Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "24 December 2022 Xmas Eve Worship Livestreaming Video"

Due to the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, we have begun to broadcast a livestream video of our Sunday morning worship services. This worship video will be available live and in recorded formats. For our livestream video of our worship services, we are using Facebook Live.  One does not have to log into Facebook … Continue reading "25 December 2022 Worship Livestreaming Video"

you literally tried to pedojacket all anarchist dude you’re not a fucking left unitarian https://twitter.com/HoChiMinh01/status/1622040783682428929

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RT @kerry62189: @AviWoolf @deadpinata8773 @SWGoldman I don't think they did. Cleveland Amory's "The Proper Bostonians" offers the only plausible account I've found. The Brahmins got so liberal and individualistic that the wives & daughters of MA businessmen turned to "the Episcopal religion." (Most Brahmin women stayed Unitarian.)




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RT @flyaway47: @EdwinaBelliveau @mactavish It's not as cold here in Maryland as further north, but it's been really cold for us—so opening our doors is exactly what my Unitarian church does. We have an army of volunteers to help people get settled, provide food & transportation, keep the kids busy, and much more.

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RT @EODSarasota: Thank you to the Unitarian Universalist Church of Sarasota who sponsored the Women of the Bluest Eye art banner by Donna M. Richardson Art Studios and took the opportunity to tour the exhibit yesterday! #embracingourdifferences




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I grew up hearing the refrain, freedom isn’t free. I also heard, “If you is what you ain’t, then you ain’t what you is.” What do these aphorisms have in common? They both shed light on how one navigates systemic racism. Systemic racism depends upon tacit agreement with established power and fear of perceived consequences if that power is not obeyed. Throw in laws that limit freedom and one begins to scratch when you don’t itch and grin when there’s nothing funny. Our national culture is consumed with power, sometimes demonstrably violent. We citizens are told, “just stay in your […] The post Freedom appeared first on BeyondBelief.

          Joseph Priestley died on this day, the 6th of February, in 1804. Me I think of it as a holy day, a feast for a radical saint. Priestley was a scientist, political radical, and one of the more influential founders of the modern English speaking Unitarian movement. He was born into […]

The founding convention of the Colored National Labor Union in Washington, D.C. in 1869 as depicted in  Harper's Weekly.   Note the presence of women delegates. Isaac Meyers did not want it this way.  Neither did William H. Sylvis.  Myers was a 34 year old Black marine caulker from Baltimore who had organized a union of Black caulkers in the Chesapeake shipyardsand a cooperative association to market their services to ship builders and dry docks.  Sylvis was a white 40 year old Philadelphia iron molder who was the founder, visionaryleading light, and President of the National Labor Union (NLU), American labor’s first stab at a national federation uniting existing trade unions.  In the wake of the recently concluded Civil War and ...

Learn from Burmese civil society activists about the atrocity crimes being committed in Karenni State and what needs to be done to hold the military junta accountable.

Some have said that love is not a feeling. I disagree. I have a warm, glowing sensation in my chest when I sit and cuddle with or hold hands with my beloved. Or when I pet my cat. Or when … Continue reading →

Information on the plants we're selling in 2023.

We've ordered our plants! Check out what you can expect to see here.

Join us as we have fun and raise funds for FUUN!

Source of healing and wholeness we call by many names, Ground us in gratitude. May we find our way back from the brink of anger or fear to a foundation of thanksgiving and gladness and praise. Praise be for diversity. Different people have different experiences of the world. We have different stories we tell to make sense of our world. Some stories about reality feature a creative force that knows and desires. Other stories depict the forces of the universe creating and destroying without anything that could be compared to knowledge, intentionality, or purpose -- rather, and beauty, awe, and majesty-compelling reverence are the products, not the source, of unfolding creation. Still other stories tell of a creative force that metaphorical...

The pews were packed at Todmorden's iconic Unitarian Church for a concert that has been a mainstay of the community calendar for almost two ...

Jenkins Chapel Baptist Church, 1801 N. Hughes St. For more info, please call 806 373 2576. • Amarillo Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – 4109 Cornell ...

... (available in person and virtually via Zoom), will be held at 12 p.m. Tuesday at the Unitarian Universalist Church Social Hall in Oak Ridge.

... through a network of community and private gardens like Lewes Community Garden and the Unitarian Universalists of Southern Delaware garden.

They thought the Fund would be a good way to help, in keeping with their Unitarian Universalist convictions, said Maxfield, 72.

In 1961, the year the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church in America consolidated to form the UUA, John Kennedy appointed him ...

