The chancel expansion project is underway with a completion target date of 9/27/19 (FROLIC). John Redemske and Mike Trefry are coordinating the effort. The final result will be a significant enlargement of the raised chancel floor area. A ramp will make the expanded chancel accessible to all. The project provides a variety of satisfying service … Continue reading Chancel Expansion Underway
MIAMI, FL (August 3 2019) – The last migrant children in the detention center in Homestead, FL have left. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) – a Quaker organization that has worked for immigrant and refugee rights for over 100 years – has led a campaign along with organizations in Florida and across the country to shut down the detention center and work to end the practice of detaining migrant … Continue reading Homestead Child Detention Center Shut Down!
On NPR’s White Lies, two Alabama journalists take on one of the most notorious murders of the civil rights era – a long dormant cold case – and they solve it. The story begins on March 9, 1965, when James Reeb, a white Unitarian Minister from Boston, arrived in Selma, Alabama, to join a march on … Continue reading NPR Investigates the Murder of Rev. James Reeb
On a recent Facebook post, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray states: “It was wonderful to reconnect with fellow activist and Fortification podcast host, Caitlin Breedlove. We talked about some of the harder moments of justice work and how my spiritual practices sustain me in those times. I hope you’ll listen and find something of sustenance for your … Continue reading Fortification Podcast
July 12-14, 2019 This year’s guest minister was Rev. Jake Morrill. Rev. Morrill grew up in the Tennessee Valley near Knoxville, Tennessee, before graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 2003. He was called as minister to Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church that same year. He earned a Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy from East … Continue reading 4 Corners UU Retreat at Pine Song
June 19-23 General Assembly is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend. Registration and housing open March 1 (uua.org/ga)
A video invitation from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
“The powerful, active hope that my faith offers is found in the fact that despite the reality of our circumstances, we still have some choice in how we will show up, how we will act, where we will give, and how we will love.” Rev. Susan Frederick-gray I hope you’ll find some sustenance, too, in … Continue reading Sojourners publishes commentary by Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray
If we are not acting fearlessly for human dignity, compassion, justice, and peace, then we are failing to live our mission. -Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray In the current issue of UU World, our president, the Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray writes…”Answering this deeper call of our theology and mission is the quality that ensures our congregations and communities are not mere … Continue reading Love the Hell Out of This World
The UUA Common Read Selection Committee is pleased to announce the 2018-19 Common Read: Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and Environment, edited by Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Jennifer Nordstrom (Skinner House Books, 2018). At a time when racial justice, environmental justice, and economic justice are seen as issues … Continue reading Common Read 2018-19
