Worship Choices at GA
General Assembly (GA) 2012 is first and foremost a religious gathering. Our passion for justice is founded on spiritual and religious principles that call us to gather for public witness and social action. We will gather to broaden and deepen our understanding of justice and to bring that understanding home to our congregations, that we might grow in spirit as well as serve.
Worship will be an integral part of GA 2012—more rather than less. Worship services each day will be important for inspiration, reflection, and for spreading our messages of love and unity.
Worship Opportunities
General Assembly, like Unitarian Universalism, offers a wealth of theological diversity. A variety of worship choices are offered throughout GA. Worship opportunities from the recent past have included:
Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Worship
The Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF), a unique congregation of 3500 that only meets in person at General Assembly, celebrates an inspiring worship service. Coverage of the 2011 CLF Worship
Honoring Service: Worship with UUs in the Military
As a loving community celebrating our faith, we honor the legacy of our veterans, celebrate the current service of military Unitarian Universalists (UUs), and pay tribute to military families. Coverage of the 2011 Military Worship
Morning Worship
Sponsored by the GA Planning Committee.
Service of the Living Tradition
Led by the Ministry and Professional Leadership Staff Group, this service honors fellowshipped and credentialed religious leaders; remembering those who have died, recognizing those who have completed active service, and welcoming those who have received fellowship or credentialed status in the past year. Members of the public are welcome. More about the Service of the Living Tradition.
Sharing of Joys and Concerns
A quiet gathering centered around reflection on the day’s experiences and on sharing of joys and sorrows around those experiences, led by a GA Chaplain.
Spiritual Practices
An informal worship gathering offered every morning. This small group experience will reflect the early morning preferences of the chaplain of the day.
Sunday Morning Worship
Join us for the largest annual gathering of UUs joining in worship. Members of the public are welcome.
Rev. John T. Crestwell, Jr. Associate Minister of Outreach, Leadership, and Evangelism at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, MD, will deliver the sermon. He is formerly the minister of Davies Memorial UU Church in Camp Springs, Maryland where he assisted the congregation in expanding into a multiracial congregation.
He currently serves as a member of the White House Office of Community Engagement, UUA President's Council, and on the National Cancer Institute Institutional Review Board. He is formerly a board member of the Unitarian Universalist Legislative Ministry of Maryland, where he currently serves as the Director of Outreach, and the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF). Rev. Crestwell has also been an adjunct professor at Potomac College in Washington, DC, teaching Comparative Religion, Ethics, African American History and Public Speaking.
He is author of Conversations: The Hidden Truth That Keeps The World From Being At Peace (2001), and The Charge of the Chalice (2007), which tells the story of Davies Memorial's growth in racial diversity. He is committed to working for the marginalized and oppressed and is a self-proclaimed UU Evangelist.
Coverage of the 2011 Sunday Morning Service
Synergy: A Multigenerational Celebration of Bridging and Collaboration
This is a transformative multigenerational worship. Come be inspired and illuminated at a celebration of treasured worship elements, rites of passage and brilliant contemporary musical performances. Coverage of the 2011 Synergy Service
Worshipping Together, Witnessing Together
Commission on Social Witness (CSW) leads a service relevant to the current social witness issues.
Young Adult Worship
Worship for young adults (ages 18-35) at GA.
Youth Worship
Youth come together in a community based worship. All are welcome to the youth worship to explore spirituality in a welcoming and loving community.
For more information contact generalassembly@uua.org.
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Last updated on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.
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