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  • Barbara Prose - currently the ministerial intern with the UU Church of the Monterey Peninsula - was awarded the UUA's 2009 http://www.uua.org/giving/awardsscholarships/tsubakischolarship/index.s… Grand Shrine Scholarship. For two weeks in October she lived and worked at the Shrine, and had a...
    By UUA International Resources | November 5, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On Tuesday October 27th, the UUA welcomed Dr....
    By UUA International Resources | October 30, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UU United Nations Office Climate Change Task Force recently launched a website that serves as a great resource for congregations and social action committees. Youth (and people of all ages) who are interested in the role of the UN in responding to climate change should plan to attend the...
    By UUA International Resources | October 16, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • It's been an exciting week for the American Courage Award from the Asian American Justice Center. Founder and executive director of Breakthrough: Building Human Rights Culture, Mallika has been utilizing the power of media, popular culture, leadership development, and community education in India...
    By UUA International Resources | October 9, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Reverend Nihal Attanayake, International Office Director for the UU Church of the Philippines shared the following message this morning regarding the Flooding in the Philippines:Dear Friends,I traveled to four congregations from Saturday to Tuesday ...and returned home last night. Heavy rain fall...
    By UUA International Resources | September 30, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Shramajivee Mahila Samity (SMS) – India, a partner of the Free the Slaves. Open to organizations and individuals working to defeat the human trafficking industry, The Freedom Awards celebrate heroes of the anti-slavery movement from around the world. With nominations from twenty-two countries,...
    By UUA International Resources | September 29, 2009 | From International 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 UUA International Resources | September 28, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Bread for the World issued a call for interfaith religious leaders to gather in Pittsburgh for a two-day Religious Leaders Summit on the eve of the G20 meetings....
    By UUA International Resources | September 24, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • From Churches for Middle East Peace:On September 22, President Obama held tri-lateral meetings in New York with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Mahmoud Abbas to try and jump start final status negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. In response to this effort, Christian...
    By UUA International Resources | September 23, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • September 21, is the UN's International Day of PeaceLooking for constructive ideas to commemorate the day?Plan to use the UUA's "… materials to support the interfaith effort - A Charter for CompassionTwitter users can tweet #peaceday to help make PEACE a "trending topic". Or, follow...
    By UUA International Resources | September 21, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The General Secretary of the Remonstrant Church, Reverend Tom Mikkers, and the minister of the Remonstrant congregation in UtrechtArminius dissented from and were forced to leave the folds of Dutch Calvinist Orthodoxy....
    By UUA International Resources | September 18, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • … style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px;float: right;cursor: pointer;width: 162px;height: 181px" src="The Unitarian Universalist Association is one among a diverse group of interfaith religious organizations that have partnered with the "Charter for Compassion" community. This collaborative effort...
    By UUA International Resources | September 9, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • UUA President, the Reverend Peter Morales, traveled to Kolozsvar, Transylvania for the biannual Council Meeting of the International Council of Unitarians and Universalists - ICUU from August 31 - September 7, 2009.During his visit he met with leaders of Unitarian and Unitarian Universalist natio...
    By UUA International Resources | September 4, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Please welcome guest blogger Wendy Harris writing from a tribal village near Vasai in the state of Maharashtra, India where she has spent the summer working with UU Holdeen India Program partner Vidhayak Sansad. “You lead English prayer?” The request, by the exercise instructor at the end of the...
    By UUA International Resources | August 25, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 UUA International Resources | August 19, 2009 | From International 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 UUA International Resources | August 19, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 UUA International Resources | August 18, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • By Eric Cherry | July 17, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International 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...
    By Eric Cherry | May 19, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International 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...
    By Eric Cherry | April 16, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • 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 International Unitarian Universalism
  • The second in a series of blog posts this week inspired by movies highlighted in Sunday's Oscars Awards ceremony. Today, Kathy Sreedhar, the director of the http://www.uua.org/aboutus/professionalstaff/advocacywitness/holdeenind… Holdeen India Program, talks about the movie, Slumdog Millionaire.
    By Eric Cherry | February 24, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Reprinted with permission from The Inquirer (The Voice of British and Irish Unitarians and Free Christians) The new building of the Chennai Unitarian Christian Church was opened on 25 January amid scenes of joyful celebration....
    By Eric Cherry | February 24, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The International Resources Office also put a "25 things about..." note on our CLFUU Church of the Philippines.6. The International Resources Office (IRO) contains a number of gifts from the Unitarian Union of North East India, including a small model of "Khasi Tools and Implements."7....
    By Eric Cherry | February 23, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • … style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt;float: left;cursor: pointer;width: 243px;height: 158px" src="Dear Unitarian Friends, Australia is in a state of shock as the toll from devastation from the Victorian bush-fires slowly unfolds. It is expected that the death toll will be in excess of 200 with many...
    By Eric Cherry | February 11, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Stephen Spinder, an American professional photographer who has been living and working in Budapest, Hungary for the last twelve years, held a discussion and book-signing event at the In his recent publication entitled “Ten Years in Transylvania,” Spinder collects images of Hungarian villages in...
    By Eric Cherry | February 10, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The latest pervasive, must-have technology since the invention of the cell phone, Facebook is everywhere....
    By Eric Cherry | February 3, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The UUA's "Faith Without Borders" program is designed to assist congregations in creating and sustaining effective international engagement ministries.The latest update to the program is a resource booklet with suggestions for adding international themes to celebrations of St. Valentine's Day....
    By Eric Cherry | January 30, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Tsubaki Grand Shrine Scholarship Program The Tsubaki Grand Shrine Scholarship is available to Unitarian Universalist seminarians (in candidate status) attending non-UU theological Schools who have an interest in international and interfaith engagement. Scholarship recipients will be provided with...
    By Eric Cherry | January 13, 2009 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • The Vice Bishop - Rev. Nagy László , Dean of the Marosvasarhely District and The Provost - Rev. István Kovács, Minister in Sepsiszentgyörgy...
    By UUA International Resources | December 17, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Eboo Patel is the Director of Interfaith Youth Corp and was the Starr King School’s President’s Lecturer at General Assembly 2009. On December 1st he posted his reflections on the attacks in Mumbai to the Washington Post's "On Faith" blog. My father's best childhood friend owns Joy Shoes in the...
    By UUA International Resources | December 8, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • (cross-posted from President Sinkford's blog about his pilgrimage to Africa: uupilgrimage.blogspot.com...
    By UUA International Resources | December 1, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On November 4, 2008, Reverend William G. Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), will embark on a 19-day pilgrimage to visit six African countries: South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria....
    By UUA International Resources | October 21, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • On November 8, 2008, Reverend William G. Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), will begin a 15-day pilgrimage to visit six African countries: South Africa, Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana and Nigeria....
    By UUA International Resources | October 9, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • For two months during the summer of 2008, Laney Ohmans, a Unitarian Universalist from Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul, MN, offered English language instruction at the Eklavya School for Katkari Girls in the Maharashtra region of India. The Eklavya School was founded by two of the closeset...
    By UUA International Resources | October 8, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • Bruce Knotts, Executive Director of the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office (UU-UNO), recently attended the United Nation's 60th anniversary conference - "Human Rights for All: the Universal Declaration at 60" at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France. In preparing for the conference and...
    By UUA International Resources | September 23, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism
  • iPhones. MySpace. Viral marketing. Cell phones. No matter where we go, we are as connected as we want to be (and then some) to current technology, and through this internet medium, to one another. In many ways an informational smorgasbord, the internet experience is what we make of it; whether...
    By UUA International Resources | September 3, 2008 | From International Unitarian Universalism