Members of the Universalist Unitarian Church in Worcester spent a night last week tying hats, scarves and gloves to some of the light posts, ...

Unitarian Church of Barnstable. 3330 Main Street Barnstable 02630. More Details. Cape Cod Surftones Chorus SEEKS SINGERS to try us out.

7:00 PM - CLASSIC SILENT FILM SERIES WITH ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT RETURNS TO WEST SHORE UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH. Wednesday, February 22:.

The Reverend Colleen Squires, minister at All Souls Community Church of West Michigan, a Unitarian Universalist Congregation, responds:.

A memorial service will be held Monday, February 6, 2023, at 1:00 PM, at the First Unitarian Church of Dallas, 4015 Normandy Avenue, Dallas, TX, ...

Services will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston at 1 p.m. on February 11, 2023. In lieu of flowers, the family requests ...

Best_crop_9c34bb7d74eaea776f8f_uufsc-banner-600x600. Sun, February 05 10:30 AM — 11:30 AM. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Newton ...

Now, under the auspices of the First Religious Society Unitarian Universalist Church, the Music Series typically offers three or four concerts ...

MJC Mondays: With the French Horn Collective., 8 p.m., $20-$30. Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Miami, 7701 SW 76th Ave., Miami, 305-667-3697, ...

She attended the Unitarian Universalist Church in Vineyard Haven, where she volunteered extensively and had many close friendships.

People attend an abortion rights rally on Sept. 4, 2022, outside Second Unitarian Church in Chicago. The church was recently vandalized by two ...

      A Critique of Centering Prayer: Text and Commentary Francis Tiso (I shared online a reflection by the lay Catholic spiritual director Carl McColman regarding Centering Prayer and some of its critics. In a response Fr Tiso noted he’d also written a reflection on Centering Prayer in response to an extensive critique. I […]

In this week's Pagan Community Notes: Museum of Magic, Fortune-telling & Witchcraft is set to open, Iemanjá statue, ConVocation and other upcoming events, the green comet, and more news. Continue reading Pagan Community Notes: Week of February 6, 2023 at The Wild Hunt.

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Venice. 1971 Pinebrook Rd Venice, Florida 34292. phone: 941.485.2105. Directions On the corner of Pinebrook and ...

7 p.m. April 13 on Zoom – Membership 101 – History of Unitarian-Universalism Register at https://uucc65201.breezechms.com/form/6b0d8d.

Bethany and Dee will share their reflections on the NAACP. https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/2/r ...

First Unitarian Church of Providence. 1 Benevolent Street (Corner of Benefit and Benevolent) Providence, RI 02906 401-421-7970.

This critical resource covers the long histories of Unitarianism,. Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism in the United States and around the world, ...

Gather round, friends! In 2023, UUMFE continues our Monthly Spiritual Gatherings so that we may all find time to.

"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic. Power at its best is love implementing the demands ...

Saturday, February 25, 2023 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the Romer Room. This introductory course is intended for those who would like to learn more about ...

Sunday, February 5, 2023, 10:50 am
“Gongxi Gongxi: A Will to Hope in the Lunar New Year”

The Lunar New Year loudly celebrates the spring amidst the chill of winter. What can a festival so focused on positivity tell us about our not-so-positive experience?

Rev. Seanan Fong, Guest Minister; Carmen Barsody, Worship Associate; Lori Lai, Board Treasurer; Alexandra Lee-Jobe, UU Davis; Reiko Oda Lane, Organist; UUSF Choir led by Mark Sumner, Music Director; Rusty Harris-Bishop, Soloist; Jon Silk, Drums; Bill Ganz, Pianist

Shulee Ong, Camera; Eric Shackelford, Camera; Jonathan Silk, Communications Director; Joe Chapot, Live Chat Moderator; Thomas Brown, Sexton; Kelvin Jones, Sexton; Judy Payne, Flowers; Linda Messner, Head Usher; Ralph Fenn, Les James, Tom Brookshire, Zoom Coffee Hour

Here we are gathered as a Unitarian Universalist congregation. We worship in an evolving tradition – a living tradition, as the title of our hymnal says ("Singing the Living Tradition"). Certain themes run throughout: freedom, reason, tolerance – and critique of the trinity. Unitarianism in Europe goes back 450 years. And then it started – almost independently – in America – with William Ellery Channing, born 1780. The Unitarian ideas were bubbling up from a number of places. It was Channing who consolidated them and gave them their most forceful presentation, who developed them in some new directions which became deeply influential on the Unitarianism of his time and thereafter. Ralph Waldo Emerson called him “our bishop.”...

