First Unitarian Society of Denver

Heard Kenny Wiley preach on Black Lives Matter here with my kids. Was so refreshing and reminded me of my downtown church back in Nebraska. People here are so helpful and supportive. :)

How can one give a poor rating for any church? I have never visited a Unitarian Church that was not friendly, welcoming or warm. I thoroughly enjoyed the times I have visited this church. The people were always warm and the services engaging, intellectual and provoking. Open minds, love for ALL people and a desire to serve those in need is the message I felt in this place. Loved it and will visit again.

I’m not a very religious person. I grew up going to the United Methodist Church of Christ, but stopped attending in my teenage years when I realized that Christian values were not supportive of my values. I haven’t attended a church since, but I’d heard good things about Unitarian churches. As far as churches go, they’re pretty «non-​churchy».
What I mean by that is the following:
— There were no prayers in the Sunday service I attended.
— There was little to no reference to God and no reference to Jesus Christ, however, it was apparent that they do believe in God.
— There were no bibles to be found in the sanctuary.
— The sermon was actually helpful and inspiring. I left feeling inspired to be a better person. I find that so many Christian sermons make me roll my eyes, i.e. «[Pastor opens a box]. There was darkness in this box before but now there is light! This light is like the light of Jesus within you.» EYE ROLL! It was nothing like that.
— This particular Unitarian church donates two offerings a month to a charity. This past Sunday, they donated to the Freedom Fund, which is an organization that provides financial assistance to young women seeking an abortion. I appreciated this because I feel like so many churches forget their charitable obligations and instead, focus on building humongous state-​of-​the-​art, mega-​churches. In my opinion, a church simply needs a safe place to congregate. Anything more is unnecessary, wasteful, and irresponsible.
— There are various groups that you can join. Group topics range from peace, to gay marriage equality, to a group that focuses on psychological issues, such as PTSD, postpartum, and anxiety disorders.
They do sing hymns, which I found to be very odd… But the hymns aren’t the hymns that I grew up listening to and mostly have topics relating to being a good person. I went for the 9:30am service and there weren’t too many young people, but there’s also an 11am service that I plan on checking out.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. Everyone was really friend and the pastor was funny. He gave a great sermon. If you can overlook the odd hymns, I’d say give this place a try.

FUSD instantly made me feel a part of the community. Thank you for everything!

I have attended full moon ritual here.
First Unitarian opens its doors for other organizations to share its space which is awesome.
I will definitely be a regular here.

Ample parking in the lot, which is a huge plus (if you ask me) when it comes to places where multitudes gather.
If you’re looking for a place to park-​n-​pray, this is the place.
(There’s also grass for pets.)

Let me state very clearly that I really tried to be a good member of this church, I honestly did. I have been a member of this church since May 2008 and I have to tell you what I honestly think about this church and my honest observations. I have been to one other Unitarian Universalist church before this one and that was in Houston, Texas. I enjoyed my time at the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Houston and felt welcomed there. I have always felt somewhat uneasy about this UU church, however, and I could never put my finger on it.
Firstly, they are very accepting, tolerant and kind towards you — if you have money or show the promise of being a big donor. They are always hitting you up for money at every turn, from the old ladies selling grocery store gift cards which a certain profit goes to the church, the book table on the other side and the same collection plate that you will most certainly remember from the Christian church.
Secondly, they have lots of programmes in the works that never come to fruition. I was interested in taking the Our Whole Lives sex education course, purely out of curiousity, and they never had one for my age group. The rules for their programming always change and never seem to have any sort of consistency.
Thirdly, it is either that all the members are very old, parents or young — and coupled. It is very irritating if you are suffering through singledom. I know a number of times where I had to leave because I saw some lucky couple and I couldn’t take it.
I would discourage anyone from going here.

Okay. I am going to preface this by admitting I am church phobic, religion damaged, and bitterly Atheist at most times. My boyfriend attends Unitarian Church on occasion and seems to get a lot out of it. I thought I would expand my horizons and try something new. I forewarned him that I might have to literally run out of the church during the service because I honestly have a severe aversion to church and it nearly induces panic attacks. I thought the Unitarian Church would be a nice choice for several reasons. Unitarianism embraces people of different ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientation or spiritual levels. They seem to have no formal creator; Jesus, Man-​bear-​pig or other oppressing entity that would otherwise turn me off.
So for those reasons I think that Unitarianism is refreshingly progressive (despite being around for quite a long time), welcoming, and probably the most open of spiritual/​religious avenues that one can explore. However, it remains utterly worthless for me. I think the core of Unitarianism is the desire to seek something more out of life, whatever that may be. Personal peace, a desire to grow, a sense of community or love are all good reasons. But I feel that Unitarianism, as with ANY other religion or spirituality, is only for people that need something more. I am content in many ways in life without an intrusion of spirituality. Perhaps, that is my own sense of spirituality in itself.
Essentially, the Unitarian Church seems like a meeting of nice people with great intentions and visions of togetherness through kindness. I can see the gentle genius simplicity of it. But I still had to run out of the church mid-​service because I felt extremely uncomfortable with the nondescript hymns and loose familiarity to the Catholic services of my youth. A great vision but hard to digest for the lily-​livered Atheist.

Love this church community.
Take a bucket of acceptance, a truckload of goodwill, the cream off the top of every religion and philosophy, a couple of cartons of community service,
three green shopping bags of faith, support and friendship, a schedule full of opportunities to learn and play, a pile of meaningful Sunday services and red wagon full of kids of all ages and there you have it.
First Unitarian Society of Denver