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RT @abravefaith: @UKUnitarians @UlletRoadChurch Unitarian hospitality made it possible for us to register the first civil partne...

18 January 2023 at 16:56
RT @abravefaith: @UKUnitarians @UlletRoadChurch Unitarian hospitality made it possible for us to register the first civil partnership in a place of worship in the UK at @UlletRoadChurch in May 2012 - Thank you!




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RT @abravefaith: @UKUnitarians @UlletRoadChurch Unitarian hospitality made it possible for us to register the first civil partne...

18 January 2023 at 16:55
RT @abravefaith: @UKUnitarians @UlletRoadChurch Unitarian hospitality made it possible for us to register the first civil partnership in a place of worship in the UK at @UlletRoadChurch in May 2012 - Thank you!




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RT @marwilliamson: @Herbwells7 The Unitarian Church at 18th and Arizona! ๐Ÿ’–

18 January 2023 at 16:18
RT @marwilliamson: @Herbwells7 The Unitarian Church at 18th and Arizona! ๐Ÿ’–

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A new congregation has joined us! Weโ€™re excited to welcome Pilgrim House Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to our collaborative ...

A new congregation has joined us! Weโ€™re excited to welcome Pilgrim House Unitarian Universalist Fellowship to our collaborative of 100+ faith communities united in the vision that all people have a home. We look forward to the energy your congregation will bring to our work.




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January 22nd is Invite A Friend Sunday! Invite a friend to join us in person on our Alluvial Ave Campus, or on our Virtual Campu...

January 22nd is Invite A Friend Sunday! Invite a friend to join us in person on our Alluvial Ave Campus, or on our Virtual Campus at 10:30 a.m. for our service led by Rev. Tim, "What Is Unitarian Universalism?" #UUFresno Stream this service on YouTube: https://youtube.com/live/2FwielNY7s4?feature=share




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Interim Minister question

Do UUs ever hire their Interim minister as their settled or developmental minister?

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A manifesto of Irrational Communalism

18 January 2023 at 07:22

Hello all,

Recently stepped back into the UU circles to find my local church embroiled in a debate over reworking the principals and rational individualism. As one who came of age as part of the UUA and is now returning from raumspringa, this is a mini-manifesto of why I think irrational communalism has a place in the UUA right alongside the enlightenment principals of rational individualism.

A manifesto of Irrational Communalism

(A postmodern response to a dilemma within the UUA.)

There was once a time in the history of our species, long after we began to group together as tribes but long before the invention of currency. It was a time where our communities never got bigger than a hundred or two. It was a time when we as people were able to remember every single face in our local existence. We could remember who it would be intelligent to trust. We could remember in whom our faith could be most wisely invested. We could remember the promises we made to each other, if only because the โ€˜otherโ€™ was always right there, next to us.

The channels and nets responsible for facilitating the exchange of matter and energy between individuals of the tribal ecosystems were systems made of faith. Not faith in some supernatural force, but rather faith in each other. It is an active decision we make when we choose to let our defenses down around each other. It is an active decision to have faith in someone else's rationality. What the tribes had was faith in an equilibrium, that if I have your back you'll have mine, and that for every leap of faith we invest towards the community, the community will invest one right back.

This was the old magic. This was irrational communalism. And it is something which has been lost by western society.

Slowly, the tribes discovered new technologies which allowed their numbers to grow. No longer could the individuals rely on just their memories to know who in their community is worth investing faith into. So, instead of placing faith in each other, we invented a talisman -the technology of currency. By placing our faith into currency instead of each other, we remove the risk of accidentally placing our faith into a bad person - because a dollar is a dollar, regardless of who you get it from.

Over time people have accumulated these talismans of social faith. With all of this faith amassed and stored for the long-term, they begin to lose track of why we constructed this ecosystem of faith in the first place - to take care of the community. Instead, we have come to rationalize ourselves to be individuals who don't need to have faith in the community anymore. They had all the faith they needed - faith that they would be provided the resources they required through expenditure of their investment.

It's why people are leaving the faith communities in droves. The people can recognize that we have to place our faith somewhere other than the talismans if we are going to survive. We can recognize that an ancient covenant has been broken - the covenant which brought our society together in the first place. And when we lose sight of our covenant, we lose sight of our community. Today, I look around to find that we no longer have faith in each other, or our covenants, and that our ecosystems of faith are beginning to dissolve.

All across America, from the liberals to the conservatives to the hippies and the fash, so many faith communities preach doctrines of love while standing on a power structure based on cash. Our churches couple with their larger social ecosystem through the tax code, most often organizing their internal power structures around the protocols of the 501 series of corporate charters.

