Come, Love the World with Us!

Membership at Throop represents a deeper connection with your chosen community. If Throop feels like your spiritual and religious home, set up a time to talk with Rev. Tera about membership.

​A couple of programs help you get to know other people at Throop:

• Newcomers Social: held every other month at Rev. Tera's home, this is a casual gathering and a chance for you to get to know other newer folks at Throop as well as some longer-term members. 
• Welcome Dinner: hosted by a Throop member, these are small dinners of 6 - 8 people, made up of longer-term and newer people, that offer another way to start making friendships at Throop. 

Becoming a member of Throop involves three things:

Pursuing your search for truth and meaning

Participating in some way in the life of the community

Making a financial gift that is meaningful to you

New Member Welcome Ceremony

We hold a New Member Welcome Ceremony a few times a year, during a worship service, where the congregation formally welcomes you. 

Our members tell us that going through the New Member Welcome is a significant experience in their lives. One member, Thom, shares how it impacted him: 

"Becoming a member of Throop UU took me by surprise. Not the decision--the ceremony. I had watched others take the pledge, make the commitment to participate fully, and thought I knew what it would feel like. It felt like nothing I have ever felt before. A loner most of my life, it was not until then, at the age of 80, that I fully experienced the uplifting sense of connection that comes from dedicating one's self to a loving, purposeful community. After the ceremony, as I walked back to my pew, I looked at the congregation and no longer felt like an interloper; I knew I belonged."

We look forward to welcoming you into our community.