We dedicate ourselves to the children. We dedicate ourselves to the good of the earth, from which the trees come and to which we all return. We seek to move and to make friends. We seek creativity. May our lives be blessed by the joy of play and the connections of friends. -Adapted from words … Continue reading Joy in Friendship

RT @statesman: Leader of Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry finds power in group actions. https://www.statesman.com/story/news/local/2023/02/07/community-faith-texas-unitarian-universalist-justice-ministry/69879148007/?utm_source=SND&utm_medium=Twitter&utm_campaign=statesman

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Watch the Service: To enable YouTube provided closed-captioning while viewing the service, click the “CC” icon on the bottom bar of your YouTube video player.    

All #shall recall Barr sent "audition memo" to dRumpff Admin advising "whatever u do, do not sitdown& cooperate w/Mueller team's requested interrogatives." "& (If) ya Hire me as AG, I will land the plane. (Meaning: Brush-0ff all culpability) under my Unitarian Chief Exec theory." https://twitter.com/kemu808/status/1620244722135736320

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RT @chussiabaleston: "Escuela Unitaria"(“Unitarian School)es la pieza más larga y coherente sobre educación que se encuentra en la obra de Gramsci. Dos notas largas, una (Cuaderno IV) y la otra, una versión revisada de la misma nota, en (Cuaderno XII). Es una crítica a la reforma introducida por

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RT @chussiabaleston: "Escuela Unitaria"(“Unitarian School)es la pieza más larga y coherente sobre educación que se encuentra en la obra de Gramsci. Dos notas largas, una (Cuaderno IV) y la otra, una versión revisada de la misma nota, en (Cuaderno XII). Es una crítica a la reforma introducida por

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RT @chussiabaleston: "Escuela Unitaria"(“Unitarian School)es la pieza más larga y coherente sobre educación que se encuentra en la obra de Gramsci. Dos notas largas, una (Cuaderno IV) y la otra, una versión revisada de la misma nota, en (Cuaderno XII). Es una crítica a la reforma introducida por

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          Today, the 7th of February, in 1497, caught up in a madness of regret and purification stirred by preaching of the Dominican Friar Girolamo Savonarola, the people of Florence gathered together what they and the good friar considered temptations into sin, piled them up, and lit them as bonfires. These […]

                                             Woodrow Wilson vetoed the 1917 Immigration Act only because of its Literacy mandate.. On February 5, 1917 Congress overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s veto making the Immigration Act of 1917, also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, the law of the land.  It was the most restrictive legislation yet enacted and banned immigration from most of Asia and the Pacific Islands. China was not included only because the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 already barred entry from that country and the Gentlemen’s Agreement with Japan in 1907 restricted immigration from there.  The act was aimed at potential new reservoirs of immigrants like Korea and especially India which wa...

It’s important that we keep talking about the ways that privilege show up in our communities, making some opportunities accessible to some people. Privilege and power stifle the lives of those who have none.‌

How can we continue to use empathy to take action to change systems founded in privilege and unequal access to power?



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In the spirit of love, we offer you this statement from Braver Wiser.

“We don’t always recognize it, but love shows up even more in the messy, vulnerable places. Love shows up in the form of a friend seeking forgiveness. Love shows up every time we interrupt bad oppressive comments and jokes. Love shows up in complicated conversations.”

Read the full message:https://bit.ly/3lcp36q

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When our three  kids were growing up they each had a dog. Three kids and three dogs. The house was full to capacity with arms and legs and paws and tails.  We were walking over toys and clothes and snacks … Continue reading →

Since May 2021, the Burmese military has attempted to exert control over Karenni State through rapid militarization. Military reinforcements are routinely deployed across townships in Karenni State and neighboring areas. At the same time, the Burmese military has ruthlessly employed its counter-insurgency strategy known as the ​​“four cuts.” This deliberately targets civilians, viewing them as the […]

By Jeff Milchen

Reverend DC Fortune and Sara Phinney Kelley, Director of Religious Growth and Learning at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania, were looking for inspiration as they brainstormed developing a multigenerational, interactive service preceding Martin Luther King Day this year. They discussed incorporating New Year’s resolutions into the sermon but sought to find a way to make the discussion something that would involve UU justice priorities and stick with participants, rather than just spark momentary ideas.

The resulting project had an unlikely source of inspiration: a 1972 Playboy magazine interview with Buckminster Fuller, the architect, inventor, and philosopher (among other roles). Fuller compared the challenge of steering an ocean liner to bending the arc of history toward justice. Rudders on these ocean vessels extend several stories in height and weigh many tons, so moving them directly would require huge amounts of force and fuel.

