Welcome to Outlaw’s Bridge Universalist Church, a voice for Liberal Religion in Wayne, Duplin and surrounding counties.
Every Sunday of the year we welcome people of all races, ethnicities, sexual
orientations, gender identities, abilities, political persuasions and economic classes
to join us here as we transform lives through compassion, service and
fellowship.
Since 1905, we have stood at the corner of NC Highway 111 and Outlaw’s Bridge Road in northern Duplin county, providing a place of liberal worship for all those people who don’t want to be told what to believe, but who want to find their own path to that which we call God.
We hope you will find within these pages, something that interests you, intrigues you or makes you want to come visit us. You will be welcomed with friendly smiles, warm hearts and open arms.
Our mission is to welcome all to grow with us in love, spirit, and wisdom - enriching lives through compassion, service, and fellowship.
We are a rural liberal church:
• Encouraging freedom of thought and a fearless search for God
• Emphasizing the goodness of all people
• Inspiring us to do right out of love
On Memorial Day, no matter our feelings
about war, we remember the sacrifices
made. May we honor the lives of those
who have died, and may we reach out
in love to our living veterans and their
families, extending the olive branch
of acceptance and respect as our
faith calls us to each and every day.
~ F. Vernon Chandler,
Ret. Army Chaplin
All religions, all this singing, one song.
The differences are just illusion and vanity.
The sun's light looks a little different on
this wall than it does on that wall,
and a lot different on this other one,
but it's still one light.
~ Rumi, as interpreted
by Coleman Barks
There is a sweetness of May verging on
June that no other time in the whole year
can equal. And by sweetness is meant
more than flower fragrance or honey taste;
this is the greater sweetness of
understanding and emotion,
the glow of pleasure in being.
~Hal Borland