Comments | chalice_circle: Finding a religious community

martinanonymous in chalice_circle

Finding a religious community

Apr 22, 2012 05:58

I grew up in a non-religious household. Perhaps "anti-religious" would be an even better term. However, I found that I needed spirituality and even religion in my life. I longed for a community that would support me in this, encourage me to think about life, and give me ideas on how to live my values. UU sounded interesting, and two years ago I ( Read more... )

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romsfuulynn April 22 2012, 12:38:47 UTC

There's an active UU church of Second Life. I believe they have two services, and one is on Thursday.

martinanonymous April 22 2012, 12:46:45 UTC

What is Second Life?

girl_fawkes April 22 2012, 15:38:40 UTC

While I think this is really cool, Second Life might not be the answer for someone who's not even comfortable with facebook.

angiereedgarner April 23 2012, 06:38:32 UTC

I went to the 2011fall UU retreat UU in Oberwesel, and the 2012 fall retreat is scheduled for Cologne. There are a lot of American expat UUs in the region.
It's not the same obviously as a church to attend weekly, but I felt as though I'd gotten enough to tide me over for quite a while. They did an amazing
job keeping it affordable and some people day-tripped to attend as well.

http://www.europeanuu.org/page10.php

I'm sure I will try to go this fall.

CLF/Quest for Meaning is not working for me because of time differences and also US-centric and I don't understand its new direction. But I hope it will be a better fit someday.

cairech April 23 2012, 20:32:01 UTC

You might look for Unity churches? Have you visited something like an alternate religion or new age store? Often times here in the U.S., such stores will have corkboards for groups holding meetings; you might find a spiritual-not-religious type group that way.