Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Stanislaus County

Minister, Rev. Joe Cherry

Welcome to our Fellowship's Website. This fellowship has been serving Stanislaus County since 1953. We are proud of our long history of being a loving, welcoming presence here on the edge of Modesto.

If you've come to this site from a search engine and don't know much about Unitarian Universalism yet, here are some links that may help you:
Our Beliefs page
Our Sunday Services page, with sermon topics
We have two FAQ pages:
General questions about Unitarian Universalism
Specific questions about visiting our church
We are a Welcoming Congregation.

Whether you are a newcomer or an old member, you may want to read some of Rev. Joe's Sermons.

Rev. Joe's:
E-mail:
Office phone: (209) 548-9070

If you're already a member of our community, here are some links, too:
Sunday Services
Calendar (upcoming events)
News (past events, usually with pictures)

We meet on Sundays; the exact time varies with the season: Two services, at 9:30 and 11:00 am, starting November 11, 2012.
One service, at 10:00, starting May 19, 2013. and we are very happy to have guests visit us. Our street address (for your GPS) is 2172 Kiernan Ave., Modesto, CA.

Children's Religious Education is featured alongside our 11:00 am service, but children are welcome in either (or both!) services. Read more about our program for children.

We are an intentionally inclusive congregation, welcoming people of different ages, inspirations, cultures, sexual orientations and fiscal realities. When you visit us, you'll find that we are friendly, sometimes a little silly, sometimes very serious, and always very human. Like you, we are doing our best to live our lives in concert with our beliefs.

Please consider joining us, soon!

Rev. Joe Cherry

Biography

Rev. Joseph Cherry became our Interim Minister on January 15, 2012. He has been a Chaplain resident at Saint Francis Hospital in San Francisco. He has been an active UU for many years and made a mid-life transition to become a UU minister. He was ordained by the First Unitarian Society of Chicago May 14, 2011. His partner, Rev. Denis L. Paul, is also a UU minister. Read more on Rev. Joe's Web Site.

Notes

Interim Ministers do all of the tasks of a settled minister, and help their congregation search for a new minister. It's quite a task. Interim ministers pledge not to try to become the settled minister, as they would have a home court advantage. We hope to have a permanent settled minister by the summer of 2013.

Looking for Rev. Grace Simons? She retired in October 2011. Read more.