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hereGA Project for Youth and Young Adults!By Carey McDonald | December 19, 2011 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Congregational Action, General Assembly, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
The General Assembly Project for Youth and Young Adults has now been launched!...By Carey McDonald | December 19, 2011 | From General Assembly for Youth & Young AdultsTagged as: Campus Ministry, Community, Congregational Action, Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Vision, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
At its worst, social justice work can divide a church. It can spark political battles, alienate members, and set a climate in which everyone is self-righteously pointing fingers at one another. At its best, social justice work can strengthen and enlarge a congregation. It can build community,...Utility | December 15, 2011Tagged as: Congregational ActionPage/Article
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Three years into its investigation of practices of Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, the United States Department of Justice issued a report detailing systematic Civil Rights violations. The Justice Department also announced that it will sue for compliance if Arpaio...By Ted Resnikoff | December 15, 2011 | From Social JusticeTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Multiculturalism, News, Secular, Truth, Unitarian UniversalismPage/Article -
Hello Family, I am sitting in my home office watching squirrels run across cable lines while reflecting on 2011. Wow, it has been quite a year. Most notable this past year is the publicity related to teen suicide because of bullying, and the Occupy Movement....By Monica L Cummings | December 15, 2011 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Community, Discernment, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Identity, Multiculturalism, Prayer Practices, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, WorshipPage/Article -
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson (UUCT) is the 2010 recipient of the Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action. Unitarian Universalist Church of Tucson’s http://www.uuctucson.org/index.php/social-action/no-more-deaths-no-mas-… More Deaths social...December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article -
The Unitarian Universalist (UU) Congregation of Phoenix is the 2009 recipient of the Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action....Utility | December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article -
The Bennett Awards Panel is awarding the 2004 Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action to the Berrien Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship in St. Joseph, MI....December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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Mount Vernon Unitarian Church (MVUC) has an active and robust social justice program, focusing on affordable housing, civil liberties, green sanctuary, repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” and women’s reproductive rights. Approximately fifty percent of the congregation is involved in social...Utility | December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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The Hurricane Relief and Social Justice Project, started by the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge, LA, is restoring hope in the Gulf Coast and creating right relationships. This comprehensive program for a long-term just recovery, developed with community partners, has placed thousands of Unitarian...December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Laramie, WY, received the Bennett Award for the outstanding ministry they provided and the educating and organizing they did after the murder of Matthew Shepherd. They provided a grieving space for members of the GLBT community, education for the community,...December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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University UU Church and the Ranier Valley UU Congregation. These congregations jointly paid for a full page ad in the Seattle Times to organize the protests of the World Trade Organization. This partnership of a large and small church worked together to organize for the event and to provide...December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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Bismarck-Mandan Unitarian Universalist Fellowship was recognized for creating an anti-racist partnership with American Indians in their area. During the President's (Clinton) Initiative on Race, the American Indians were protesting because the initiative was being framed in terms of black and white.December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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UU Congregation of Atlanta was recognized as a church that has made social justice central to their identity—from their mission statement to worship services to task forces that concentrate on a variety of issues—including racism, economic justice, and environmentalism, with an examplary mix of...December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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The Bennett Awards Panel is awarding the 2003 Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action to the Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland, Maine. This small congregation has an outstanding social justice program that deserves this recognition. Allen Ave.December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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First Parish of Sudbury Unitarian Universalist of Sudbury, MA, for their "Take it to the World" program. Linking service to advocacy the congregation has worked to feed the homeless and establish affordable housing; contribute to a renewal house for families affected by addiction and advocate for...December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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On Labor Day weekend 2005, Rev. Mary Harrington, minister of the Winchester Unitarian Society and members of the worship committee, replaced their scheduled worship service with a special service and sermon devoted to Hurricane Katrina survivors and a call to action....December 13, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Action, Funding for Social Justice, Social Justice AwardsPage/Article
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We thank the Reverend Jude Geiger for this article. - Ed. I have found that even in the healthiest of congregations, young adult ministries can strongly benefit from the teachings we learn in Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression work to help mitigate ageism or generational bias. Let’s look at 2 myths...By Ted Resnikoff | December 12, 2011 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Campus Ministry, Community, Education, Growth, Identity, Multiculturalism, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)Page/Article -
Webinar on December 15, 4PM E.D.T. A recent study found that many youth of color participating in UU congregations are transracially adopted, and that transracially adopted youth of color typically belong to UU congregations that are mostly white. Transracially adopted youth may have different...By Deborah Neisel-Sanders | December 11, 2011 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Identity, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth SundayPage/Article -
Adapted from "One Flower in a Field" by Joshua Searle-White, in Magic Wanda's Travel Emporium: Tales of Love, Hate and Things in Between (Boston: Skinner House, 2007). Once upon a time there was a field. It had dry grass, brambles and thistles, and high places and low places, and rocks scattered...Story | December 10, 2011 | For Multigenerational | From Gather the SpiritTagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Authority, Choice, Conscience, Earth-Centered, Growth, Interdependence, Nature, Relationships, Responsibility, Service, Social JusticeCurriculum page