1967 Unitarian Universalist Committee on Goals conducts a survey on the beliefs about and attitudes toward homosexuality within the Association: over 80 percent of Unitarian Universalists believe that it should be discouraged....

These letters are excerpted from correspondence between the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). They detail a public controversy between the two organizations over the BSA's policies toward the LGBT community and atheists. For information about the 2016...

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 3, Common Vision Survey Responses A basket or bowl to pass around Preparation for Activity Print Leader Resource 3, Common Vision Survey Responses. Cut apart so each statement is on a single slip of paper....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "The UUA and the Boy Scouts of America" Preparation for Activity Read the story. Talk with your minister or religious educator about your congregation's relationship, if any, with the Boy Scouts of America....

Activity time: 30 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 2, The Invisible Minority Computer and projector Preparation for Activity Examine Leader Resource 2, The Invisible Minority. Make a list of similarities and differences between the time the resource was created and today. Queue the...

Activity time: 15 minutes Preparation for Activity Speak with your minister or a long-time lay leader about your congregation's involvement in the struggle for LGBT inclusion and equality....

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 2, The Welcoming Congregation Preparation for Activity Read Handout 2, The Welcoming Congregation and copy it for all participants. Description of Activity Distribute Handout 2, The Welcoming Congregation. Invite participants to read it and...

Activity time: 25 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, History of Unitarian Universalist Involvement in and Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues Leader Resource 1, History of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights in the U.S. since 1969 Mural paper, 10 to 12 feet...

UUA General Assembly Resolutions on Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Equality Welcoming Congregation and Living the Welcoming Congregation programs The Welcoming Congregation Handbook: Resources for Affirming Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and/or Transgender People. Second Edition....

Take a few moments right after the workshop to ask each other: What went well? What did not? Why? What do you think was the best moment of the workshop? Why? Did anything surprise you? Review the next workshop. Are there any questions to research or logistics to arrange between workshops? Make a...

Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity The worship/centering table, as set up in the beginning of the workshop Participant journals Writing materials, including paper, pens, pencils, color pencils, and markers Taking It Home handout Preparation for Activity Customize Taking It Home and...

Description of Activity The Unitarian Universalist Association developed the Side With Love campaign to serve as an umbrella for local actions and advocacy on behalf of justice and inclusion for all people. Find out about local efforts for marriage equality and join those efforts, or engage your...

Activity time: 20 minutes Materials for Activity Worship or centering table Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED battery-operated candle Timepiece (minutes) Chime or bell Copies of Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, for all participants Participant journals Writing materials, includin...

Materials for Activity Sign-in sheet and pen or pencil Name tags for participants (durable or single-use), and bold markers Copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule Optional: Refreshments Preparation for Activity Have copies of Workshop 1, Handout 1, Schedule on hand for those who need one....

Think about how your Unitarian Universalist community has made you feel welcome and included, whether you grew up in the faith or have come to it as a youth or adult. Were/are there particular people who welcomed you? Is it the liberal religious message as a whole that makes you feel included?...

Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering 0 Opening 20 Activity 1: Struggle for Equal Rights 25 Activity 2: The Welcoming Congregation 20 Activity 3: The Price We Pay 15 Faith in Action: Standing on the Side of Love Closing 10 Alternate Activity 1: The Invisible Minority 30 Alternate Activity 2: Th...

The program presents the problems of the invisible minority as they face a society where the majority view homosexuality with confusion, fear and hostility. The emphasis throughout is on understanding and accepting all people as human beings of worth and dignity....

From the sermon "Loving Our Whole Lives," preached at the Unitarian Church of Montreal by the Rev. Diane Rollert, March 1, 2009. Used with permission. (Rollert describes her experience in an Our Whole Lives facilitators training.) ... Many of us had come of age during the sexual revolution of the...

PRESS ADVISORY — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: From: (your congregation's name) Contact: (name, title, and phone number) Heading: Text:...

Abridged from "From Liberation to Health: The New UUA Sexuality Curriculum," by Dan Kennedy, published in UU World Sept/Oct 1999. Copyright (C) 1999 by Dan Kennedy. All rights reserved. Used with permission....