Theatre or Church?

Lately I have found myself longing for more community, more friends, more connection, more discussion. Since becoming parents, Dane and I have accepted that doing theatre work as we had in the past was not possible. Although, we'd love to continue to do it, neither of us can accept being away from our family 4-5 nights a week for rehearsals.

I really miss the close friendships, the camaraderie, the community, the creativity, the discussions, the drama (not just the stuff on stage!), the belonging. So many of our friends are theatre connections and we haven't done a good job of keeping up with them without the structure of regular rehearsals and shows.

Since becoming a mom, I've also found myself thinking a lot about religion and what role it should play in our daughter's lives. Neither Dane nor I is religious, but we both were raised going to church and think it was probably good for us. I like the community aspects of it. I think there are lots of good things about church, but am not interested in a dogmatic approach, or one that treats women as inferior.

I somewhat jokingly told Dane a while back that we should start "Art Church" in our basement. Get a group together to do artsy stuff every Sunday. I would LOVE that! Also, I'd like to be more involved in our community and in helping others and have opportunities for our kids to learn from this as well.

So I took this quiz at Beliefnet.com and it tells me I'm a match for unitarian universalism. I've heard of that, but didn't know much about it. So I googled "unitarian and Parker CO" and low and behold found a church I didn't know existed here in Parker. www.prarieuu.org

Reading their website, I was astounded to learn that my personal beliefs and desires are really mirrored in their philosophy. As I understand it, they gather together to learn and share. They are very accepting of different religious believes or none at all. I am hoping that Dane will feel comfortable with their tenants too. I really feel "called" to see what they are all about.