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On this #ValentinesDay we share UUA President Rev. Sofía Betancourt, PhD's message with you.


On this #ValentinesDay, with its many practices and expressions of love, I encourage all Unitarian Universalists to explore what it means for love to live at the center of our faith tradition. This is a love that surpasses the confines of simple definitions; a love that will live into its own fullness long after we are gone — a love that sets us free.

When I talk about a love that frees, or love as part of our theology, I mean that choosing to live one’s life guided by what love asks of us cannot help but drive us to work together in community until everyone is free.

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In this last week of the Side with Love's 30 Days of Love celebration, we invite you to explore all of Side with Love’s 30 Days of Love resources.

Take the time to nourish your spirit with the 30 Days of Love Bonus Days Reflection on Interdependence from UUA Vice President for Programs & Ministry, the Rev. Ashley Horan.

Explore this week’s bonus resources and all of the content from the past 30 Days at: https://bit.ly/47Vq7yU

#SidewithLove #30DaysOfLove


Side With Love is thrilled to announce 30 Days of Love 2024! Our annual month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, 30 Days of Love will go from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15) through Valentine’s Day (February 14). Each week’s resourc...

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Since 2016, EqUUal Access has sponsored an annual contest for sermons related to disability, named after Carolyn Cartland, an early president of EqUUal Access. All lay and religious professional Unitarian Universalists are invited to submit a sermon and if selected, you could win a cash prize.

Learn more about eligibility and how to enter: https://bit.ly/3ZEYzKd

#DisabilityAwareness #UUA #EqUUalAccess #UnitarianUniversalists

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In this week’s Sunday read from UU World, we revisit a reflection for Black History Month, “When We Come,” by Sonia Sanchez.

It includes, in part:

“…when we come, tall as waves,
holden our black/brown/
high yellow/tomorrows,
then you will hear young hooves
thunderen in space
and we will rise with
rainbows from the sea
to silence
our yesterday blues…”

Read the full reflection: https://bit.ly/42xP9lE

#UUA #BlackHistoryMonth #UUWorld #UnitarianUniversalists


"and we will rise with /rainbows from the sea"

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As we continue to reflect on and discuss the proposed revision of Article II of UUA Bylaws across our faith community, we are grateful to share another new resource created by the Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud'homme, assistant professor of religion and education at Starr King School for the Ministry in Oakland, California.

Our friends at UU World put together a summary and shareable graphics for Rev. Prud'homme’s "Theological Reflection on the Proposed Revision to Article II" to help you explore and share this material within your congregation or community.

Check it out today: https://bit.ly/3SxLGiC



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Week four of Side with Love's #30DaysOfLove campaign is underway!

Read a reflection from Side with Love’s new Democracy Strategist, Nora Rasman, where she highlights how “organizing is where we draw hope and build long term power”and explore all of Side with Love’s 30 Days of Love resources online at:https://bit.ly/3STqCEM

#SidewithLove #30DaysOfLove



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On National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NBHAAD, we are reminded that HIV/AIDS is still with us and disproportionately impacts the Black community.

We are reminded that HIV/AIDS is still with us and disproportionately impacts the Black community. Today, we honor the millions of lives lost to HIV and AIDS alongside all of those who continue living with the virus. To #StopHIVTogether, we must address HIV stigma and barriers.

Get resources for engaging your community at:https://bit.ly/3OwB3eE

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UUA regional staff offer guidance and support to congregations in many ways. We share this reflection from the New England Region’s blog on spiritual leadership:

As the current generation of Unitarian Universalists, we have inherited our faith from those who came before, and we will hand it on to those who come after. Yet this inheritance is not static. We do not pass it on unchanged. Rather, it is like a garden. As a living tradition, it changes over time while also keeping a connection to its earlier self.

