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Types of LVAs

Anyone can participate in the activities of a local or virtual association, and all members of Urantia Association of the United States must also be a member of one. This is the grassroots part of our organization where people plan gatherings and where people know each other best. The LVA is where new readers are welcomed and where experienced readers can mentor others. This is the space where there is the personal connection that so many people want with other Urantia Book readers.

To participate in a local or virtual association, email uaus@urantia-association.org and we will help you connect to the group of your choosing.

Keep reading to learn about our groups based on region, and our interest-based groups.

Groups Based on Region

The boundaries shown below are flexible and they may be altered as people sign up. You can join whichever regional group makes the most sense to you.

Urantia Book Service Corps of New England (UBSCONE)

UBSCONE meets in person three times a year. Our most significant event is a full weekend spring retreat planned by the members. We try to have our gatherings at locations that are central to the region. This past year we talked about Melchizedek and the “Future” and had 32 participants, including a wide range of ages. The New York society meets with us. We also have an in-person Jesus Birthday Celebration usually in Massachusetts. Often we hold a late fall “Fun” day in the northern New England area. We are fortunate to have The Garden School located in our territory at Beverly, MA. We support their programming and sometimes meet there. Two of our members are connected with on-line weekly study groups that read sequentially. We strive for unity and stay connected with Urantia Association of the United States and the Fellowship. Many of our members are active in education programs at the national level. We welcome members as “on-line friends” or at our in-person events.

New York / Pennsylvania Urantia Association (NYPENN)

NY-PENN was founded in 1997 and has operated continuously since. Its core is a biweekly online study group draws readers from across North America (most from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Ohio). Many participate in the Urantia Book International School (UBIS), the Teacher Education Program (TEP), and in areas of study regarding science and cosmology. What began as a regional group meeting in homes has grown into a vibrant and loving internet community.

Virginia / Carolina Readers (VCR)

VCR is a welcoming community of Urantia Book readers from Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, though we warmly welcome readers from anywhere. Our main annual event is a relaxed mini-conference where all students of the book are invited to join us for study, friendship, and connection. We partner with UAUS to help make these gatherings available to Urantia Book readers across the entire United States.

Greater Lake Michigan Urantia Association (GLMUA)

GLMUA is made up primarily of people in the states surrounding Lake Michigan – Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan. We also have some members from other adjacent states. We gather together a couple of times each year for a Jesus’ birthday celebration in August and a Holiday Program and Party in December. We have also initiated some virtual events for people in our region and have partnered with UAUS to expand these events to all readers in the United States.

Hawaii Urantia Local Association (HULA)

We hold weekly zoom meetings, reading the book cover to cover, over and over, year after year. We are not constrained by geography as kindred spirits have found us from all over the planet. We are a lively group of like-minded souls. We take this Urantia Book quote very seriously: “Service—more service, increased service, difficult service, adventurous service, and at last divine and perfect service—is the goal of time and the destination of space.” In addition to studying the book, here are some of things that we have and continue to do.

  • We provide support to Grevet Moyo, a Urantia Book reader who helped introduce the Revelation to his native country of Malawi. We have supported him and his family as he pursues his PhD at Maynooth University in Ireland.
  • Thanks to the Foundation’s Mustard Seed Grant Program our group has been able to donate Urantia Books all over Hawaii, the south of Chile, Argentina, Malta, Italy and soon (we hope) to a number of libraries in California.
  • HULA came up with the theme and location of the 2024 International Conference held at the Maritime Conference center in Baltimore.
  • We have our Jesus birthday celebration in person every year and do get togethers for luncheons occasionally.

If you are a believer in Truth, Beauty and Goodness, we welcome you to our group no matter where you live.

Other regional groups are being formed during the restructuring of 2026.

Interest and Purpose-Based Groups

Expo Outreach Association

This is an idea for a virtual association – it doesn’t exist yet, so you can be among the first to join this group.

People in this group regularly set up Urantia information tables at local expos. They feel good about doing the outreach project, they enjoy spending time with each other, and they find that new readers who attend learn a lot by being immersed among those who enthusiastically talk about Urantia teachings with others.

Inspired Writers Association

This is an idea for a virtual association – it doesn’t exist yet, so you can be among the first to join this group.

People in this group could meet every three months (or a frequency of their choosing) and bring something that they have written. They could ask the group for editorial feedback, or state that they only want to share what they’ve written. It might be part of a novel, or an essay, or a poem. Maybe every few years they make a point of attending a conference together.

Reader Services Association

This is an idea for a virtual association – it doesn’t exist yet, so you can be among the first to join this group.

People in this group have a particular interest in communicating with new readers. They respond to letters sent to Urantia Association and group members help each other out when unsure about how to respond to challenging questions. In addition to responding to questions about the book, they direct new readers to the many resources that are available within the Urantia community. Occasionally, the group also hosts special virtual gatherings for the people who they have corresponded with.

Readers Corner Association

This is an idea for a virtual association – it doesn’t exist yet, so you can be among the first to join this group.

People in this group could meet every three months (or a frequency of their choosing) and discuss a book that relates to Urantia teachings in some way. Chosen books could be secondary works based on The Urantia Book or they might cover topics that would encourage discussion of The Urantia Book from a new angle. They could be non-fiction or novels with spiritual undertones.

Worship, Study, and Serve Association

This is an idea for a virtual association – it doesn’t exist yet, so you can be among the first to join this group.

This group could meet every two weeks for a study group that begins with a time for worship, followed by study of The Urantia Book, and it ends by having one person each week (on a rotating basis) share briefly about a way in which he or she is serving within their community.