Social Witness Sermon Contest
Sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Commission on Social Witness (CSW) & Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA)
The Social Witness Sermon Contest is your opportunity to speak out on any dimension of the current Congregational Study/Action Issue. Let your views from the pulpit on this important topic reach a wider audience, and you might even win $500 (USD).
The Topic for 2011-2012: Immigration as A Moral Issue
The winner of the 2012 Social Witness Sermon Contest is Rev. Barbara Prose with her sermon, "Define American (PDF)." She will be delivering her winning sermon at Justice GA 2012 on Friday morning (June 22nd).
The deadline for 2013 will be approximately March 1st. Check this page for more information as the date approaches.
Who Can Enter
The contest is open to both clergy and laypeople as long as the sermon was delivered to a congregation.
You must have delivered the sermon to a congregation within the past year and before the deadline.
How to Enter
Submit in MS Word, WordPerfect, Rich Text Format, or Plain Text. Electronic copy is strongly preferred; email to socialwitness@uua.org. Or mail to:
Social Witness Sermon Contest
c/o Kat Liu
Unitarian Universalist Association
1100 G St. NW, suite 800
Washington, DC 20005
Include two items:
- A cover page, which has your name, address, phone number, email address, sermon title, congregation to whom the sermon was delivered, and date the sermon was delivered. Be sure to indicate this is for the Social Witness sermon contest.
- Your sermon with title, from which any identifying information has been taken out (name, congregation). Please do not include footnotes.
For more information contact socialwitness@uua.org.
For more information contact socialwitness@uua.org.
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Last updated on Thursday, May 3, 2012.
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