But the invention of trim tabs—basically small plates attached to the rudder—solved this challenge. When the ship's captain turns a steering wheel, it slightly rotates these small plates, which disrupts the water pressure just enough to enable the giant rudder to move easily.

As individuals, Fuller explains, few of us have the power to move the rudder on societal injustices directly, but we can disrupt the status quo in small ways that facilitate much larger movements. Fuller believed in this concept so deeply that his gravestone and adjacent plaque were inscribed “Call Me Trimtab” upon his death in 1983.

In preparing the service for the Susquehanna Valley UU, Fortune and Kelley seized upon a Fuller invention, the geodesic dome. Fuller conceived the domes as a lightweight, inexpensive, and energy-efficient home design, though numerous drawbacks ultimately precluded mass adoption. Combining the geodesic model with the idea of trim tabs, Fortune and Kelley imagined building a complete geodesic sphere, not as a shelter, but as a physical expression of individuals' resolutions for ways in which they will positively impact issues they care deeply about. It would be a way to engage folks physically as well as intellectually.

After finding an online calculator to provide the needed number and dimensions of triangles for the five-foot diameter sphere, Fortune purchased light plywood and zip ties, cut the triangles, and drilled holes for connections. For the engineers and geometry fans out there, the dome required a combination of 60 isosceles and 20 equilateral triangles, as shown in the photo below, and used five sheets of plywood.

Fortune recalls, “we had the good sense to do a trial run” of their plan before the service and realized constructing the sphere would take much longer than the course of the service. Fortune, Kelley, and volunteers built the sphere prior to the service and rolled it into the sanctuary. Each congregant was asked to pick one of more than 100 triangular pieces of paper and write a particular justice issue, a hurt of the world that needed to be addressed but that just felt too big for them, and write it in the middle of the triangle. An array of choices for paper and marker colors added to the appeal. Though Fortune and Kelley had kids in mind, Fortune noted, “Omigod--adults fight over marker colors more than kids!” 

Participants then were asked to place in each corner of their triangle one small “trim tab” action they would take to help make a small difference on their priority issue. Everyone proceeded to stick their ideas and resolutions onto one of the triangles on the sphere, which will remain in place until after the conclusion of the annual 30 Days of Love campaign, another inspiration for the sermon and activity. Kelley says they also made it easy for remote participants, who simply typed their issue and trim tab ideas into the chat box for on-site volunteers to add.  

“We’ve been striving to make services more interactive,” said Kelley, but expressed concern about how the activity would be received. “Universally, people said this was fun and interesting,” said Kelley. Many senior congregants mentioned their enthusiasm for seeing kids involved in the service. All who missed the MLK weekend service are invited to add their ideas to the sphere through mid-February and subsequent sermons by Fortune and lay leaders reference the concerns and resolutions it contains.

Once it’s removed from the sanctuary, Kelley will inventory the ideas congregants placed and she believes the record will provide valuable guidance for decisions about which justice issues the congregation tackles collectively. Climate Justice is one oft-cited concern and Kelley mentioned they now are exploring UUA’s Green Sanctuary program. Kelley also mentioned how many young people cited capitalism and excessive wealth disparities as a concern. Many congregants’ resolutions included speaking out more and immersing themself in material presenting issues from the perspective of oppressed people.

Fortune shared an interesting observation from the dome construction process, noting, “the dome was totally unstable when it was almost done.” Not until the 80th and final piece was connected did the sphere have the structural integrity to cohere when moved.

You can watch or listen to Rev. Fortune’s MLK Day service on YouTube.

I knew I shouldn’t go to the Registry of Motor Vehicles right after lunch. I knew there would be a long line. I knew I’d have to wait forever. I was there 3 hours. A 30 minute drive each way made it 4 hours total. And before you ask, no I couldn’t use a runner. … Continue reading "RMV"

By Jeff Milchen Reverend DC Fortune and Sara Phinney Kelley, Director of Religious Growth and Learning at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Susquehanna Valley in Pennsylvania, were looking for inspiration as they brainstormed developing a multigenerational, interactive service preceding Martin Luther King Day this year. They discussed incorporating New Year’s resolutions into the sermon but sought to find a way to make the discussion something that would involve UU justice priorities and stick with participants, rather than just spark momentary ideas. The resulting project had an unlikely source of inspiration: a 1972 Playboy magazine interview with Buckminster Fuller, the architect, inventor, and philosopher (among other ...