Read the full post online at: https://bit.ly/42urQt0



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We are excited to offer a new resource for UU congregations and communities to engage with the most recent revision of Article II this spring. Created by QuianaDenae Perkins, Learning Resident in the UUA Mid-America Region, and a third-year seminarian at Starr King School for the Ministry, Amplifying the Charge supports small groups in examining questions like, “Who Am I?” and “How Did We Get Here?” in anticipation of a vote on Article II at General Assembly this June.

Learn more:https://bit.ly/3um5Qnw



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As we move into #BlackHistoryMonth, we share a reflection that still feels so relevant for our Sunday read in UU World. Author Kenny Wiley wrote in 2016: "Black History Month can be a recitation of forgettable facts, or it can be the beginning—or continuation—of a period of unlearning and reclaiming."

https://bit.ly/3ugd6kZ


As a child I learned that we had, mostly, overcome. Clues to a deeper truth hid in plain sight.

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#30DaysOfLove continues into February, and this week's spiritual theme is possibility, with resources focused on the social justice priority of bodily autonomy, including LGBTQIA+, reproductive, gender, and disability justice.

UU World offers a summary and highlights some of the many excellent resources available this week, including a Time for All Ages story on possibility by the Rev. Hannah Villnave.

https://bit.ly/3w0bf4n


In the third week of Side With Love’s campaign, we contemplate our individual rights and our responsibilities toward others.

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We join with 80 other organizations in urging President Biden to prioritize diplomacy and de-escalation - including securing a permanent ceasefire in Gaza - in response to the recent tragic escalation of violence in the Middle East.

Read more in the post below from UUA President Rev. Sofía Betancourt, PhD.


The lawmakers devised five recommendations over weeks of private talks, urging the U.S. “to work with Israeli officials to take the following urgent steps.”

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There are so many reasons why certifying your congregation’s information with the UUA every year is essential to the smooth functioning of our whole faith community – from capturing membership data, furthering financial support, enabling GA voting, and staying in the loop on news from the UUA.

Annual certification is currently underway, so make sure your congregation or community doesn’t miss out!

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3u7l7Zx



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TOMORROW, February 1 at 11:59pm ET is the deadline to submit proposed Article II amendments with the support of 15 certified member congregations, to the UUA Board of Trustees.

We are deeply grateful to the Article II Study Commission and the Board for their commitment to our faith in this ongoing work. More information is available online at: https://bit.ly/3GwuF2S

#unitarianuniversalists #UU #A2TheConversation



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The UUA is pleased to announce the appointment of the Rev. Ashley Horan as Vice President for Programs and Ministries.

The Vice President is charged to oversee and coordinate the UUA’s primary programs and ministries in alignment with the UUA’s mission and values. As a new executive role, this portfolio will take on supervision of the Ministries and Faith Development, Congregational Life (regional staff), and Organizing Strategy/Side With Love staff groups, who currently report to the Executive Vice President. The Rev. Horan, who has served as Organizing Strategy Director at the UUA since 2019, was appointed by the UUA Board of Trustees to this role at their January meeting on the recommendation from UUA President Rev. Sofía Betancourt, PhD.

Please help us welcome Rev. Ashley Horan in her new role!

Learn more about this role in the full announcement, available on: https://bit.ly/3OoWQor

#UnitarianUniversalists



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We’re excited to announce our partnership with Beloved to support spiritual innovators who yearn to advance UU values of love and justice worldwide.

Understanding the changing religious landscape and urgencies before us, we are eager to support the spiritual innovators working in congregations who are rising to the challenge of transforming Unitarian Universalism into a faith that more closely embodies Beloved Community.

We’re hosting a cohort of spiritual innovators, including religious professionals and lay leaders, for a one-year intensive beginning in March. You’re invited to apply by February 9.

Learn more online: https://bit.ly/42fjtl9



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In this week’s Sunday read, UU World highlights the difficult decision the Unitarian Universalist Society in Coralville, Iowa made to move to a new church building. After years of thoughtful deliberation, members realized that their much-loved church in Iowa City ultimately wasn’t allowing them to fully live their values of gathering in a sustainable building.

We’re proud of all the ways that UU congregations take action to live out UU values.

