I like that, there is one near me in Hagerstown, MD and that is pretty much it within an hour or 2.
Appreciate it.

First a clarification: the UUA is the association of congregations, who covenant to join together for common goals, but the UUA does not dictate the worship life of each individual congregation.

So, each congregation can be pretty different — rather simplistically, some are more theistic, some are more humanist, some run the whole gamut. If there is more than one near you, try them all to see which is a better fit for you.

Unitarian Universalism as a religion, while descended from Protestant Christianity, draws from all of the great religions as sources of wisdom. Atheists, secularists, free-thinkers, and pantheists are certainly included in that, and are more than welcome in our congregations along with Christians, Jews, pagans, humanists, you name it.

Our emphasis is not on the specifics of what each person believes or does not believe theologically, but rather on how your personal beliefs and journey cause you to act in the world that we all share. We covenant to how we will be in community together, not on the specifics of theology — we’re all looking for Truth, and we each have our own pieces which, when we bring them together, make up the large Whole that we can all draw from.

But if you ask another UU the same question, they’re likely to give you a different answer! It has been said that wherever UUs gather, no one will agree and coffee will be served. ;-)

Maybe you can help me, what role do atheists, secularists, free-thinkers, and pantheists play in the life of the UUA? As one who labels himself as a free-thinker, I do miss the gatherings up my church days….which was not that long ago.