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UU Faith Works Readers,

Welcome to you who develop faith with UUs of all ages and who practice faith works in our congregations, our communities and homes! As the earth turns and we (re)turn to our congregations and communities, let us dedicate ourselves anew to the callings and actions of our ever-evolving Unitarian Universalist faith. This packet of resources reflects the mission of UU Faith Works as well as the purposes and priorities of the UUA of Congregations.

The mission of UU Faith Works is to share resources that inspire faith development, educate for religious identity, connect spiritual and ethical practices and empower religious educators, ministers and lay congregational leaders in their roles and responsibilities of serving Unitarian Universalists throughout their lives.

The three current UUA priorities for congregational advocacy and witness leaders are family matters, religion and society and racial justice. Addressing these priorities are many resources in this packet: Family Matters endeavors range from Small Group Ministry and Religious Education to Coming of Age celebration words to the Tao of Aging refrain; Religion and Society messages feature a rabbi's sermon on sexuality and a teen holocaust story; Racial Justice materials include culturally relevant anti-bias resources and book reviews. We have the usual worship, leadership and community building resources. And there are invitations to you to (re)write your covenant, contribute to the FMTF pamphlet series and send us your best UU Faith Works ideas and programs.

UU Faith Works is a resource to be shared; please feel free to copy packet materials for your teachers, parents, youth and adult leadership in your congregations.

Two resources of particular interest to parents and families are A Toy Action Guide from TRUCE (Teachers Resisting Unhealthy Children's Entertainment) and information about a pamphlet, Children and Terrorism: Explaining Today's World from the American Social Health Association. Both of these resources include information about additional resource options. TRUCE also offers other resources; visit their web page www.truceteachers.org . The story, “Where My Fears Are Planted” by Rebecca Pournoor, is a related resource for use in either intergenerational or children's worship.

We are companions in our UU faith work and on our life journeys. Stay in touch!

Shalom,

Jacqui James and Pat Hoertdoerfer