Read the story of Unitarian Universalist Society's transformation here:


Coralville’s painstakingly designed building embodies its wider commitment to sustainability.

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Registration is now open for the April 2-6, 2024 Living Legacy Pilgrimage.

On this five-day, four-night journey you'll learn how each event, from the day in 1955 when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, AL to the 1965 Selma to Montgomery March, moved the arc of the universe a little closer to justice.

Join the Living Legacy Project Inc in learning and singing, all while finding a new way in the struggle for justice. Sign up today! The registration deadline is February 2.

https://bit.ly/3HwdKhb

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On February 8th, 7:00 PM CT, join Black Women of the Chalice for a transformative dialogue and more. This space is for Black Unitarian Universalist women and those in seminary centering Black womanhood, Black joy, and excellence.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/491y7P2

#UnitarianUniversalists


September - Homecoming October - Academic Navigation November - Mental Health December - (open to all Black UU women religious professionals, not just seminarians) Our special guest, Takiyah Nur Amin, MFA., PhD, will be leading us on the topic of Kwanzaa. She is a dance scholar, educator, and academ...

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The UUA is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Director and Deputy Director for the Ministries and Faith Development staff group.

Dr. Janice Marie Johnson, who has served as Co-Director of MFD along with the Rev. Sarah Lammert since 2019, has now been appointed sole Director. The Rev. Cecilia Kingman has been appointed Deputy MFD Director, succeeding the Rev. Lammert to lead the credentialing and professional leadership areas within MFD.

We are grateful for their service. Please help us welcome Janice and Cecilia in their new roles!

Learn more about these roles and the changes in MFD in the full announcement, available on:https://bit.ly/3u83sAL

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UUA Ministries and Faith Development serves Unitarian Universalism by creating healthy and diverse ministries and religious education.

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The UUA’s social media channels – Facebook, Instagram, X, and YouTube – are managed by a small staff team in the Communications department. We recently updated the description of our policies and practices for managing our social media channels.

Check it out at:


Rights, responsibilities, commitments, and emerging practices of UUA staff managing institutional social media channels

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On this 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, we share an important reminder from UUA President, the Rev. Sofía Betancourt, PhD. to “take a moment to remember and recommit to the ongoing work of gender justice, bodily autonomy, and reproductive justice.”

#RoeVWade #ReproductiveJustice


Unitarians and Universalists have been working to protect access to abortion services, as an intentional and faithful practice, at least since the 1960s. I am proud and grateful to inherit a theological legacy rooted in bodily autonomy and the belief that all people are inherently worthy.

It was not until 2015 that we as Unitarian Universalists formally acknowledged and committed to following the leadership and experience of communities of color in this work. In our 2015 UUA Statement of Conscience, we honor these leaders and commit to supporting the liberation of people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, gender identities, ages, classes, and cultural and racial identities.

On this 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, when we no longer have federally protected access to abortion, I invite you to take a moment to remember and recommit to the ongoing work of gender justice, bodily autonomy, and reproductive justice.

#RoeVWade #ReproductiveJustice

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Unitarian Universalist Laurie Albright felt that her congregation had “hit the jackpot” when Side with Love organizer Susan Leslie came to Ohio to mentor her congregation. “We soon went from almost no congregants engaging in organizing to more than seventy.” With that help, and building relationships with interfaith partners in the Greater Cleveland Congregations group around shared values of preserving democracy, UUs in Ohio helped protect reproductive rights in their state.

In a time where abortion rights are no longer federally protected, organizing at the state level has become critically important – and UUs and many others are taking action.

Learn how you and your congregation or community can take part. Read Jeff Milchen’s most recent UU World column on justice-making: https://bit.ly/3Htn9pS

#ReproductiveJustice #LifeAfterRoe


To overrule anti-abortion legislatures and courts, reproductive rights advocates are turning to citizen-led ballot measures in states where that power exists.