It was a message of faith in a single, balanced community body for which the man named Jesus Christ was murdered at Golgotha. It was a message that reminded us of a time when we used to have each other's backs - regardless of whether it was rational to us in the moments of our solidarity. Feed the hungry. Tend the sick. House the strange. As a philosophy, his was to remind us that when we place our faith into each other, we stand taller than any Corporate Person in whose veins flow the impersonal, amoral faith. We stand as a single body against the flow of the river. It is through the magic of an irrational, communal solidarity we stand as leviathans against the tides of entropy, gazing forever towards a state of infinite complexity, endless beauty, and light.

Because the nature of the new faiths are impersonal and amoral, and because we are no longer required to have faith in one anotherโ€ฆ we are no longer required to keep our promises to one another. Who needs faith in your neighboring communities when you get all the matter and energy you need to satisfy your budgets by outright consuming the matters and energies of yourselves? No longer are faith communities required to remember the protocols which once let them maintain healthy, working relationships with their neighbors.

The dilemma of individualism comes to infect the whole communal identity. Churches have a great deal of faith invested into the idea they can stand alone as a community, all they need is enough cash.

Currently the best model I have for making some sense of how the structures of power of the individual relates to those of the community is the theory of holonics, advanced by journalist Arthur Koestler in the late 1960s in his book The Ghost in the Machine. It posits that at each level of hierarchy among rational, living systems is in and of itself a whole, living system. We are made of a body, consisting of organs, which are made of cells. At each level, each living system is responsible for tending to its own internal balance.

Within the scope of personal, individual ecosystems there is a structure which requires rationality to function. It is intrinsic to our biology and a part of the way we came to be part of a community in the first place. However, the virtual space of the communal ecosystem is one which, to us at least, appears to be irrational. It is because this is a different level of Koestlerโ€™s hierarchy. The social ecosystem is the community's possession, and as such not one of us can ever fully comprehend or appreciate the amalgamation of public opinions. But it is within this irrational space that we find a virtualized, abstract intelligence, not powered by any computer. This is our analog intelligence.

And yet, there is a way for the rational and irrational spaces to interact. Through the contraction of our circle by the application of a covenant, we can organize the protocols to organize the processes of virtualization and abstraction necessary for an individual to interact with the whole. And now that we have come full circle, we might once again remember the names of our tribes. We can now apply all of the new technologies which have been discovered in the meantime since forgetting them.

Technologies like the general assemblage, a process used by the Occupy Wall Street movement to make sound, rational, communal decisions by exploiting the personal and irrational biases of consenting moderators. Technologies like IPv6 networking protocols which offer the potential to untether us from the telecommunications monopolies. Technologies like the Ethereum blockchain, which distributes computational loads across entire communities.

We made a major mistake which caused us to forget the names of our tribes before we knew how vital they were to remember in the first place. That name, that song, that rhythm, that resonance that causes us to dance through space in time in the ways two people sometimes do together.

If we are to return to an ecosystem of faith, we are required to reclaim both our structures of power and systems of communication from the corporations. If - and only if - we are able to do so, there will forever be a space for the rational, individual self within the seemingly irrational community.

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RT @GullahSc: St. Helena Island is home to the Penn Center, originally called the Penn School, which was established in 1862 by ...

RT @GullahSc: St. Helena Island is home to the Penn Center, originally called the Penn School, which was established in 1862 by Quaker and Unitarian missionaries from Pennsylvania six months before the Emancipation Proclamation was announced.

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I once asked my Unitarian Universalist a question, and she said. Q: If the U.U. church has its roots in Christianity, why no cr...

I once asked my Unitarian Universalist a question, and she said. Q: If the U.U. church has its roots in Christianity, why no cross? A: It's like putting up an electric chair on display. Me: I get it. I get it. I love that answer. https://t.co/jO9Ae0V5Sy

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"She's a serious" [slightly too-long pause] "Unitarian"

"She's a serious" [slightly too-long pause] "Unitarian"

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The 8th Principle and the Legacy of MLK (01/15/23 Sermon) - White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church (WBUUC) Sermons

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Louis Craig Cornish (18 April 1870 โ€“ 7 January 1950) was an American religious leader who served as president of the American Un...

16 January 2023 at 08:42
Louis Craig Cornish (18 April 1870 โ€“ 7 January 1950) was an American religious leader who served as president of the American Unitarian Association (1927โ€“1937). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Cornish

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Artistic Director Mike Brofman discusses Benjamin Brittenโ€™s Holy Sonnets of John Donne , featured on The World at War: Rage, com...

