Our Beliefs

two youth walking in front of the congregation with a Love is Love banner.

In Unitarian Universalism, you can bring your whole self: your full identity, your questioning mind, your expansive heart.

Together, we create a force more powerful than one person or one belief system. As Unitarian Universalists, we do not have to check our personal background and beliefs at the door: we join together on a journey that honors everywhere we’ve been before.

Our beliefs are diverse and inclusive. We have no shared creed. Our shared covenant lifts up the six foundational UU values of Justice, Interdependence, Transformation, Pluralism, Equity and Generosity, with LOVE at the center. Though Unitarianism and Universalism were historically both liberal Christian traditions, our responsible search for truth and meaning has led us to an inclusive spirituality that draws from many sources.

Unitarian Universalists believe more than one thing. We think for ourselves, and reflect together, about important questions:

We are united in our broad and inclusive outlook, and in our values. We are united in shared experience: our open and stirring worship services, religious education, and rites of passage; our work for social justice; our quest to include the marginalized; our expressions of love.

Learn more about Unitarian Universalists from a variety of beliefs and backgrounds: Atheist/Agnostic, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Humanist, Jewish, Muslim, Pagan, and more. 

Land Acknowledgment

Each Sunday we take a moment to honor the land, Mother Earth, which we gather upon, as the original homeland and waterways of Native People. 

We acknowledge that Saltwater Church stands on the unceded ancestral home of the Coast Salish peoples who have rights to this land, including the Puyallup, Muckleshoot, Duwamish and other Indigenous peoples.

In this acknowledgement, we affirm our respect for the self-determination and sovereignty of the modern-day members of these tribes and we commit ourselves to seeking right relationship.