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  • The Southern Region is excited to offer more support to congregations and their governing boards with our Southern Region Board Training 2022! This opportunity will provide you with a toolbox of in-depth material on: governance; the board work checklist; roles and responsibilities in the...

    By Natalie Briscoe | May 2, 2022 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Governing Boards

  • Just as an individual joins a congregation to amplify their values, so does a congregation join the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). The UUA is the congregations’ association which has a mission to support congregations, equip leaders, and live out our UU Values in the world. However,...

    By Natalie Briscoe | March 31, 2022 | From Southern Region

  • Your Southern Region Staff Team is excited to announce our Partnership Activation Request process, the new way to connect with your regional staff! This easy-to-navigate process makes it simple for Congregational Leaders to access customized support....

    By Southern Region of the UUA | March 1, 2022 | From Southern Region
  • Covenant words by James Vila Blake on parchment paper

    Unitarian Universalists are a covenantal, not a creedal, Faith. There is no belief requirement, or creed, that you have to say to join us in community, even though there are beliefs that we would consider to be outside the boundaries of our faith....

    By Natalie Briscoe, Kathy McGowan, Nancy Combs-Morgan | March 1, 2022 | From Southern Region
    Tagged as: Covenant

  • “Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here… And whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your soul. With all its sham, drudgery, and broken...

    By Kathy McGowan | January 31, 2022 | From Southern Region
  • photo of door of The Space, Phoenix, AZ, Facebook with words of Beth Strano’s untitled poem about safe spaces

    Well, I suppose I’ve been living under a rock. Because I recently learned what y’all may have known for months. Earlier this fall, the worship associate from the North Georgia congregation where I was to offer the sermon the following Sunday informed me that the reading I had chosen - the poem...

    By Megan Lloyd Joiner | January 26, 2022 | From Southern Region

  • Dear Congregations, There are a couple of things that have been on my heart lately. I’ve been saying them to each of you in every phone call, every board retreat, every staff start up I’ve been doing, but I feel the need to say it broadly, to all of you. Here are the truths I wish to give you...

    By Natalie Briscoe | October 30, 2021 | From Southern Region

  • I am tired. Exhausted even. Some days I can’t get off the couch, and other days I find myself forgetful, unable to concentrate, fidgety, anxious, or short-fused. I find it difficult to get out of bed in the morning to go to work, which should be easy since it is just in the next room, but the...

    By Natalie Briscoe | October 3, 2021 | From Southern Region

  • PSA: Some of us have changed a lot during the COVID pandemic. A LOT. Many people change a lot even in a seemingly ordinary 17 months. Some of us are looking to "return to normal" while others are longing for a fresh start altogether, or something in between. We may be tired of craning our necks...

    By Erin J. Walter | September 1, 2021 | From Southern Region

  • The start-up to this congregational year seems more fraught than in previous years. It has felt impossible in recent months to set a course for our communities while so much is still uncertain....

    By Natalie Briscoe | September 1, 2021 | From Southern Region