16 January 2023 at 08:18
Artistic Director Mike Brofman discusses Benjamin Brittenโ€™s Holy Sonnets of John Donne , featured on The World at War: Rage, coming up Friday, February 3 at the First Unitarian Church of Brooklyn. https://brooklynartsongsociety.org/the-world-at-war-in-rage/ https://t.co/emBgxThmwz

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RT @RalphWaldo_LBL: I knew a witty physician who found the creed in the biliary duct, and used to affirm that if there was disea...

16 January 2023 at 08:02
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RT @RalphWaldo_LBL: I knew a witty physician who found the creed in the biliary duct, and used to affirm that if there was disease in the liver, the man became a Calvinist, and if that organ was sound, he became a Unitarian.

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I knew a witty physician who found the creed in the biliary duct, and used to affirm that if there was disease in the liver, the...

I knew a witty physician who found the creed in the biliary duct, and used to affirm that if there was disease in the liver, the man became a Calvinist, and if that organ was sound, he became a Unitarian.

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"Inescapable Web" with Rev. Gerald Davis - All Souls Unitarian Church

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." โ€” Frederick Douglass As we celebrate and learn from the life and legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. this MLK Sunday, Rev. Gerald Davis reflects on the "santa-clause-ification" of MLK, a process in which we remember him as a soft and simply well-meaning figure, when in reality he was a radical political and social advocate โ€” to the point that powerful people wanted him killed. This message was delivered on Sunday, January 15, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Gerald Davis in The Point Humanist Hour. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:

RT @sowmiyashok: "However, Tamil subnationalism tends to come alive whenever the Centre seeks to impose unitarian agendas on the...

15 January 2023 at 07:27
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RT @sowmiyashok: "However, Tamil subnationalism tends to come alive whenever the Centre seeks to impose unitarian agendas on the state, be it the imposition of Hindi language or any policy that is perceived to work against the interests of the people of Tamil Nadu." https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/tamil-nadu-rn-ravi-tamizhagam-remark-dmk-bjp-8376079/

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This Sunday: Things can feel exhausting, if not outright scary, when things are out of balance. Yet new insights are possible wh...

15 January 2023 at 07:22
This Sunday: Things can feel exhausting, if not outright scary, when things are out of balance. Yet new insights are possible when our perspective changes. Service at 10am In person (30 Cleary, masked) Online: https://buff.ly/3rxZE6B #Ottawa #Unitarian #WelcomingChurch




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"However, Tamil subnationalism tends to come alive whenever the Centre seeks to impose unitarian agendas on the state, be it the...

15 January 2023 at 06:04
"However, Tamil subnationalism tends to come alive whenever the Centre seeks to impose unitarian agendas on the state, be it the imposition of Hindi language or any policy that is perceived to work against the interests of the people of Tamil Nadu." https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/tamil-nadu-rn-ravi-tamizhagam-remark-dmk-bjp-8376079/

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RT @UnitarianHist: @revmatt1774 Florence was also one of the founders and longtime Secretary of the #Unitarian Postal Mission - ...

RT @UnitarianHist: @revmatt1774 Florence was also one of the founders and longtime Secretary of the #Unitarian Postal Mission - an outreach initiative - and worked with friend Lucy Tagart

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RT @hate5six: tribal gaze at the first unitarian church watch this set now: https://t.co/M1YEaEuJp1 listen to tribal gaze: htt...

14 January 2023 at 06:21
RT @hate5six: tribal gaze at the first unitarian church watch this set now: http://youtube.com/hate5six listen to tribal gaze: https://linktr.ee/tribalgazetx watch unreleased videos + drum cams + more: http://patreon.com/hate5six pick the next upload: http://hate5six.com/vote https://t.co/FALuOH63ja

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RT @XRBrighton: Come ask your questions about Air Pollution to @DrGaryFuller & Adrian Hills Brighton Unitarian Church 3-5pm...

RT @XRBrighton: Come ask your questions about Air Pollution to @DrGaryFuller & Adrian Hills Brighton Unitarian Church 3-5pm Sunday 26th February 2023 https://twitter.com/Graham21/status/1613836043467329538




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Would you like your chapel to become the perfect place for a wedding?๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ’’ Join us for this free online event with...

14 January 2023 at 05:00
Would you like your chapel to become the perfect place for a wedding?๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ’’ Join us for this free online event with @MeldaGrantham4 & @PhilipMWaldron - 16 Jan 7.20pm Find out more: https://unitarian.org.uk/event/all-you-need-is-love/ #RadicalSpirituality #TheUnitarians #Weddings #AllYouNeedIsLove




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Exploring Faith

I'm in a process of leaving my lifelong faith of Mormonism. Thinking of stopping by the UU church in my community. Do you think this is a good place to start my church hopping adventure? Also, what should I expect? What are the Sunday services like? Do they have childcare during the service or do families sit together? This is all very new to me.