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Central East Region of the UUA

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Sending care and support out to all of the UU congregations and religious professionals currently “in search.” Know that your UUA Regional Staff are available for guidance and support along the way.

In this blog post, Hilary Allen of the UUA’s New England Region offers guidance for congregations experiencing difficulty defining their role in their larger community – an important element of representing one’s congregation in the search process.

Learn more:


For those of you not embroiled in this particular time of year known as search season, now is when many of your sibling congregations have compiled thei...

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The UU Women’s Federation offers dynamic conversations and next-level learning opportunities; they are building a network that will equip us all to take action together.

The UUWF welcomes all women and femme-identifying people while honoring the elders who have built their strong foundation.

Learn more about membership at:


UUWF was formed in 1963 through the consolidation of the Association of Universalist Women (founded in 1869 and believed to be the first organization of lay church women in the United States) and the Alliance of Unitarian Women (1890). Today, we bring together a diverse group of women and femmes to....

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Side with Love's #30DaysOfLove campaign for 2024 is underway!

Find resources for week 1, focused on safety and decriminalization, now available online. New resources will become available each week at noon EST on Monday, so bookmark the page and visit regularly.

This month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice will go from today through Valentine’s Day on February 14.


Side With Love is thrilled to announce 30 Days of Love 2024! Our annual month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, 30 Days of Love will go from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15) through Valentine’s Day (February 14). Each week’s resourc...

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Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s call in the 1960’s for a multiracial movement to end poverty and challenge this country's capitalist framework for prosperity and opportunity remain deeply relevant for us today. We honor Dr. King’s visionary leadership and the lives and commitment of all who have come before in the work for justice and equity.

A collection of archival items reposted by UU World, highlights Dr. King's reminder to us all: “…that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed.” And we all have a role to play in bending the moral arc of the universe toward greater justice.

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King pushed for a multiracial movement to end poverty and challenged the country's capitalist framework for prosperity and opportunity.

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Side with Love Digital Security Training For Congregations is just two weeks away!

Join their workshop that will cover everyday, practical steps to mitigate online harassment, fraud, and other forms of cyber attacks. This workshop is open to all congregational leaders but especially leaders who manage secure information such as congregational websites, social media accounts, databases, and communications.

Learn more and register at:


Increasingly, our congregations are finding themselves the targets of online harassment, phishing, doxxing, and other forms of digital hate – often as a result of the ways we are embodying UU values in the world. Unfortunately, many of our UU communities do not have the skills and the infrastructu...

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We are deeply grateful to the Article II Study Commission for their commitment to our faith and their work finalizing the proposed revision to Article II of UUA Bylaws.

The Board is now receiving amendments to the version submitted by the Commission. The deadline to submit proposed amendments, with the support of 15 certified member congregations, is February 1, 2024.

For more info:https://bit.ly/3GwuF2S



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In this week’s Sunday read from UU World, Rev. Dr. Sheri Prud’homme shares her thoughts in a Q&A on why UU congregations are continuing to attract new congregants.

Read her reflections on UU values and theology – and how they contribute to interest in Unitarian Universalism - here:


As religious traditions across the country report dwindling memberships, Unitarian Universalism continues to attract new congregants.

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The 63rd General Assembly will take place virtually Thursday, June 20 through Sunday, June 23, 2024. Registration is NOW OPEN for General Assembly.

In a world filled with division and challenges, the theme for this year's General Assembly is a powerful reminder of the core principles that unite us as Unitarian Universalists. "Love Unites, Stories Ignite" celebrates the profound impact of love as a binding force that transcends boundaries and fosters connections within our faith community and beyond. The UUA faith has always been rooted in the power of storytelling, and this year we'll explore how our stories can ignite change, inspire compassion, and help us build a more just and equitable world.

Click the link to secure your spot today: https://www.uua.org/ga/registration



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We are thrilled to announce Side with Love's 30 Days of Love campaign for 2024! An annual event that offers a month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, #30DaysOfLove will go from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day on January 15 through Valentine’s Day on February 14.

https://bit.ly/47Vq7yU

#SidewithLove #30DaysOfLove


Side With Love is thrilled to announce 30 Days of Love 2024! Our annual month of spiritual nourishment, political grounding, and shared practices of faith and justice, 30 Days of Love will go from Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15) through Valentine’s Day (February 14).

