In the UUA statement of Principles and Purposes the first of the six listed sources of our faith is direct experience. While we learn from other teachers, scriptures, and traditions, our own sense of spiritual truth is the foundation of our spiritual lives and the source of the other sources. The Rev. Ricky Hoyt, a former lay member of this congregation, now serves the Unitarian Universalists of the Santa Clarita Valley as their half-time minister.He lives in Burbank with his partner and two Dalmatians.