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RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad,...

RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad, not a generic unitarian monotheism. Icons teach correct dogma




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RT @RobertT95115718: @KenKyrios @ljspeacewithin @mpungamanu No problem. Are you of the belief that the Jewish disciples of Jesus...

RT @RobertT95115718: @KenKyrios @ljspeacewithin @mpungamanu No problem. Are you of the belief that the Jewish disciples of Jesus believed in the trinity or were Unitarian?

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RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad,...

13 January 2023 at 00:51
RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad, not a generic unitarian monotheism. Icons teach correct dogma




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RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad,...

13 January 2023 at 00:32
RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad, not a generic unitarian monotheism. Icons teach correct dogma




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RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad,...

13 January 2023 at 00:26
RT @Jay_D007: โ€œ56ย Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad.โ€ -Jn 8. Abraham worshipped the Triad, not a generic unitarian monotheism. Icons teach correct dogma




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UU General Assembly

Hi, friends! I am relatively new to UU. I started attending virtual services early last year and began going in-person in the late fall. I definitely believe that I have found my spiritual home with this congregation. My congregation is starting to talk about General Assembly this year in Pittsburgh, PA and I have a few questions for those of you who had been before.

  1. What year(s) did you attend? Where was it located?
  2. How was your experience?
  3. Did you travel alone or with other people?
  4. Would you generally recommend it?
  5. Is there anything that you wish you knew before going? Alternatively, do you have any advice for someone who is going for the first time?

Thank you!

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RT @mmcdonaldlewis: @aireekaw How wonderful! My father, Unitarian minister Dr. James Ford Lewis, marched with Dr. King and 2500 ...

RT @mmcdonaldlewis: @aireekaw How wonderful! My father, Unitarian minister Dr. James Ford Lewis, marched with Dr. King and 2500 people, mainly clergy, on "Turnaround Tuesday." I was there for the 50th Jubilee, and spent many days with Mr. and Mrs. James Durry, who put him and other ministers up in their home.




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RT @UKUnitarians: Would you like your chapel to become the perfect place for a wedding?๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ’’ Join us for this free...

RT @UKUnitarians: Would you like your chapel to become the perfect place for a wedding?๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ’’ Join us for this free online event with @MeldaGrantham4 & @PhilipMWaldron - 16 Jan 7.20pm Find out more: https://www.unitarian.org.uk/event/all-you-need-is-love/ #RadicalSpirituality #TheUnitarians #WeddingWednesday #AllYouNeedIsLove




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RT @UKUnitarians: Would you like your chapel to become the perfect place for a wedding?๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ’’ Join us for this free...

RT @UKUnitarians: Would you like your chapel to become the perfect place for a wedding?๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿ‘จโ€โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ‘จ๐Ÿ’’ Join us for this free online event with @MeldaGrantham4 & @PhilipMWaldron - 16 Jan 7.20pm Find out more: https://www.unitarian.org.uk/event/all-you-need-is-love/ #RadicalSpirituality #TheUnitarians #WeddingWednesday #AllYouNeedIsLove




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"Dear Universe" with Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar - All Souls Unitarian Church

Joni Mitchell famously sung "We are stardust... and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden." What does it mean for us to be made of stardust, floating around on a speck of a speck in the vastness of the cosmos? Does it provoke a sense of wonder that we are here at all? Or maybe a sense of profound uncertainty as to how we got here, or where we are going? These feelings have been provoking us for millennia to create religions about how the stardust turned into us, and also about how we might get back to the garden. Maybe instead of explaining it all, these feelings can remind us how rare it is that we get to consciously exist at all, and maybe this can create a new kind of religious impulse... one that expands our worlds rather than limits them. This message was delivered on Sunday, January 8, 2023 at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma by Rev. Dr. Marlin Lavanhar in The Point Humanist Hour. SUBSCRIBE TO WATCH SERMONS FROM OUR MINISTERS: WANT TO LISTEN? SUBSCRIBE TO AUDIO PODCAST: GIVE TO SUPPORT LOVE BEYOND BELIEF: http://www.allsoulschurch.org/GIVE or text LOVEBB to 73256 LET'S CONNECT: Facebook: Instagram: All Souls Church Website:

RT @Indian_Index: % of adults in major religious group who have completed college degree in US: Hindu: 77% Unitarian Universal...

11 January 2023 at 04:56
RT @Indian_Index: % of adults in major religious group who have completed college degree in US: Hindu: 77% Unitarian Universalist: 67% Jewish: 59% Anglican: 59% Buddhist: 47% Agnostic: 42% Orthodox Christian: 40% Muslim: 39% Catholic: 26% All US adults: 27% (Pew Research)

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RT @deirdrepike: Great panel tonight on Housing Affordability: Moving from Promises to Reality. Hosted by the First Unitarian Ch...

