Today the 30 Days of Love honors the work of the farmworker movement. In honor of their legacy and solidarity with it's current iteration, we'd like to let you know about an opportunity to do your alternative spring break with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The invitation below comes from Rev.

Daily Action: Make a commitment to online courageous love map. Action for Families: Help your child think of someone you know who works to make the world a better place. Make a thank-you card and mail it together. Resources: - certificate template (PDF) -...

2Huffington Post, notes that 40 years after Roe v Wade, "... abortion rights the U.S. Supreme Court decision seemed to guarantee" are still under legislative attack.(4Reproducti… justice is the Unitarian Universalist Association's Congregational Study Issue (CSAI) for 2012-2016. Within the...

Growing up in North Carolina, the need for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., never seemed real. In the idyllic bubble that was Davidson, outside of Charlotte, the need for civil rights work and push for equality was distant. But as I aged the veils of unreality that clouded my view gradually stripped...

4From the 30 Days of Love Campaign of Standing on the Side of Love: Daily Action: In honor of Inauguration Day tomorrow, ask your federal lawmakers to commit to civil and respectful discourse in the new legislative session. No Name-Calling Week, an annual week of educational activities aimed at...

Standing on the Side of Love dedicates its 30 Days of Love campaign to "A Spiritual Journey for Social Justice." Spiritual journey and Social Justice are hallmarks of Unitarian Universalist faith and tradition, and this is an opportunity for us to focus our collective energy and attention on...

This brief excerpt from Katherine Ozment's article, "Losing Our Religion" in the Janu… 2013 edition of Boston Magazine lifts up the value of the Unitarian Universalist youth ministry at First Parish in Arlington, MA. http://www.bostonmagazine.com/articles/2012/12/losing-our-religion-non-… the...

I was recently back in my hometown of Columbus, Ohio, and wanted to share some of the great ideas for young adult ministry that I saw at the church I grew up in: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus....

Our first campus ministry community call of 2013 is this Sunday, January 6th at 9pm Eastern time. We will discuss how our campus ministry groups can most effectively operate within the academic institutions and Unitarian Universalist communities they operate within....

Bridging Handbook for Congregations. Want to know more about how to work with youth in your congregation? Visit the Advising page at www.uua.org/youth/advisors.Novemb… 14, 2012 edition of the One & One Newsletter, published weekly by the UUA Ministries and Faith Development Staff group.

I found this "Finals Poem" through a google search online...

This story by the Rev.Eric Cherry is reposted from the Faith Without Borders blog, originally posted in Philippines on December 6th, 2012 by the Rev. Eric Cherry. http://international.blogs.uua.org/philippines/typhoon-pablo-impacts-uu… the story on Faith Without Borders to see more pictures and...

Hi Family, I am sitting in my home office reflecting on the incredible month I have had thus far. The first weekend of this month I served as chaplain at the Central Midwest Fall Young Adult con that was held in Brookfield WI. I thoroughly enjoyed the meals, worship, workshops and lively...

-A dispatch from http://www.lifelongfaith.com/session-handouts--powerpoint-presentations… Century Faith Formation Training- I often hear from youth advisors who ask "how do I get my youth to attend youth group every week? They're so busy with all their other extracurricular activities." As I'm...

Transgender Day of Rememberance Interfaith Virtual Vigil The Transgender Day of Remembrance is fast approaching. Many of us are seeking a space where we can gather, grieve, honor, and recommit to a better world, where gender non-conforming people are free from violence, harassment, and...

Tongue in cheek or cheeky observation? Watch Chris Rock highlight how complicated race in America can be, a point with which UUs would surely agree. - Ed. Chris Rock's message for white voters: Obama is not-so-secretly caucasian Ever since the US elected its first mixed race president, there have...

Billy Graham removing Mormonismhttp://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/breaking-billy-graham-endorses-rom…; other religious groups that Graham considered cults, including, "Jehovah's Witnesses, Mormons, the Unification Church, Unitarians, Spiritists, Scientologists, and others." He sarcastically...

Our second campus ministry community call of the 2012-2013 academic year is this Sunday, November 4th at 9pm Eastern time. Whether you have been doing this work for years, have just begun, or are overwhelmed by the idea of beginning, we welcome you....