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On this New Year's Day, we wish you a time filled with rest and reflection.

We send you blessings so that we may all know more love and joy in the new year.

#UnitarianUniversalist #UU #Holidays #HappyNewYear



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New from UUA WorshipWeb! “Seeds for the New Year” is an on-demand collection of worship materials centered around a new sermon and story from UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt. It’s offered for use by UU congregations on 12/31, 1/7, or any Sunday that feels right to worship leaders.

Learn more at:


What seeds are you planting for the new year?

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A new UU virtual hymnal is under construction. Please share your thoughts in this online survey and share the survey in your congregation or community. By doing so, you will be helping us with the construction of the UU virtual hymnal.

The deadline to share your thoughts with the Virtual Hymnal Task force ends January 1st.


This survey helps your Virtual Hymnal Task Force (VHTF) team better understand your congregation’s needs and wishes. Survey participants will be personally invited to our Zoom gatherings. Save the dates: Our Zoom sessions are currently scheduled for Jan 24, 26, and 28th. We will announce the speci...

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We wish all who celebrate a Happy Kwanzaa! We offer this wonderful video that explores the foundations of Kwanzaa among Black Unitarian Universalists.

In the video, Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika - a UU leader in the 1960s - speaks with Paula Cole Jones on the ways that Black UUs were early practitioners of Kwanzaa. They also discuss how the Black Affairs Council funded early groups and gatherings honoring Kwanzaa’s seven principles, known as the Nguzo Saba, as central to the celebration of the holiday.
https://bit.ly/3RGJV3h

#UnitarianUniversalist #UU #Holidays #Kwanzaa



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Sending love and good wishes to all on this Christmas Day!

#UnitarianUniversalist #UU #Holidays #Christmas



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The Distinguished Service Award is one of the most prestigious awards given by the UUA. Recipients of this award have strengthened the institutions of our UU denomination, clarified our message in extraordinary ways, and exemplified what Unitarian Universalism represents.

The Award Committee is seeking nominations from throughout the Association so they can select a broad range of the most exemplary leaders in our movement. The deadline for receipt of nominations is January 1, 2024.

Visit this link for more information on how to submit a nomination: https://bit.ly/3T6T6rX



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Unitarian Universalism requires courage to remain committed to building Beloved Community in the face of opposition or intimidation. Increasingly, our congregations are finding themselves the targets of online harassment, phishing, doxxing, and other forms of digital hate.

Join Side with Love and Equality Labs for a this workshop that will cover everyday, practical steps to mitigate online harassment, fraud, and other forms of cyber attacks. This workshop is open to all congregational leaders but especially leaders who manage secure information such as congregational websites, social media accounts, databases, and communications.

Learn more and register at: https://bit.ly/3GLySjf


Increasingly, our congregations are finding themselves the targets of online harassment, phishing, doxxing, and other forms of digital hate – often as a result of the ways we are embodying UU values in the world. Unfortunately, many of our UU communities do not have the skills and the infrastructu...

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What seeds are you planting for the new year?How are you weaving your magic into your relationships with others?

These questions are at the heart of The Seeds for the New Year worship collection, designed to be used by UU congregations on December 31, January 7, or any Sunday that feels right to worship leaders. This collection contains individual links to captioned and downloadable videos.These videos will be available beyond January 2024, and so you have permission to use them in UU worship services into the future!

https://bit.ly/3GLySjf



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In this week’s Sunday read from UU World, we revisit a story from March about UUs' and others' efforts to preserve Black history by saving the James Howe House in Montclair, NJ. One Unitarian Universalist who contributed to this worthy cause recently passed away: the Emmy award-winning actor André Braugher. We hold Mr. Braugher's family in our hearts and prayers during this difficult time.

