Throop Unitarian Universalist Church

This is simply the best church I’ve ever attended. The drought tolerant garden that grows delicious produce and shares with the congregation, the warm, loving minister (Tera Little) who gives sermons that are interesting and heart-​felt, the congregation who always asks how you’re doing and shares a vegetarian meal after services each Sunday, film night, book night, journal night, free yoga, «blessing of the animals» where people bring their dogs or pictures of their animal friends, beautiful grounds, a new children’s program, working with the homeless or going camping together at the Unitarian Camp DeBenneville Pines — it’s all fantastic. I’m so glad I joined.

As a member, I was an angry atheist that had disdain for Christians… both on the left and right. Yet coming here Throop, I not only learned to tolerate Christians but to accept them into my life. Throop opened my eyes and healed my heart and now, as a member, I am involved in different project supporting the community as well as our nation and am networking with people with the same goals as me… Standing on the Side of Love.
Join this church and check out our amenities, we have something for EVERYONE

This is a small, progressive, and earnest congregation. We attended while the head pastor was out of town, and we went to the 11:00am service. There were 25 people present, and half were in the choir.
It’s an older crowd, and so was not a good fit for us, bit could be a nice place to visit for older patrons. It’s a music driven service, with drums and a pianist.

In my continuing search for a home church (see my previous review), I recently visited Throop Memorial Church. In visiting churches, I vowed to be really open minded and to really try and not have any expectations and/​or preconceived notion of what to expect and so far, its working.
Having said that though, my recent visit to Throop couldn’t have been more different than an earlier visit to another local UU church. The only thing that they seemed to have in common was that they were both UU churches.
I could definitely see the appeal of Throop though with it’s small and friendly congregation and much more «church-​like» setting and ambiance. I also enjoyed singing along with the organized choir from a traditional hymn book.
LOVED the one-​act play/​skit of the religious story. Such an interesting way of presenting a moral and spiritual lesson. I also liked the whole stone sharing aspect of the service too. What a great way of interacting with the congregation.
Afterwards, there is a potluck and I had a chance to gather a lot of info about the church and its programs and groups, which is important to me if I intend to get involved with any church. The congregation is definitely an older crowd, which is ok for those who prefer that (I could count the number of kids on one hand with room to spare).
Its close to home, which I like and the service is at 11am — not too early and not too late. It was a nice visit and definitely worthy of four stars, however, I am continuing my search.

thoughtful church, nice people! sunday service at 11 and pot luck at 12.