Please join us on June 21st for the UUA General Assembly Worship service live stream watch party! Our Sunday morning schedule will be a bit different on this date. There will be refreshments in the foyer at 10:30 and the live stream will begin at 11:00 through 12:30. You can stay the full hour and a half or leave as needed. There won’t be any coffee hour following the service.
The GA Worship service is a very powerful event to watch, it’s the largest annual gathering of UUs in worship. The Rev. Jen Youngsun Ryu will lead Sunday Morning Worship at GA 2026.
The Rev. Jen Youngsun Ryu (she/her) serves the Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene, arriving in 2021 while the building was still closed and the congregation was finding its way back to one another. Born in Seoul and raised in Ohio, she found Unitarian Universalism as a young adult in Baltimore and was drawn to a faith that honors both the tough mind and the tender heart.
After years of lay leadership, she entered seminary in 2002, then spent nearly a decade in parish ministry with the Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, alongside service at the district level and on the UUMA Board. Her vocational path later led her into healthcare chaplaincy, where she specialized in oncology care and earned board certification. Working as a staff chaplain in Charleston deepened her pastoral skills and broadened her interest in spiritual care research.
In the wake of the pandemic, Rev. Ryu felt called back to the parish and to the rhythms of a multigenerational community. This year, she celebrates the 20th anniversary of her ordination with a steady conviction that our liberal faith, practiced with honesty and love, changes lives for the good.