Find Yourself in the Global U/U Story
Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists (U/U) around the world are connected through a story of bold, compassionate faith that we’ve been creating together for centuries.
Struggling for human rights alongside those that demand it, influencing governmental policy in the name of justice, passionately promoting a message of interfaith peace and solidarity, and building faithful worshipping communities—each of us has a part, and a stake, in the story we share.
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The UUA http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/advocacywitness/holdeenind… India Program (UUHIP) partners with democratically-operated grassroots social change movements in India, supporting the empowerment of dalits, tribal people, women and religious minorities. "Long Live the Struggle"...By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | August 19, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
Sharing Global Faith gathers Unitarian and Universalist voices from around the world in a unique devotional e-resource.Reflecting on various aspects of faith life, participants share spiritual insight into the stories and thoughts that fuel their ministerial call.Distributed monthly from April un...By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | August 19, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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The Reverend Helpme H. Mohrmen, General Secretary of the Unitarian Union of North East India, had a Special Article published on the Editorial Page of The Shillong Times on August 17, 2009. This article follows last month's decision by the High Court in Delhi which was argued by UU Holdeen India...By Global Connections & Emerging Communities | August 18, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Briarcliff, Croton & Ossining (UUBCO), in Croton on Hudson, New York and the First Unitarian Society of Westchester in Hastings on Hudson, New York are connecting their youth and families with Unitarian and Freireligioese (free religion group) youth and...By Eric Cherry | July 20, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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By Eric Cherry | July 17, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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It was a great honor to welcome religious leaders from around the world to General Assembly 2009 in Salt Lake City. Three of our U/U international guests were visiting the United States - and General Assembly - for the first time: Reverend Mark Kiyimba (Uganda), Rev....By Eric Cherry | July 2, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Introduction: On October 24, 1852, Henry David Thoreau scribbled an impassioned admonition in his journal: “What men [sic!] call social virtue, good fellowship – is commonly but the virtue of pigs in a litter which lie close together to keep each other warm.” Indeed, Thoreau’s counsel warns...By Eric Cherry | June 19, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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In this month's UU World, guest columnist Scott Kraft reports on the growth of Unitarian Universalism in Africa.Originally introduced in 1857, Unitarian Universalism existed as a handful of UU congregations in South Africa and Nigeria; within the last ten years, numerous congregations have emerge...By Eric Cherry | June 1, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Unitarian Universalists who have been involved with the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists, or who attended the International Convocation of U/U Women this past February are likely to know Olga Flores Bedregal. Olga has joined with three other Bolivians in a hunger strike....By Eric Cherry | May 21, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Sharing Global Faith gathers Unitarian and Universalist voices from around the world in a unique devotional e-resource. Reflecting on various aspects of faith life, participants share spiritual insight into the stories and thoughts that fuel their ministerial call. Distributed monthly from April...By Eric Cherry | May 19, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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The UU Church of the Philippines (UUCP) has embarked upon a Sustainability Program that seeks to build a Dormitory in Dumaguette City. Congregations and individuals can find out more about this exciting program by visiting the project website.Or, check out a recording of the UU Partner Church...By Eric Cherry | May 11, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Earlier this Spring the President of the UU Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico - Lee Veal - received the following correspondence: Hola Lee, Francisco Lagunes Gaitán de la Libre Comunidad Unitaria de Mexico (LCUM) me paso tu nombre... Estoy buscando a un ministro religioso que pueda...By Eric Cherry | May 8, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Sharing Global Faith gathers Unitarian and Universalist voices from around the world in a unique devotional e-resource. Reflecting on various aspects of faith life, participants share spiritual insight into the stories and thoughts that fuel their ministerial call. Distributed monthly from April...By Eric Cherry | April 16, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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All Souls Church (Unitarian) in Washington DC celebrated an important chapter in its history. In 1948, inspired by the sermons of the Rev. A. Powell Davies, children at All Souls collected school supplies to send to children in Hiroshima, Japan. In appreciation, the school children in Hiroshima...By Eric Cherry | April 14, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism -
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches (UK) has published a new hymnal - Sing Your Faith. It received high praise in a recent review in The Inquirer by Rev. Ant Howe.Rev. Richard Boeke presents a copy ofSing Your Faith to Joan Sparrow,the organist at Horsham Unitarian Church...By Eric Cherry | April 8, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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One of the Social Justice partners that UUA President Sinkford met with during his November 2008 Pilgrimage to Africa was the Coalition Against Water Privatization (CAWP). CAWP has led the grassroots struggle in South Africa to assure access to safe drinking water, especially in low-income...By Eric Cherry | March 31, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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On March 6, 2009 the 31st Bishop of the Transylvanian Unitarian Church - Reverend Balint Benczedi Ferenc - was installed during a ceremony at the Unitarian Church in Kolozsvár. http://picasaweb.google.com/UUAInternationalResources/BishopBalintInsta… Balint Installation Photos by Rev. Molnar Lehel...By Eric Cherry | March 29, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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This entry was written by Diana Sands, LGBT Program Associate at the Unitarian Universalist UN Office. From civil rights to human rights, what is at stake is humanity and dignity for all: the oppressed, their oppressors, and the spectators. Here I want to compare traditionally marginalized human...By Eric Cherry | March 25, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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I often find myself wading through history’s blood-stained swamp of violence in search of fleeting sources of hope. This experience speaks more, I believe, to the way in which history is recorded than to the human condition itself. For the very act of canonizing authoritative perspectives in turn...By Eric Cherry | March 10, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism
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Nearly 600 Unitarians, Unitarian Universalists, and progressive people of faith from approximately 20 countries gathered in Houston, Texas for the First International Convocation of UU Women from Thursday, February 26th through Sunday, March 1st. The theme of the Convocation was “Weaving Global...By Eric Cherry | March 4, 2009 | From Global Unitarian Universalism