Read more about preserving the James Howe House at


A Montclair coalition rallied the community to save the town’s first Black-owned home.

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The UUSC: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee is serving in a leadership role by providing a place for people of faith to build community, support world leaders during tense negotiations, and discuss the intersections of faith and the climate crisis. Offering a space of faith, meditation, prayer, and peace, the faith pavilion is the first-of-its kind space at the Conference of Parties event—currently in its 28th year.

UUSC works with partners to change the narrative about the climate crisis, expanding the shared understanding of climate change from solely an economic and environmental perspective to a multi-faceted analysis that includes the moral and spiritual ramifications of climate change as well.

Learn more here:


UUSC plays an instrumental role in offering a spiritually-grounded space for people of faith and people of conscience at international climate negotiations.

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Save the date! Celebrate the New Year with other Black Unitarian Universalists. Black Lives of UU is excited to host worship live and in person at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville in Rockville, MD on Sunday, January 14, 2024 at 4pm ET with Rev. Mykal Slack as preacher. Mark your calendars!

This in-person worship service will be in Black Sacred Space. (The space is solely for Black folks.)



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A new UU virtual hymnal is under construction! To better understand your congregation’s needs and wishes for music, the Virtual Hymnal Task Force invites your feedback in an online survey, which closes on January 1.

https://bit.ly/3uUGQDR

We are grateful for your help as we build a living collection of song resources through an accessible, equitable, online platform grounded in UU values. More information about the virtual hymnal is available at: https://bit.ly/4ahpZLO


This survey helps your Virtual Hymnal Task Force (VHTF) team better understand your congregation’s needs and wishes. Survey participants will be personally invited to our Zoom gatherings. Save the dates: Our Zoom sessions are currently scheduled for Jan 24, 26, and 28th. We will announce the speci...

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Erica Shadowsong

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Join @‌UUMFE and other UU partners for an evening of music, reflection, meditation, and spiritual grounding! Come to honor the winter solstice, our connection to the natural world, and to remember that light does come after the darkness. You will get to learn more about the energy democracy movement and how your congregation or community can join the work toward light for all.

https://bit.ly/3RiicVk



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We share a new Article II story from UU World as we recognize the years of hard work, care, and focused effort by the Article II Study Commission. The Article II commissioners have now completed their charge, but they continue to talk with UUs who have questions about the proposal and to encourage congregations to engage in the process.

The Board is now receiving amendments to the version submitted by the Commission. The deadline to submit proposed amendments, with the support of 15 certified member congregations, is February 1, 2024.

Read the full story:


The Board is now receiving amendments to the version submitted by the Article II Study Commission. A proposed amendment needs fifteen certified congregations to formally endorse it. This process ends February 1, 2024.

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In this week’s Sunday read from UU World, author Rev. Jaqueline Brett asks us, “What does it mean to shift the focus from the needs of the dominant culture and to consider the needs of all who are in the room?”

Explore how to authentically meet the needs of your congregation when worship itself becomes more diverse as we continue to build Beloved Community.
https://bit.ly/46RQwMT


What does it mean to shift the focus from the needs of the dominant culture and to consider the needs of all who are in the room?

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Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate. We share this message from UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt and echo her wish that we all find reconnection to the essence of life.


On the first night of Hanukkah, I send my love and blessings to all who will gather to light the menorah in sacred remembrance of the struggles and the miracles experienced by those who came before. May our love be great enough to encompass all humanity and may our prayers be for peace.

During this festival of lights in the Jewish tradition, in this time when we are called to renew our faith in miracles, may we each find ourselves reconnected with the essence of life. May we find those brief moments when the world stops and nothing lies before us but the wonder and goodness of the small things in life.

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We are pleased to announce that access to the 2023 General Assembly On-Demand Library for registrants has been extended through December 30, 2023.

Don't miss out on this chance to revisit the excellent speakers and programming from last June and get the most of your General Assembly experience. Take your time to dive into the sessions that matter most to you and revisit them as often as you like until December 30.

