2824 E. 18th Avenue.
Anchorage, AK 99508
Tel: 907-248-3737
All are welcome to our Fellowship of diverse people who come together to nurture each other, to grow ethically, spiritually and intellectually, and to help create a just, safe and caring community.
March Sunday Services:
Sunday Worship and The Forum
See our calendar to stay updated. Subject to change.
Find Zoom links here Sunday @Zoom.
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, March 1, 2026
AUUF R.E. Programs for Youth—"OWL” (Our Whole Lives) Sex Ed for Teens, & More
Jenn Bluntach, AUUF’s Director of Religious Exploration
Jenn Bluntach is AUUF’s Director of Religious Exploration. Jenn moved to Anchorage with her husband, Ryan, leaving behind their Minnesota roots, when she accepted the DRE position in the Fall of 2024. She has previous experience as an activity director and youth director at a progressive Presbyterian church in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. She loves continuing to learn about Unitarian Universalism as it seems to be the faith she was searching for her entire life that she didn’t know existed. She has a passion for working with youth and creating a fun, safe, inclusive environment for all. Jenn and Ryan have a blended family of five wonderful children—four of whom are now adults, and two adorable grandchildren.
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, March 1, 2026
Born in Nebraska in the 19th century, Susan La Flesch Picotte (Omaha) left home to study medicine. She returned to as a doctor to care for her people and to eventually establish a hospital on their reservation. Suzan Shown Harjo (Hodulgee Muscogee/Southern Cheyenne) has fought for indigenous sovereignty in the 20th and 21st centuries, receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As part of Women’s History Month, we’ll pay attention to their contributions and legacies.
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, March 8, 2026
“How Alaska Institute for Justice Serves Legal Needs of Alaska’s Immigrants”
Anna Taylor, Executive Director, AIJ
Anna Taylor is the Executive Director at the Alaska Institute for Justice. She started working with AIJ as a staff attorney in March 2014 at the Juneau office. In February of 2018, she moved to the Anchorage office. Since joining AIJ, Anna has helped clients get U visas, as victims of crime; T visas, as survivors of human trafficking; green cards, as survivors of domestic violence; and asylum, as survivors of persecution. She regularly does presentations on working with immigrant survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking. Anna graduated from the Washington College of Law at American University. She spent five months representing detained immigrants in Harlingen, Texas at the South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project (ProBAR), then moved to Juneau to work for AIJ. She received her bachelor’s degree at the University of Vermont, majoring in anthropology and history. She enjoys exploring the trails around Anchorage with her retired sled dog.
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, March 8, 2026
"Crafting as a Path to Attention"
Rev. Lise Adams Sherry, Michele Champion
Crafting in the forms of quilting, crochet, coloring, building bird houses and more, has served so many purposes—practical needs, a creative outlet, showing love and even as a way to record culture and history. Are you a practitioner or is there a future of crafting in your life? Please bring items you’d like to share with the congregation or send a photo of your work to Rev. Lise (RevLise@AnchorageUUF.org) to be included in the Sunday slides.
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, March 15, 2026
"The Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
From the Beginning to the Present"
Willie Iggiagruk Hensley
Willie Hensley is an Alaska statesman and Native Elder. He was instrumental in the creation of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, which became law in 1971. He is a co-founder, and currently serves as Chair, of the First Alaskans Institute. Willie served as Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Business and Public Policy at UAA. He also helped found, and headed, both the Alaska Federation of Natives, and the Northwest Alaskan Natives Association (NANA), an ANCSA regional corporation encompassing his home community of Kotzebue. Willie received his high school diploma from a boarding school in Tennessee, attended the University of Alaska in Fairbanks and then graduated with a degree in Political Science from George Washington University. Months after he graduated, he was elected to the Alaska State House of Representatives, where he served from 1967-1970. He also served twice in the Alaska Senate. His book Fifty Miles from Tomorrow: A Memoir of Alaska and the Real People recounts his childhood growing up in rural Alaska and his journey as an Alaskan politician and native rights activist. Willie and his wife Abbe have six children and fourteen grandchildren.
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, March 15, 2026
"New Chapters"
Barb Clark & Lars Danner
Life is full of transitions with many choices and opportunities. How we deal with them is as important as what they are.
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, March 22, 2026
"Contemporary Issues Facing Alaska Native Tribes"
Wes Furlong, Senior Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
Wesley James Furlong is a Senior Staff Attorney at the Native American Rights Fund. Wes’s practice focuses primarily on the protection of Indigenous cultural resources and traditional cultural places and landscapes. Much of this work involves representing Tribal Nations, Tribal consortia and organizations, and Native Hawaiian organizations in large scale and highly controversial natural resource development and infrastructure projects throughout Alaska, the Lower 48, and Hawai'i. Wes's practice also includes defending Tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, repatriation, environmental and natural resources law, voting rights and redistricting, and subsistence rights. Wes grew up outside Seattle, Washington, and lives in Anchorage with his wife Carrie and their dog Skadi.
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, March 22, 2026
Reflections on ‘Blonde Indian’
The Anti-Racism Team and Rev. Lise
Last fall, the Anti-Racism Team offered a book read and discussion on Blonde Indian for AUUF. We’ll share what we learned from this book by Alaskan Native, Ernestine Hayes.
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, March 29, 2026
"Candidate for Governor of Alaska"
Tom Begich
Tom Begich is a candidate for Governor of Alaska in the 2026 election. Tom served in the Alaska State Senate from 2017 to 2023, and was the Senate Minority Leader from 2019-2023. In the past, he served as staff assistant to two Majority Leaders in the Alaska State House and Chief of Staff to the Caucus Chair in the State Senate. He has served on numerous boards and commissions in Anchorage and Alaska since 1983. Through his firm CW Communications, Tom has engaged for three decades in strategic planning, community development, facilitation, communications, and training in Alaska and throughout the country in the areas of juvenile justice, restorative and community justice, education, government relations., and media relations. Begich is also a professional musician, writer and poet.
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, March 29, 2026
"The Last Child in the Woods"
Rev. Lise Adams Sherry, Kay Sind
As I’ve welcomed a new grandchild into my life, I’m being invited to revisit attitudes towards screen time and how to create community. How do we find the balance of using new media and staying connected to what’s IRL?