RT @deirdrepike: Great panel tonight on Housing Affordability: Moving from Promises to Reality. Hosted by the First Unitarian Church #HamOnt and St. Paulโ€™s Dundas. Turnout indicates lack of affordable housing and homelessness crisis is a top concern. Compassionate people are seeking solutions.










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RT @hate5six: three knee deep at the first unitarian church watch this set now: https://t.co/M1YEaEubzt listen to three knee ...

RT @hate5six: three knee deep at the first unitarian church watch this set now: http://youtube.com/hate5six listen to three knee deep: https://bbbrecords.bandcamp.com/ watch unreleased videos + drum cams + more: http://patreon.com/hate5six pick the next upload: http://hate5six.com/vote https://t.co/APbitpcROh

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You can watch the video recording of the Oxford Unitarian service led by Sheila Bond, introducing our January theme: 'Finding ...

10 January 2023 at 03:29
You can watch the video recording of the Oxford Unitarian service led by Sheila Bond, introducing our January theme: 'Finding Our Centre' (8/01/2023). https://vimeo.com/787649989

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Kings of Leon opening for the Strokes, TV on the Radio at First Unitarian Church in Philly, OKGO opening for...I can't even reme...

10 January 2023 at 02:09
Kings of Leon opening for the Strokes, TV on the Radio at First Unitarian Church in Philly, OKGO opening for...I can't even remember who. I went to see RHCP and Foo Fighters with some unknown band called Muse as the openers but we arrived too late to see them. https://twitter.com/RegentTheaterLA/status/1612571144145752066

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At the Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, their Fellowshipโ€™s Ministersโ€™ Discretionary Fund (MDF) is set aside to assi...

9 January 2023 at 22:42
At the Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, their Fellowshipโ€™s Ministersโ€™ Discretionary Fund (MDF) is set aside to assist people who are in need of tangible care. Support their quest to eliminate medical debt in the Midwest ๐Ÿ‘‡ ๐Ÿ‘‡ https://ripmedicaldebt.org/campaign/abundant-love-uu-campaign-to-eliminate-medical-debt/?

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RT @UKUnitarians: Inspired by ancient wisdom and modern ideas, we believe in doing the right thing, fighting for justice, and de...

RT @UKUnitarians: Inspired by ancient wisdom and modern ideas, we believe in doing the right thing, fighting for justice, and defending the oppressed. Find out more: https://www.unitarian.org.uk/who-we-are/ #RadicalSpirituality #RadicalCommunity #TheUnitarians #MondayMotivation




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Community of Communities (01/08/23 Service) - White Bear Unitarian Universalist Church (WBUUC) Sermons

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A People Without Vision Shall Perish - Sermons-First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco

โ€œA People Without Vision Shall Perishโ€
Sunday, January 8, 2023, 10:50 am, Worship Service Livestream

Emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, we realize that there is no turning back to what we once thought was normal. San Francisco has always been a destination for those who want to be their authentic selves and dream dreams. Sunday's sermon will speak to the challenges and opportunities of this time of recalibration and how people of faith can and should be a part of the equation for charting a vision for a brighter future.

Michael G. Pappas, M.Div., Guest Preacher; Wonder Dave, Worship Associate; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; Maria Roodnitsky, Guitarist and Singer; Cal Ball, Guitarist; Nancy Munn, Songleader

Eric Shackelford, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Remigio Flood, Sexton; Kelvin Jones, Sexton; Amy Kelly, Flowers; Linda Messner, Head Usher

Worried I might not be generous enough to fit

I am new to organized religion, and we have begun to learn about our local UU and attend some events and services. We would love to connect and give back to our community more, but Iโ€™m a little at odds, wondering if I am being a little bit stingy or self-oriented in nature, if that makes me a poor fit to the community?

I would like to introduce our toddler to diverse people and families, and lead by example that all people are worthy, and also teach her about giving back. My household is pretty high earning (about $300k/annually) and we have some of our own financial goals (supporting a good education and growing family, supporting aging parents, early retirement). When it comes down to it, I just donโ€™t want to give 10% (or even 5%) of my income away. I am comfortable with committing to $5k in the first year, and increasing $1k a year until we reach $10k, and hold steady at that. I know that joining a church should not be about money, but Iโ€™m wondering if I feel this sense of covering my needs first (including the needs of those who are most important to me), is that at odds with the ethos of the UU community?

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Inspired by ancient wisdom and modern ideas, we believe in doing the right thing, fighting for justice, and defending the oppres...

