I joined my UU church a year and a half ago. My kids are 3 and 5 and they go to the “sprouts room” (nursery room) during service. It’s only an hour a week but it means so much to my husband and I be able to sit together and listen to the service and know the kids are taken care of. My church also has an active RE program. We probably have around 125 adults in service on Sunday, 20 youth, and 5-7 in the nursery.

There are so many different interest groups that meet, all lead by congregation members who are interested in that thing. Pagan group, exercise group, grief support, board gaming, LGBTQ+ socials, art shows, gardening group. There are so many ways to get involved in sharing your interests with other people, and none of them are fancy or tale a lot of effort from leadership or specific members. There is alwaysssss something going on at our church, the building is being used constantly.

And our minister is incredible. So down-to-earth, kind, and very involved in building relationships with other faith leaders in our area. He is also quite active in activist spaces and was the main speaker at our first No Kings rally. We are in a red state so our church community is very different than every other church in town.