Interfaith community leaders will gather in Charlotte, NC, on Friday, June 24, for a Faith Community Rally Against Homophobia & Transphobia. Hundreds of people are planning to march from the Charlotte Convention Center, the location of the UUA General Assembly, to gather for a rally in Marshall...

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Brunswick, Maine, suffered heavy damage in a fire that started in the early morning hours of Monday, June 6. The fire destroyed the entire rear of the building, gutting the first and second floors....

On Wednesday, June 8, Unitarian Universalist Rev. Sue Phillips, District Executive for the UUA Clara Barton and Massachusetts Bay Districts, testified at the Massachusetts State House in support of the Transgender Equal Rights Bill. In the latest post from Standing on the Side of Love, Rev....

Recovery from last year’s devastating earthquake in Haiti has been painfully slow for the tens of thousands of Haitians who still sleep in tent cities in the capital of Port-au-Prince. But on a joint service trip of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the Unitarian Universalist Service...

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) have just returned from their joint service trip to Haiti. On this trip, seminary students were given an opportunity to develop a multicultural understanding vital to their calling as ministers in the...

For the past five years, First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York has developed an amazing holiday tradition. Members tally up their planned holiday spending and then give half of that amount to the church. The children then decide what local and international charities the money will support.

The Clara Barton District is working to support congregations and families affected by violent storms on Wednesday, June 1. Donations to the Clara Barton District's Massachusetts Tornado Relief Fund will be used to provide immediate relief to congregation members and staff, for cleanup efforts at...

For the past five years, First Unitarian Church in Rochester, New York has developed an amazing holiday tradition. Members tally up their planned holiday spending and then give half of that amount to the church. The children then decide what local and international charities the money will support.

A group of Atlanta-area Unitarian Universalist ministers has signed a strongly worded letter condemning a Georgia immigration bill as “racist,” “bad for business,” and reflecting “spiritual blight.” Read More...

Our religious tradition was not planted yesterday. Its roots go deep: Forty-one of the Unitarian Universalist Association’s congregations are at least 300 years old. Many of our denominational institutions were first set up in the nineteenth century, including our publishing enterprises, one of...

The March 11 earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast coast of Japan killed more than 12,000 people. Rev. Eric Cherry, director of the UUA's International Resources office, was in Japan recently to meet with the partner groups....

From the Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA): 'I'm pleased to announce the public release of the new five-page UUA Strategic Plan for Professional Ministries....

The Rev. Eric Cherry, Director of International Resources at the UUA, has just returned from meetings with our partners in Japan. While there, he learned of the latest recovery efforts in the wake of the recent earthquake and tsunami and delivered the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA)...

Earlier this month Maryland came close to becoming the sixth state to approve same-sex marriage. In the end, the votes weren’t quite there, but one of the key reasons for the issue’s near-passage is Maryland state Senator Rich Madaleno, a member of Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church in...

Bruce Knotts, executive director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, speaks out on the Standing on the Side of Love blog: 'It’s time to end institutionalized discrimination based on sexual orientation in this country. Tell Congress it is time to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act...

UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford are the only initial signers from the faith community on Freedom To Marry’s letter to President Obama. The letter asks the president to support full marriage equality. Obama has spoken about his 'evolving,' attitude on...

UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford are the only initial signers from the faith community on Freedom To Marry’s letter to President Obama. The letter asks the president to support full marriage equality. Obama has spoken about his 'evolving,' attitude on...

UUA President Rev. Peter Morales and former UUA President Rev. Bill Sinkford are the only initial signers from the faith community on Freedom To Marry’s letter to President Obama. The letter asks the president to support full marriage equality. Obama has spoken about his 'evolving,' attitude on...

The UUA has created a Japan Relief Fund to support the recovery efforts of our religious partners there. Rissho Kosei-kai, Tsubaki Grand Shrine, the Konko Church of Izuo, the Tokyo Dojin Church, and the Japan Chapter of the International Association for Religious Freedom are now considering the...

DeChristopher, a member of First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, UT, was convicted on March 3, 2011, of two felony counts of disrupting a federal auction of oil and gas leases. He faces up to ten years in prison for this act of civil disobedience. Read More...