9 January 2023 at 03:00
Inspired by ancient wisdom and modern ideas, we believe in doing the right thing, fighting for justice, and defending the oppressed. Find out more: https://www.unitarian.org.uk/who-we-are/ #RadicalSpirituality #RadicalCommunity #TheUnitarians #MondayMotivation




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RT @deadpinata8773: @losthunderlads @samhaselby Tbh, high SES atheists and agnostics probably have decent rates of religious mem...

RT @deadpinata8773: @losthunderlads @samhaselby Tbh, high SES atheists and agnostics probably have decent rates of religious membership and observance-think the sort of people in Reform synagogues or Unitarian Universalist churches.

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RT @CBSPhiladelphia: Take what you need and donate what you can is the motto behind a brand-new outdoor food pantry at the Unita...

RT @CBSPhiladelphia: Take what you need and donate what you can is the motto behind a brand-new outdoor food pantry at the Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy. @MarcellaBaietto reports. https://cbsn.ws/3GuucgO

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RT @CBSPhiladelphia: Take what you need and donate what you can is the motto behind a brand-new outdoor food pantry at the Unita...

9 January 2023 at 00:29
By: Saffron
RT @CBSPhiladelphia: Take what you need and donate what you can is the motto behind a brand-new outdoor food pantry at the Unitarian Universalists of Mt. Airy. @MarcellaBaietto reports. https://cbsn.ws/3GuucgO

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Today's #SundayPrayer by Rev John Harley: https://t.co/WFihSGmYk8 This morning is a gift. Every morning you have another chance...

8 January 2023 at 03:00
Today's #SundayPrayer by Rev John Harley: https://worshipwords.unitarian.org.uk/the-hope-of-a-new-day/ This morning is a gift. Every morning you have another chance. Sometimes you do nothing, sometimes you get lucky and the day shines on you but how often do you seize the day with your hands and make it your own?




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RT @UR_Ninja: While immigrant rights activist and undocumented mother Jeanette Vizguerra was claiming sanctuary from deportation...

7 January 2023 at 23:02
RT @UR_Ninja: While immigrant rights activist and undocumented mother Jeanette Vizguerra was claiming sanctuary from deportation at the First Unitarian Society in Denver, we conducted an in-depth interview with her. Full video interview here: https://unicornriot.ninja/2017/jeanette-vizguerra-named-one-times-100-influential-people-remains-sanctuary/

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Became a member today!

After attending since mid 2020 my family and I finally joined our local UU church as members. So excited to become more involved in both the congregation and surrounding community!

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RT @JIFAnimals: JIFA, CreatureKind, & Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry invite you to an interfaith panel featuring cle...

RT @JIFAnimals: JIFA, CreatureKind, & Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry invite you to an interfaith panel featuring clergy and leaders in the Buddhist, Jewish, Muslim, Christian, & Unitarian Universalist spaces. Stay tuned for registration details! #faithinfood




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MLK Day Event: Film Screening โ€œWho We Areโ€ Mon, Jan 16, 6:00โ€‰โ€“โ€‰8:30โ€ฏPM In 10 Days First Unitarian Church 730 Halstead Rd, Wilmin...

MLK Day Event: Film Screening โ€œWho We Areโ€ Mon, Jan 16, 6:00โ€‰โ€“โ€‰8:30โ€ฏPM In 10 Days First Unitarian Church 730 Halstead Rd, Wilmington, DE #mlkday #mlkday2023 ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ




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RT @Newsday: A reward is being offered to anyone who can help identify the person who ripped down and damaged a Black Lives Matt...

RT @Newsday: A reward is being offered to anyone who can help identify the person who ripped down and damaged a Black Lives Matter sign outside the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook in October, Suffolk police said. https://nwsdy.li/3GICqn6

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RT @Newsday: A reward is being offered to anyone who can help identify the person who ripped down and damaged a Black Lives Matt...

RT @Newsday: A reward is being offered to anyone who can help identify the person who ripped down and damaged a Black Lives Matter sign outside the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at Stony Brook in October, Suffolk police said. https://nwsdy.li/3GICqn6

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Is UU just social justice as religion?

Hey folks. I was raised heavily catholic (my dad is a deacon). When I was a teenager and became old enough to think rationally and really question things I went through an edgy atheist phase, and the older I got and the more research and studying and reflecting I did I came to believe that the concept of God that I had been debunking was a rather underdeveloped one at best, and became more open minded to religion. These days I consider myself an agnostic with heavy pantheist leanings. I think that there is some wisdom to be found in most religions.

In my research, UU seems to be the closest thing to a religious community that would match my beliefs. However, from what I've found the actual practice has less to do with discussions or rituals or whatever addressing life questions and issues from an existential or spiritual perspective as much as it is all about social justice without any solid metaphysical or existential belief motivating it.

