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In Spring 2025, the UUA Wave Cohort called “Caring for Parents as Whole Beings” gathered UUs who are parents currently raising children to learn more about the challenges their families face and what kinds of support they want from their congregations. This is a report from the conveners.Reflection | By Erica Baron, Lauren Wyeth, Melissa James | November 25, 2025 | From Call and ResponseTagged as: Family, Family Programs, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article -
Cody J. Sanders argues that spiritual care is inherently cultivated in every vibrant community--congregations and otherwise--and that every community member contributes to providing care for others. However, many congregation and community members lack confidence in their caring skills.Paperback | By Cody J. Sanders | November 21, 2025 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Ministry, Pastoral CareProduct -
In sixteen heartfelt and thoughtful essays, Unitarian Universalist chaplains provide a close-up view of their day-to-day ministry in hospitals, hospices, prisons, the military, the police force, and rehabilitation centers.Paperback | By Karen Hutt | May 27, 2025 | From Skinner House BooksTagged as: Caring, Compassion, Illness, Listening, Ministry, Pastoral Care, SufferingProduct -
The practice of pastoral care cannot escape the realities of injustices and oppression that often operate in the context where caregiving happens.Paperback | By Karen B. Montagno, Cheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook | May 27, 2025 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Disability, Intersectionality, Justice, Pastoral Care, SpiritualityProduct -
A heartfelt call and primer for community-oriented models of wellbeing in our age of polarization and turmoil.Paperback | By Pamela Ayo Yetunde, Resmaa Menakem, Eboo Patel | May 27, 2025 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Activism, Buddhism, Christianity, Community, Compassion, Healing, Hinduism, Judaism, Pastoral Care, Religion, Sacred, SpiritualityProduct -
In 2011, Nancy Shaffer's life suddenly changed when she was diagnosed with what would be a fatal brain tumor.Paperback | By Mary McKinnon Ganz, Nancy Shaffer | May 27, 2025 | From Skinner House BooksTagged as: Death, Grief, Illness, Pastoral CareProduct -
In Held community minister and mental health advocate Barbara F. Meyers illustrates how members of liberal religious congregations can be supportive to those living with mental health problems.Paperback | By Barbara F. Meyers | May 27, 2025 | From Skinner House BooksTagged as: Depression, Support and Caring in CongregationsProduct -
Looking to become more involved in your faith community? With thoughtful questions and wisdom, this pamphlet can help guide the ways you share your gifts and grow in spirit. Pack of 25 pamphlets. To read this pamphlet click here.Pamphlet | By Nic Cable | May 27, 2025 | From inSpirit: The UU Book and Gift ShopTagged as: Path to Leadership, Service, Support and Caring in Congregations, Unitarian UniversalismProduct -
It's hard to keep up with everything. It's stressful to wonder if lawfully expressing your outrage will result in you being harassed, targeted or worse. But how do we keep this up? We stagger our breathing.Feature | By Beth Casebolt | May 12, 2025 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article -
Our Disaster Relief Fund is part of a covenant—a covenant between the UUA and congregations, between congregations who give generously and those in need, and with our community partners.Utility | May 9, 2025Tagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, Giving & Generosity, Support and Caring in Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
What our recipients say about the fund.Utility | May 8, 2025Tagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, Giving & Generosity, Support and Caring in Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
Your Disaster Relief Fund donations directly impact the recovery of our congregations, their members, and their community partners. Learn about the history of the Disaster Relief Fund.Utility | May 8, 2025Tagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, Giving & Generosity, Support and Caring in Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
Contributions from UU congregations are the single largest source of funds to the UUA Disaster Relief Fund, followed by gifts from individuals. Here are resources to assist your congregation in doing this.Utility | October 2, 2024Tagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, Giving & Generosity, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article -
Whereas, the emergency declaration for COVID-19 was terminated in 2023 without sufficient strategies in place to manage the persistent challenges of the virus, exacerbating its disproportionate impact on marginalized groups (i.e., disabled, uninsured and underinsured, incarcerated, BIPOC, LGBTQIA...2024 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: #COVID19, Ableism, Healthy Behavior, Social Witness Process, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article
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To minimize isolation among older Americans, First Unitarian Church of Dallas is providing pastoral care, creating community, and putting a special focus on elder members.By Elaine McArdle | April 1, 2024 | From LifeTagged as: Aging, America, Building Community, Community, Congregational Transformation, Dignity, Diversity, Friendship, Interdependence, Ministry, Older Adult Faith Development, Pastoral Care, RelationshipsPage/Article -
In times like these it's hard to keep up. It's easy to despair. It's difficult to keep yourself centered and continue with every day life while the world is in so much turmoil.October 20, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Pastoral CarePage/Article -
Welcome to 2023! Honestly, I just can’t believe it’s already a new year; I am still reeling from 2020! I’ve read so many articles on the collective exhaustion and burnout that we feel at this turn of the year, and I certainly have felt it in the past several months. It seems as if there is so...By Natalie Briscoe | January 5, 2023 | From Southern RegionTagged as: Building Community, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article
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Covenants have been at the foundation of Unitarian Universalism in the United States since 1648. What many don’t realize is that the covenants not only were important between the members of the individual congregations, but also among the congregations.By Beth Casebolt | October 24, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Fundraising for Congregations, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article -
Lay pastoral care expands the caring ministry of your congregation, and enables leaders to deepen their faith development and spiritual leadership.October 20, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Pastoral CarePage/Article -
Have you noticed that you forget things more now than you remember doing before? Or perhaps you have communicated events and decisions in your congregations or communities and folks insist they have never heard it before? I am sure you can think of other examples in your life, family, or the...By Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe | September 19, 2022 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Communication, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article