Religion and Science Weekend 2025
20 Years of Celebrating
The Compatibility of Religion and Science
This year marks the 20th time that clergy members from a wide array of religions and from all portions of the globe are addressing the relationship between religion and science with their congregations. Over the past 19 years, well over 1.5 million individuals have participated in Religion and Science Weekend events. Keep reading to learn more about our 2025 Religion and Science Weekend. We hope to see you at one of our participating venues.
The theme selected for this year’s celebration is:
Religion and Science: Living in Awe
14 - 16 February 2025 -- Religion and Science Weekend
Religion and Science Weekend is an opportunity for serious discussion and reflection on the relationship between religion and science. The ongoing goal has been to elevate the quality of the discussion on this critical topic, and to show that religion and science are not adversaries. Rather, they look at the natural world from different perspectives and ask, and answer, different questions. At a time when religion is all-too-often being equated with fundamentalism and when we are in a deep and troubling period of science-denialism, it is of critical importance to engage this topic directly and substantively.
Religious people from many diverse faith traditions and locations around the world understand that the findings of science do not in any way threaten, demean, or diminish their faith in God. In fact, for many, the wonders of science often enhance and deepen their awe and gratitude towards God.
By taking this perspective, Clergy Letter Project participants demonstrate that when some define religion so narrowly that it is categorically opposed to any of the findings of science, it both demeans and diminishes religion. As members of The Clergy Letter Project have stated so often and so clearly, this narrow perspective is at odds with the broader conception of religion held by thousands upon thousands of religious leaders.
Our 2025 theme, Religion and Science: Living in Awe, celebrates the amazing transcendence that can occur via serious study of both religion and science. Our lives are embraced by realities without and within. Gifts of science open for us the amazing truths of our physical world. Gifts of religion invite us to reflect on our meaning and purpose. Both gifts incite wonder about the reality and potential of life, personal and communal. We live daily in awe of both reality and mystery. Religion and science work together to nurture us in thanks for the gift of life.
Both religion and science entail a journey – a journey joyfully taken by the congregations listed below. Please join us on this voyage.
116 Congregations
representing 33 States and the District of Columbia
as well as 4 Countries are scheduled to participate in
Religion and Science Weekend 2025
Select a state to see its participants or simply scroll down.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
The Fountains, a United Methodist Church Arkansas
California
Arbuckle United Methodist Church Colorado
First Congregatinal Church UCC Connecticut
Congregational Church of Salisbury Delaware
Salem United Methodist Church Florida
Peace Presbyterian Church Georgia
Unitarian Universalists of Coastal Georgia Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
The New Reform Congregation Kadima Indiana
Crooked Creek Baptist Church Iowa
Windsor Heights Lutheran Church Kansas
Kentucky
Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Memorial Episcopal Church Massachusetts
St. Anthony of Padua Parish Michigan
All Souls Community Church of West Michigan Minnesota
Open Circle Church Mississippi
Missouri
Cape Girardeau Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
Saint Matthew's Episcopal Church |
New Jersey
Congregation Beth Tikvah New Mexico
New York
Roessleville Presbyterian Church North Carolina
Eutaw United Church of Christ North Dakota
Family of God Church ELCA and UCC Ohio
Winter Institute of the Central East Region, UUA Oklahoma
Unity Church of Christianity Oregon
Cedar Hills United Church of Christ Pennsylvania
Unitarian Universalist Church of Athens and Sheshequin Rhode Island
Episcopal Church of the Ascension South Carolina
Circular Congregational Church South Dakota
Tennessee
First Presbyterian Church Texas
Center for Inquiry Utah
Vermont
Vergennes United Methodist Church Virginia
New Hope Fellowship Washington
Metaline Falls Congregational United Church of Christ Washington, DC
Metropolitan Memorial United Methodist Church West Virginia
Wisconsin
Plymouth Congregational UCC Wyoming
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Due to scheduling difficulties, some participating congregations will be holding
their events close to the weekend of 14 - 16 February 2025 but not on that weekend.