Explore the on-demand library here:https://bit.ly/47NBg4Y



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UUA President the Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt shares glad tidings on behalf of the UUA and a prayer for Unitarian Universalists that this holiday season will be a time for family, healing, recommitment, and dedication to the things that bring joy and meaning to our lives.

#UnitarianUniversalist #HappyHolidays #LetThereBePeaceOnEarth



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Congratulations Rev. Jim Foti, winner of the 2023 UUA Skinner Sermon Award.This award is presented annually to the preacher of the sermon best expressing Unitarian Universalism's social principles and is in honor of Clarence Skinner, "a major voice of prophetic religious liberalism."

Rev. Foti's sermon, "Resisting Tyranny," names the ways authoritarianism is seeping into our ordinary lives, but offers that resistance is not futile -- and can even be joyful.

Read the sermon: https://bit.ly/SkinnerSermonAward.

Watch Rev. Foti preach "Resisting Tyranny": https://bit.ly/41kei2Z.



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Congratulations Rev. Jim Foti, winner of the 2023 UUA Skinner Sermon Award.This award is presented annually to the preacher of the sermon best expressing Unitarian Universalism's social principles and is in honor of Clarence Skinner, "a major voice of prophetic religious liberalism."

Rev. Foti's sermon, "Resisting Tyranny," names the ways authoritarianism is seeping into our ordinary lives, but offers that resistance is not futile -- and can even be joyful.

Read the sermon and watch Rev. Foti’s preaching in the link in our story.



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In this week’s Sunday read from UU World, author Rev. Jaqueline Brett asks us, “What does it mean to shift the focus from the needs of the dominant culture and to consider the needs of all who are in the room?”

Explore how to authentically meet the needs of your congregation when worship itself becomes more diverse as we form Beloved Community.


The UUA's Side With Love team offers a variety of tools to help with public communication in the name of justice.

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At #COP28, voices from the front lines of the climate crisis are rising. Discover how UUSC: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee partners are championing FAIR goals for a sustainable future. Read their latest blog to see how these voices aim to reshape global climate policies.


COP28 will be an opportunity for those most impacted by the climate crisis to have a say in how we collectively respond.

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The Unitarian Universalist Association is aware of the shooting of three Palestinian American students this past weekend in Burlington, Vermont. Our hearts and prayers are with the three students, their families, and their communities as they go through the healing and recovery process.

We are also aware of media reports that the suspect in custody identified himself as a Unitarian Universalist and it is our understanding that he is not a current member of any UU congregation. While law enforcement authorities have not yet identified a motive, we condemn his action, which is in direct opposition to the principles and values of Unitarian Universalism.

We have seen the reports that authorities are investigating the incident as a potential hate crime. And we are all too aware that both Islamophobia and antisemitism are increasing in the United States. We will continue to show up unequivocally in faithful public witness against such hate. We deeply believe that siding with love will bring both justice and peace to so many who have suffered from oppression and injustice – and we will continue to work towards a Beloved Community that welcomes all who share our values.

Please read our full statement:


Our hearts and prayers are with the three students and we remain steadfast in our condemnation of the rising tide of violence across the country.

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We are deeply grateful to the Article II Study Commission for their commitment to our faith and their work in finalizing the proposed revision to Article II of UUA Bylaws. The UUA Board has already received two potential amendments to the final draft of the proposed revision of Article II. These potential amendments still need additional support before they can be submitted; we invite you to review and decide if your congregation supports them: https://bit.ly/3RbaBcc

As the Board receives amendments, they will be added to this site, so bookmark this page and come back regularly. The deadline to submit amendments (along with the required support of at least 15 UUA member congregations) is February 1, 2024.



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In this week’s Sunday read from UU World, author Joanna Lubkin asks us, “What would it look like to not just accept and survive our times of rest, but to delight in them?”

Explore a new take on Sabbath practices:


What would it look like to not just accept and survive our times of rest, but to delight in them?

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