Now, don't get me wrong. I think social justice is extremely important, but why not just make it an organization instead of a religion if the only thing connecting it to religion is the fact that it takes place in a church?

I think our society right now is experiencing a crisis of meaning in our secular age, and it's not surprising that people are turning to politics to find meaning. You also have political organizations that are dressed up as churches. On the right, you have baptists who've turned their pulpits into political soapboxes, and on the left you have UU. Not to say that these are the same. One preaches fascism and the other social justice, but neither seem to properly address that crisis of meaning.

From the sermons I've listened to, I just never got the sense that this is a place where I can experience the wonder and mystery that I would hope to expect from a religion that matches my beliefs.

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Question about God and Jesus belief.

According to google โ€œUnitarians believe that God is only one person. Unitarians reject the Trinity and do not believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God.โ€ Is this true of every single Unitarian Universalist or is this just a general Statement?

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Great public engagement at Westgate Unitarian Chapel, Wakefield https://t.co/lZ33STXkH1

Great public engagement at Westgate Unitarian Chapel, Wakefield




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RT @ZGroff: @oldlife I didnโ€™t realize that there were 3 Unitarian Universalists left in the country at all, much less in Congres...

6 January 2023 at 00:11
RT @ZGroff: @oldlife I didnโ€™t realize that there were 3 Unitarian Universalists left in the country at all, much less in Congress.

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RT @chasewpatterson: @NateAFischer @Chris_arnade The Samuel Eliots of the time felt perfectly comfortable articulating a belief ...

5 January 2023 at 22:25
RT @chasewpatterson: @NateAFischer @Chris_arnade The Samuel Eliots of the time felt perfectly comfortable articulating a belief that the goal wasnโ€™t to eliminate political discussions rather to shift them to universities and Unitarian churches where they could be properly guided

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RT @Known2Cali4nia: @ChristmasSnoop I do think that the 5 smart 5 u unitarians will end up the same way every other unitarian do...

RT @Known2Cali4nia: @ChristmasSnoop I do think that the 5 smart 5 u unitarians will end up the same way every other unitarian does. IMO a belief in at least dual natures of christ is needed for the impact of grace & freedom from sin to matter. Very Load Bearing. Have theories on why but not fully formed

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Former or current Quakers in UU

5 January 2023 at 23:53

Iโ€™m currently looking into Quakerism which Iโ€™ve always been interested in since high school. I have been a part of a UU congregation for the past 8 years. Anyone have similar experiences?

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RT @GLHancock: In 1966 a Unitarian-Universalist minister called me "a rabid liberal" - I didn't really know the meaning of the t...

RT @GLHancock: In 1966 a Unitarian-Universalist minister called me "a rabid liberal" - I didn't really know the meaning of the term then, but ...




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Ideology: Unitarian Secularism with Identitarian Characteristics

Ideology: Unitarian Secularism with Identitarian Characteristics

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RT @FreeBlckThought: "The worst excesses of 'woke culture' are now found in the Unitarian Universalist church: Dogmatism, self-r...

4 January 2023 at 22:08
RT @FreeBlckThought: "The worst excesses of 'woke culture' are now found in the Unitarian Universalist church: Dogmatism, self-righteousness, racial essentialism, censorship, call-out and cancel culture." HOW TO DESTROY A LIBERAL CHURCH NEW in the Journal of FBT: https://freeblackthought.substack.com/p/how-to-destroy-a-liberal-church

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RT @HamOntCBN: We will be attending this event, "Housing Affordability: Moving from Promises to Reality" next week! Join us on T...

RT @HamOntCBN: We will be attending this event, "Housing Affordability: Moving from Promises to Reality" next week! Join us on Tuesday, January 10th from 7-9PM at the First Unitarian Church, 170 Dundurn St. South. The event is free and you can register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/housing-affordability-moving-from-promises-to-reality-tickets-466930621057.




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RT @brucewilson: 20) But it went farther. The Spiritual Mapping teams also identified enemy institutions - perhaps a mosque or U...

RT @brucewilson: 20) But it went farther. The Spiritual Mapping teams also identified enemy institutions - perhaps a mosque or Unitarian Church, a Masonic Lodge, a porn shop... or even, as noted by This American Life's Alix Spiegel, who visited New Life Church in 1997, a public school playground

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Tattoo discussion/advice

5 January 2023 at 00:46

I've finally made up my mind. My first tattoo is going to be the number 637, and a chalice, all tattooed on my wrist1. For those not in the know, #637 is the Litany of Atonement in the Gray Hymnal, aka Singing the Living Tradition. (Does anybody ever actually call it that??) The refrain is "We forgive ourselves and each other. We begin again in love." The Litany of Atonement is slowly finding its way into the foundation of my relationship as recurring words of comfort.

