. Join us as we honor the sacredness of Mother Earth and reaffirm our commitment to the great, beautiful whole that sustains us all.
The Fool’s Wisdom: Play as Spiritual Practice - Rev. Leslie Becknell Marx and Ruth Jenkins
Drawing on the spirit of April Fools, we will play with improvisation. Let's explore how deep listening, presence, and playful curiosity can become spiritual practices that help us navigate uncertainty and build beloved community.
Led by Rev. Leslie and member Ruth Jenkins, we can discover together presence, trust, and the healing power of shared laughter and imagination.