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  • Leaders of Unitarian Universalist congregations in the Pacific Western Region are heartened by the ongoing care members are providing.
    By Elaine McArdle | October 8, 2020 | From UU news
    Tagged as: Compassion, Disaster, Pastoral Care, Trauma
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  • UUA Disaster Relief Fund is already providing aid.
    By Elaine McArdle | September 21, 2020 | From UU news
    Tagged as: Disaster, Trauma and Disaster Response
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  • Under the weight of destruction, / we will need the strong shelter / of forgiveness and the deeper wells / that give the sweet water of welcome
    Meditation | By Sean Parker Dennison | June 1, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Forgiveness, Hope, Interdependence, Personal Inspiration
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  • There  are  long timelines of history, punctuated by significant interruptions. The ‘Except.’ We are living in the Except.
    Feature | By Joanna Fontaine Crawford | June 1, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, History
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  • Kansas and Arizona churches serve as emergency shelters; California and New York churches provide groceries to people in need.
    By Heather Beasley Doyle | May 22, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Food, Food Justice, Congregational Stories & Best Practices in Social Justice
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  • Unitarian Universalist Association urges its congregations to plan on virtual-only gatherings for next twelve months as COVID-19 continues to endanger lives.
    By Christopher L. Walton | May 14, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Health, Interdependence, Safe Congregations
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  • UUA staff curate a library of resources to help congregations adapt to COVID-19; Pandemic Response Fund provides grants to local groups and religious professionals in need.
    By Christopher L. Walton | April 13, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster
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  • In one weekend, the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, closed its building, shifted to online worship, and welcomed a childcare program for healthcare workers.
    By Elaine McArdle | March 25, 2020 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Children, Disaster, Health, Interim Ministry
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  • California wildfires displace thousands, including Unitarian Universalists; UUA Disaster Relief Fund has already responded.
    By Michael Hart | November 19, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Nature, Trauma, Trauma and Disaster Response
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  • We pray for the three Jewish congregations who meet at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, PA. We hold those taken too soon in our prayers even before we know all of their names – 11 people so far....
    Prayer | By Alison Miller | October 27, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Judaism
    Worship element
  • Unitarian Universalists lose homes in Hurricane Michael; Panama City fellowship’s least-damaged building is used as relief staging area.
    By Elaine McArdle | October 23, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Trauma and Disaster Response
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  • Extent of damage not known; UUs encouraged to donate to disaster relief fund
    By Elaine McArdle | September 14, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Trauma and Disaster Response
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  • A powerful nor’easter predicted to coincide with the full moon and high tide is expected to cause flooding in Boston. UUA staff will work remotely.
    By Christopher L. Walton | March 1, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Climate Change, UUA Headquarters, UUA Staff
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  • Harvey flood waters inundated the homes of one in five families at Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church.
    By Kenny Wiley | March 1, 2018 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Trauma and Disaster Response, News
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  • Gracious God, the week was filled with moments when words escaped me. They would not come. Forgive me, Holy One —I know it is the preacher’s job, but there were moments when I just did not know how to pray. First, at the hospital, labor and delivery, to see the new parents. The overnight bag sat...
    Prayer | By Lori Walke | February 19, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), 6th Principle (World Community), Activism, Birth, Christianity, Death, Direct Experience, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Spiritual Practice, Violence
    Worship element
  • "We want our children back. There are too many gone too soon." In December 2017, Rev. Jason Shelton was invited to lead singing at the fifth anniversary of the Newtown massacre, at a vigil in front of the headquarters of the NRA. He wrote this song of lament for the occasion, because he couldn’t...
    Music | By Jason Shelton | February 17, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 1st Principle (Worth & Dignity), Children, Death, Direct Experience, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Parents, Sadness, Violence
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  • There is too much beauty in this world to give up on it yet, and it is always too soon to surrender to cynicism....
    Opening | By Gretchen Haley | February 16, 2018 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: 2nd Principle (Justice, Equity, & Compassion), 4th Principle (Truth & Meaning), Brokenness, Disaster, Hope, Sadness, Unitarian Universalism
    Worship element
  • Spirit of Life and Love, we gather today under smoky skies, Aching from the onslaught of the daily news, Our spirits weary and sore, Our nerves jangling with every loss of power, every alert on our phones Our thoughts this morning are with the firefighters and all those whose bodies continue to b...
    Prayer | By Caitlin Cotter Coillberg | December 16, 2017 | From WorshipWeb
    Tagged as: Direct Experience, Disaster, Disaster or Crisis, Earth, Nature, Pain, Trauma
    Worship element
  • Unitarian Universalist Disaster Relief Fund, already making grants to hurricane victims, also helps congregations in towns ravaged by California wildfires.
    By Tina Porter | December 13, 2017 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Disaster, Generosity, Trauma and Disaster Response
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  • We need Thoreau’s ‘tonic of wildness’ to confront climate change. As he explained, ‘We need to witness our own limits transgressed.’
    By Anthony Makar | November 1, 2017 | From UU World
    Tagged as: Awe, Disaster, Environment, Humility, Nature, Transcendence, UU Theology
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