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Earlier this month, from Friday, April 12th to Sunday, April 14th young adult leaders from across the country gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY for a leadership conference. Many were from the greater Metro NY area, with some traveling from…
By Kayla Parker | April 30, 2013 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism -
Today the barrier against openly identifying as LGBTQ in professional sports in the United States fell when a current player, twelve-year veteran of the National Basketball Association affirmed his homosexual identity….
By Ted Resnikoff | April 29, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Homecoming / Ingathering, LGBTQ Issues, News, Rights, Secular, Truth -
SHOW THE WAY ACROSS THE BRIDGE! The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) sponsored Bridge Connections Form. Bridging youth provide the contact-information of their new location on this form….
By Deborah Neisel-Sanders | April 25, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
Deadline for summer fun and justice – 4 days and counting… CLICK HERE. Use the UUCSJ online form to apply here…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 24, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Congregational Action, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism -
UUA President decries Half-measure proposed by BSA Board The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has proposed modifying its membership rules to the more inclusive position of not discriminating against youth membership on the basis of sexual orientation or preference. The language of the Boy Scouts of…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 22, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unity -
On Tuesday night I, like the rest of this city and the country, was struggling with what do in the wake of the tragic bombings of the Boston Marathon….
By Carey McDonald | April 19, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Multigenerational Faith Development, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
streamed here. Morales and Small share their experience of the growth of UUism in the face of the decline of other organized religions. From the CBS press release: While we live in the most religiously diverse country in the world, attitudes towards religion and spirituality are in the midst of…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 18, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Choice, Congregational Action, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism -
This pastoral message is from Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, on the tragic events in Boston yesterday. -Ed. Sadly, we are once again witnesses to senseless violence. New images of suffering, panic, and heroism burn themselves into our memory. Shock mixes…
By Carey McDonald | April 16, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Discernment, Prayer Practices, Unitarian Universalism, Worship -
LGBT in Religious Communities: A Faith and Human Rights Discussion … class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-8845” alt=”UU_UNO_Spring_Conf_13” src=” The panel discussion on LGBT in Religious Communities, organized as part of the UU-UNO 2013 Spring Seminar, “Sex, Love and Violence: Sexual Orientatio…
By Ted Resnikoff | April 11, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Homecoming / Ingathering, LGBTQ Issues, News, Rights, Secular, Truth -
Deafen voices of hate or intolerance with a silent message of love bullying and harassment of lesbiangaybisexualtransgenderLGBTvow of silence to symbolically represent the silencing of LGBTQ students and their supporters….
By Ted Resnikoff | April 10, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Community, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday