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Not Lost, Just Different

By: Shaya French β€”
A clear hourglass filled with blue sand rests on the page of a calendar

Shaya French

If this year is a "lost" year, then I am bound to live a lost life.

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The Emperor's Berries

By: Renee Ruchotzke β€”
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Renee Ruchotzke

How might our expectations about year-round berries impact our expectations around our church’s programming? Sometimes we see consumer expectations show up in our faith communities when it comes to Sunday services, religious exploration, and so on.

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Permissions & Licensing

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permissions and licensing information for UUA publications and digital resources, including Skinner House and UUA books, Worship Web, Tapestry of Faith, UUWorld, and uua.org

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Opportunities for Connection ~ November 2021

By: Central East Region of the UUA β€”
A book titled "Defund Fear" by Zach Norris is held in the hands of someone whose hands are light brown; only their torso is showing.

Central East Region of the UUA

Find out what's happening in the Central East Region! This month - Common Read, COMPASS, 8th Principle Presentation, Jubilee 3, Open Enrollment, Fall Chalice Lighter Call, Screening The Condor & The Eagle and more.

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Guidance for Outdoor Gatherings During COVID-19

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These recommendations were updated by our Safer Congregations Team on June 8, 2021 in response to questions from congregations. Please use them in conjunction with our full UUA guidance for gathering during COVID-19. Data show that the risks of transmission of COVID-19 are lower in outdoor...

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A Thousand Voices

By: Tania MΓ‘rquez β€”
The stub of a lit taper candle burns brightly on a bed of cempasΓΊchil, or Mexican marigolds.

Tania MΓ‘rquez

The dead aren’t really dead; their stories are perpetually being told by the world around us.

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UU Pittsburgh Assembly to Explore the 8th Principle

By: Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe β€”
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Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe

On November 6th, UUs of Greater Pittsburgh- a membership organization of 12 congregations- will gather to discuss the 8th Principle and what it can mean for our congregations. The keynote will be one of the co-authors of the 8th Principle, Paula Cole Jones. This online Assembly is open to all.

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Letting the Questions Float By

By: Diane Dassow β€”
Seen from behind, a person walks along a low-tide beach. Kelp covered rocks in foreground. Gentle surf and ocean waves in distance.

Diane Dassow

I am learning to give up needing to know the answers, and instead live with the questions.

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Have an Idea for CERSI 2022 Workshops?

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Do you have a creative idea for ways that the community can play, explore, or learn together? We want to see your proposals for morning seminars and afternoon workshops!

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Following Indigenous Leadership, UUs Join Major Climate Action in D.C.

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Elaine McArdle

People v. Fossil Fuels Demands Biden Stop New Projects

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I Am Called to Show Up for Climate Justice

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Selfie of ZoΓ« Johnston in Washington, D.C., with the Capitol building in the background, October 15, 2021, to join in protest and arrest to demand climate action.

I am a college student, but more urgently, I am a young Unitarian Universalist working to save my future.

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Congregations adapt to evolving COVID guidance

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Members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia, participate in a Flower Communion in the congregation's memorial garden in May 2021.

Kat McKim

As the Delta variant complicates plans for a return to in-person worship, congregations continue to explore a variety of models for being in community.

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An Ingathering Greeting from UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray

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Susan Frederick-Gray

There is great healing and sustaining power in our faith, even if the ways we gather look different than before.Β Β Β 

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Widening the Circle of Concern, Together, to Upend White Supremacy

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Heather Beasley Doyle

Five central Illinois congregations collaborate, aided by a new UUA study/action guide.

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UUA President’s Report, General Assembly 2021

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A screen shot of UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray presenting her annual report, June 24, during the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Virtual General Assembly 2021.

Susan Frederick-Gray

Three core priorities will continue to guide our work.

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General Assembly Special Collections Recipients Thrive and Grow

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FFLIC Youth Leader, Kaliyah Isis Watson, speaks at a β€˜#NoMorePrisons Campaign’ press conference in front of the Louisiana State Capitol

Elaine McArdle

Financial contributions from GA participants make significant change possible: a look at the work of three recent recipients.

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More than 4,200 UUs β€˜Circle ’Round’ virtually for 2021 General Assembly

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A screen shot of UUA President Susan Frederick-Gray speaking during the Service of the Living Tradition, June 24, during the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Virtual General Assembly 2021.

Elaine McArdle, Sonja L. Cohen

UUA’s second online-only General Assembly focuses on dismantling white supremacy and systemic racism.

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Q&A: Saunder Choi, GA Music Coordinator

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Saunder Choi, GA Music Coordinator

Elaine McArdle

Filipino composer and music director at UU Community Church of Santa Monica, California, provides creative direction for UUA General Assembly 2021.

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Excitement Builds for 2021 β€˜Circle ’Round’ General Assembly

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Staff Writer

UUA’s second all-virtual General Assembly is focused on improving user experience and providing more opportunities for interaction.

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In Tulsa, Faith Leaders Call for Massacre Reparations

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Rev. Dr. Robert Turner prays on a street painting of Black Lives Matter in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, August 4, 2020

Elaine McArdle

One hundred years after the violent destruction of a prosperous Black neighborhood, a coalition of faith communities is building support for reparations.

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Pandemic Reckoning

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Joshua Eaton

Six experts in public health, racial injustice, economic inequality, extremism, and Unitarian Universalist theology talk about the deep fissures the past year has revealedβ€”and how we can move forward.

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Not Lost, Just Different

By: Shaya French β€”
A clear hourglass filled with blue sand rests on the page of a calendar

Shaya French

If this year is a "lost" year, then I am bound to live a lost life.

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Permissions & Licensing

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A Thousand Voices

By: Tania MΓ‘rquez β€”
The stub of a lit taper candle burns brightly on a bed of cempasΓΊchil, or Mexican marigolds.

Tania MΓ‘rquez

The dead aren’t really dead; their stories are perpetually being told by the world around us.

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Letting the Questions Float By

By: Diane Dassow β€”
Seen from behind, a person walks along a low-tide beach. Kelp covered rocks in foreground. Gentle surf and ocean waves in distance.

Diane Dassow

I am learning to give up needing to know the answers, and instead live with the questions.

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The Question

By: Erika A. Hewitt β€”
A starry night sky and and an atmospheric glow blanket the well-lit southeastern African coast as the International Space Station orbited 263 miles above.

Erika A. Hewitt

I need to celebrate our human family, whose power and potential shimmer against the backdrop of deep time, because we aren’t at our best right now.

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Reclaiming My Culture

By: Mike Adams β€”
Four members of the Squamish and Lil'wat Nations, with their backs to the camrea, are each draped in a traditional Squamish or Lil'wat blanket.

Mike Adams

I was leaving my mom in another world, located far away from mine.

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Putting on Armor

By: Shannon Lang β€”
Five people of color are seen in a line, holding hands with arms crossed in a sign of solidarity.

Shannon Lang

In order to be welcoming, the systems of power and privilege in our spaces need to be actively dismantled.

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Surviving a Plague ... Again

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National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Surviving a Plague … Again The year is 2021, I am 47, and I’m a 15-year survivor of the first plague of Generation X. Every part of that sentence makes me feel some kind of way. First of all … FORTY-SEVEN! I’m not one of those forever-young queens, so I’m very excited to be alive and grown...

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Only Clay on the Wheel

By: Jake Morrill β€”
A person's hands shape a clay vessel on a potter's wheel.

Jake Morrill

I want to be shaped in a way that lets me serve the eternal.

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