Speaker: Peter Kandis

I am one of two lay leaders on our UUA’s Religious Educators Credentialing Committee, Chair of the Commission on Appraisal, and Corporate Secretary of The Moutain. I have just completed a second course in spiritual companionship.

I’m married to Ann Harrison, a fifth-generation UU and credentialed religious educator. We live together with our cat, Ms. Kitty and my brother, Nick on Hilton Head Island where I am the Pickleball Ambassador.

Religious Humanism

Aug. 18, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Peter Kandis

40,000 years ago, our Cro-Magnon ancestors drove the Neanderthals to extinction. Working together in groups Cro-Magnon destroyed the bigger, stronger, and more solitary Neanderthals. Having mastered groups, the individual moved closer to the center of things. There became an emphasis on direct experience and reason rather than hierarchal authority. The emphasis on direct experience and … Continue reading Religious Humanism

Linda and Richard McLeod, Members

We were looking for a church where we felt accepted both intellectually and spiritually, a place where all people and religions were regarded equally without condemnation. Our search began at UUCC six years ago and we never had to look any further. We found our place here with a community of like-minded people and it became our second home, our second family.

Dan Cook

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Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

“A church where skepticism is welcome and adherence to dogma is suspect? A church where all religions are invited but none are beyond introspection? A church that regularly presents nationally touring singer-songwriters? A church where half the congregation might have been at Hunter-Gatherer the night before? Now that’s a church we can support.”

Carita Barr, Member

Carita Barr, Member: Growing up in a Lutheran state-taxed church, I never was very religious. But 40 years ago, I heard about Unitarian Universalism through friends. I found a home here where this diverse religious community really works to better our world. Respect and honor for the “other” is the main ingredient in our cooperative efforts as a movement.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Columbia

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Speaker: Peter Kandis

Religious Humanism