79 Likes, TikTok video from unitarian universalist (@unitarianuniversalist): "Jesus: trans icon? #unitarianuniversalist #transjesus #queertheology ...

UU Women's Lunch Group. In-Person (Unitarian Universalist Church of Urbana-Champaign) 309 West Green Street, Urbana. This group started several ...

If you have questions about the service, Unitarian Universalism, or the UU Society of Schenectady (UUSS), contact UUSS Congregational Life ...

Here you will find all of our congregation's Sunday Services, Board and Committee meetings and other events. Use the calendar controls to see ...

Doing justice work is anchored in deeper spiritual sources. On this multigenerational Spirit Sunday we'll work with our Association's 30 Days of ...

“Do UU's Believe in Sin?” From the Ground Up: The Top 3 Most-Googled Questions about Unitarian Universalism What is a sin in a faith that's based ...

Join us for the first of several Sundays in which we look at the lives and work of great peacemakers, in a series created by Red River UU Church ...

Geometric spaces. Bubbles? In Person and Online Worship Sunday Service by Zoom This Week. 10:30 am: Zoom connection | Dial in: 669-900-6833 | Meeting ...

Beginners to advanced knitters are welcome. Bring 1 skein of worsted weight yarn (#4 on label) and 1 set of size 7 metal needles, ...

Sermon Audio. Sermon, “The Art of Becoming,” delivered at University Unitarian Church by Rev. Beth Chronister on February 5, 2023.

UU the Vote. UU the Vote is a non-partisan project of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Powered by EveryAction.

SWAMPSCOTT — The Unitarian Universalist Church of Greater Lynn (UUCGL) in Swampscott is hosting a panel about food insecurity on Feb. 12.

A memorial service will take place at 11:00 am on Saturday, February 11, at the First Parish Unitarian Church of Hubbardston, “On the Common”, ...

7, 2023. Jake Crandall/ Advertiser. Rev. Lynn Hopkins of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montomgery speaks to media as faith leaders.

The book signing is set for February 8, from 7 – 8 pm in person at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Montclair and on Zoom.

Leader of Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry finds power in group actions.

Bonnie West, Green Meadow United Methodist Church, Alcoa ... Chris Buice, Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, Knoxville.

Dr. Steven Gaines, the minister of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Fayetteville, was also in attendance at the protest.

The report, commissioned by the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM) which has operated out of the 1806 meetinghouse since 1976, ...

The congregation of Mosaic Unitarian Universalist will meet online at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 12. As the congregation focuses on nonviolence this ...

... Immanuel Lutheran and All Souls Unitarian Universalist. Urban Christian Academy officials declined to say whether they contacted any of them.

A 55-page report presented at the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry in Roxbury Monday night provides evidence of at least 58 Africans and ...

The Reverend Saramaria Allenby, director of Whole Life Learning at UU Falmouth, the Unitarian Universalist congregation serving the Upper Cape, ...

Lynn Hopkins of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Montgomery; the Rev. Shane Isner of First Christian Church; Rabbi Scott Looper of Temple Beth ...

... the Farmhouse Group, Homeport, Northgate Apartments Residents and Staff, and First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington.

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Of Waynesboro ... She had a beautiful singing voice and was a member of many church and community choirs such as ...

The Aesthetics and Permanent Collection Committe of West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church (20401 Hilliard Blvd., Rocky River) is proud to host ...

The First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia is an ADA-accessible venue; the accessible entrance is at the corner of Chestnut St. and S. Van Pelt ...

ELLSWORTH — The Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth is once again holding its annual Goods and Services Auction online this year.

My Unitarian faith does not teach that abortion is murder, as do Catholics and Evangelicals. In my extended family there are Catholics, Unitarians, ...

Southsiders for Peace and the Beverly Unitarian Church Social Justice Committee will host a 22nd Police District Council Candidate Forum on Friday ...

New excavations and research in Egypt provide new insight into ancient funerary practices. Continue reading Unleash the Hounds: Archaeology edition at The Wild Hunt.

The outing to Saratoga Spa State Park on February 20th begins at 1:30PM at the park. We spoke with a park administrator to confirm there are indeed bathrooms, the skating pond is not open yet this year, but the warming hut is open. They rent ... read more . The post Green Sanctuary lecture Feb 15 & park outing Feb 20 appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.

UUSS Covenant Groups are small groups of people who will meet six times between late February and early April to have conversations about some of life’s big questions. They provide an opportunity to reflect and share our thoughts and feelings, to get to know some fellow ... read more . The post Covenant Groups Begin Soon! appeared first on Unitarian Universalist Society of Schenectady.