What I am getting hung up on is Part 2, the chalice. There are a dozen different designs, and I'm finding it hard to choose! So, TatUUed2 folks, my question is this. How did you decide on the particular design of your chalice tattoo? What was the significance of that shape?

I could go with the two circles, but that's not what my home church's chalice looks like. Do I lean into our "ringless" chalice, do I not? Need to hear what other people have done!

1 Astute UUs of good humor may note that I have planned for myself the equivalent of a bible verse wrist tat, and have my welcome permission to chuckle at the irony of a Pagan of all people doing such a thing.

2 This joke is not mine, it is shamelessly stolen!

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~~~ THIS SUNDAY ~~~~ In Person - Greek God Janus with Camille Bouskela and Mary Ann McCarron Join us at the Unitarian Universali...

4 January 2023 at 01:31
~~~ THIS SUNDAY ~~~~ In Person - Greek God Janus with Camille Bouskela and Mary Ann McCarron Join us at the Unitarian Universalist Church of North Hatley this Sunday for a special service honoring the Roman God Janus. Janus is the deity of beginnings, endings, and transitionโ€ฆ




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RT @ChrisHelgerson3: @atrupar I went to church last week; nobody stopped me. To get there I drove by Baptist, Church of Christ, ...

4 January 2023 at 00:15
By: Marilyn
RT @ChrisHelgerson3: @atrupar I went to church last week; nobody stopped me. To get there I drove by Baptist, Church of Christ, and even Unitarian Universalist churches, all had reasonably full parking lots. And I live in, literally, the least religious state in the union. I don't think this war is succeeding

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RT @AntoinetteForLA: In my day job, Iโ€™m a faith-based organizer for the Unitarian Universalist Womenโ€™s Federation (@uuwomensfed)...

3 January 2023 at 21:52
RT @AntoinetteForLA: In my day job, Iโ€™m a faith-based organizer for the Unitarian Universalist Womenโ€™s Federation (@uuwomensfed) a nonprofit that advocates nationally for women and femmes. I get to build online programming, facilitate workshops, and lead online gatherings.

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RT @BaddCompani: Fulan Gong, Unification Church, Moonies, and United Front were at the Capitol along with Russians, Proud Boys, ...

3 January 2023 at 00:55
By: BarbVee
RT @BaddCompani: Fulan Gong, Unification Church, Moonies, and United Front were at the Capitol along with Russians, Proud Boys, and Oathkeepers. They were all on the same Team, Antifa was nowhere to be found. FACTS. Unification is an offshoot of Unitarian. The Moonies hijacked it.

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RT @BaddCompani: Fulan Gong, Unification Church, Moonies, and United Front were at the Capitol along with Russians, Proud Boys, ...

3 January 2023 at 00:33
RT @BaddCompani: Fulan Gong, Unification Church, Moonies, and United Front were at the Capitol along with Russians, Proud Boys, and Oathkeepers. They were all on the same Team, Antifa was nowhere to be found. FACTS. Unification is an offshoot of Unitarian. The Moonies hijacked it.

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RT @hate5six: .@200stabwounds at the first unitarian church watch this set now: https://t.co/M1YEaEubzt listen to 200 stab wou...

3 January 2023 at 00:10
RT @hate5six: .@200stabwounds at the first unitarian church watch this set now: http://youtube.com/hate5six listen to 200 stab wounds: https://www.200stabwounds.net/ watch unreleased videos + drum cams + more: http://patreon.com/hate5six pick the next upload: http://hate5six.com/vote https://t.co/wIlHyCvVXP

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RT @makeushopeagain: Visited the Unitarian Church today. Heard more wisdom in the 15-minute sermon than I have in years of LDS G...

RT @makeushopeagain: Visited the Unitarian Church today. Heard more wisdom in the 15-minute sermon than I have in years of LDS GC talks. The best quote of the day: "The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning." Chew on that gem for a while.

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RT @makeushopeagain: Visited the Unitarian Church today. Heard more wisdom in the 15-minute sermon than I have in years of LDS G...

RT @makeushopeagain: Visited the Unitarian Church today. Heard more wisdom in the 15-minute sermon than I have in years of LDS GC talks. The best quote of the day: "The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning." Chew on that gem for a while.

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SERMON: Time : Rev. Vera O'Brien - Arlington Street Church

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, January 1, 2023.

SERMON: Lessons & Carols : Rev. Kim K. Crawford Harvie - Arlington Street Church

Recorded live at Arlington Street Church, Sunday, December 18, 2022.
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