2824 E. 18th Avenue, Anchorage, AK 99508
Tel: 907-248-3737
January Sunday Services:
Sunday Worship Service 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, January 5, 2025
Justin Ruffridge was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 2022 to serve the Kenai/ Soldotna area, and was re-elected in November 2024. He expects to serve on the Health and Social Services Committee in the coming session. His parents, both educators, moved their family to Alaska in 1994 where they taught at a small Christian school. Justin graduated from high school in 2001 and from Washington State University with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree in 2008. He married his wife Jessie in 2004, and after graduation, they moved back to the Kenai Peninsula to help care for Jessie’s terminally ill mother. Justin began his pharmacy career at Soldotna Professional Pharmacy, and in the years since he and a business partner acquired the Soldotna Pharmacy, the Juneau Drug Company in downtown Juneau, and the Alpine Apothecary pharmacy in Girdwood. Justin was briefly on the Soldotna Planning and Zoning commission, before serving on the Soldotna City Council. He has been an advocate for those struggling to find housing, and worked diligently on Covid prevention, mitigation, and treatment efforts during the pandemic. He enjoys coaching Little League.
Andrew Gray was elected to the Alaska State House of Representatives in 2022 to represent the UMED District in Anchorage and was re-elected in November 2024. He is expected to chair the House Judiciary Committee and the Joint Armed Services Committee and to serve as Vice Chair of the Health and Social Services Committee in the new Legislature. During his first term in the Legislature, he brought forward legislation related to housing and homelessness, and carried Senate Bill 119 in the House which requires the Department of Corrections to provide valid photo ID to all incarcerated people upon their release; the bill passed both chambers unanimously. He also served as co-chair of the Freshmen Caucus with Rep. Justin Ruffridge of Soldotna. That Caucus is not currently active, but the relationships established there remain intact. Outside the Capitol he is a physician assistant at Alaska Urgent Care. He hosts a podcast: the East Anchorage Book Club, which features interviews with Alaskans of political interest. He and his husband Jay and their 11-year-old son Waylon have been members of AUUF since 2017.
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Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, January 5, 2025
The Universalist Story of Love
Rev. Lise Sherry, Barb Clark
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, January 12, 2025
The Race Across America—Bicycling to Fight Lung Disease
Steve Lindbeck and Brad Cruz
Steve Lindbeck has enjoyed a 45-year career in Alaska journalism, public affairs, and non-profit management. He served as CEO & General Manager for Alaska Public Media, Vice Chancellor for Advancement at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Associate Editor of the Anchorage Daily News, and Executive Director of the Alaska Humanities Forum, among other roles. In 2016 he spent an exciting year running for Congress. He has volunteered with many boards and committees, including Progress Alaska, the Rogers Park Community Council, the Anchorage Museum Association, the Alaska World Affairs Council, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, and United Way. An Anchorage resident since 1968, he is a graduate of West Anchorage High School and Stanford University. In early 2018 he completed a Master of Science in Organization Development through Pepperdine University. He is married to Patty Ginsburg, a former journalist and consultant who is now retired. He and Patty were recipients of the 2015 Shining Lights Award for service to Alaska.
Dr. Brad Cruz, originally from California and Nevada, came to Alaska in 1992 with his California-born wife and two daughters. Over the years, he has been active in competitive running, skiing, and biking and volunteered at various sports events in Anchorage, including the Run For Women, Lost Lake Race, and the Gold Nugget Triathlon. Brad worked as a Radiologist at Alaska Regional Hospital and Mat-Su Regional Hospital. He served a few terms as the Chairman of the Radiology/Pathology Department and on various committees, and for 11 years as an officer and board member of Anchorage Project Access. Now retired from his Radiology group, he volunteers his time teaching Anatomy and Medical Imaging in the WWAMI Medical School system and working for Skiku, where he has been a board member and very active volunteer, including coaching each year in Gambell and Savoonga each since 2015.
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, January 12, 2025
30 Days of Love
Rev. Lise Sherry, Michele Champion
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, January 19, 2025
Alaskans for Trans Youth
Becca Bernard and Guests
Becca Bernard is an Affiliated Community Minister with the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship as well as Contract Minister with the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fairbanks. She is active with AUUF’s Anti-Racism Team and as an advocate for the rights of transgender and gender non-conforming people. In response to the growing and coordinated legislative assaults on trans rights across the country and in Alaska, she joined together with other allies and members of the trans community last year to create Alaskans for Trans Youth. The mission of this group of volunteers is to affirm, amplify, empower, and advocate for Alaskan trans and gender non-conforming youth and their support systems through education, outreach, mobilization, and support. Before becoming a UU minister, Becca worked as an environmental communications professional and lawyer in California, Texas, and Alaska.
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Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, January 19, 2025
NO FORUM / Worship Service– JOINT STEWARDSHIP SERVICE @ 10 A.M.
The Forum IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
9:00 am Sunday, January 26, 2025
Sunday Worship Service IN PERSON at AUUF & on Zoom
11:00 am Sunday, January 26, 2025