http://www.uua.org representing over 1,000 liberal congregations in North America en-us Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:30:22 EST web@uua.org 139 65 http://www.uua.org http://www.uua.org/images/uualogox.gif Thu, 22 Feb 2007 13:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070222_blackhistory.html Immediately following the devastation wrought by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in the Gulf Coast and the inadequate relief response of federal, state, and local agencies, the Unitarian Church of Baton Rouge (UCBR) established a Hurricane Relief and Social Justice Project... Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070214_blackhistory.html The Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., speakes on "Social Justice and the Emerging New Age." Thu, 08 Feb 2007 11:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/070208_az.html In the two years following the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court's ruling that paved the way for the state's first-in-the-nation recognition of same-sex marriages, marriage equality suffered a string of setbacks. Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070205_blackhistory.html First Church in Belmont, (Massachusetts) Unitarian Universalist , is located in an affluent suburb outside of Boston that is 92 percent white Wed, 31 Jan 2007 12:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070127_anti-war.html In the wake of President George W. Bush's state of the union address announcing an immediate escalation of U.S. troop presence in Iraq, hundreds of Unitarian Universalists converged on the U.S. capitol on Saturday for an anti-war rally and march... Wed, 17 Jan 2007 13:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070117_roevwade.html January 22, 2007, marks the 34th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in the United States. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/070112_uucm.html Sixteen months after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, the destruction in New Orleans still remains the dominant theme of the landscape. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/070111.html Your decision to increase the US military forces in Iraq by 21,500 additional troops stunningly disregards the wishes of the American people, the advice of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 12:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070110_mlk.html On the day that we honor the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I have no choice but to speak. Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2007/070104_patrick.html In Boston's historic Old South Meeting House, the first African American president of the Unitarian Universalist Association joined spiritual leaders from across Massachusetts in prayerfully welcoming the state's first African American Governor... Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/070102_ma.html The right of same-sex couples to marry, an important issue to many Unitarian Universalists, suffered a setback on January 2 as a joint session of the Massachusetts State Legislature took the first step toward placing the issue on the 2008 ballot.. Fri, 22 Dec 2006 10:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/061213_holiday.html A Holiday message from the Reverend William G. Sinkford, President, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061219_solstice.html A world without warmth, a world without light. It's what our ancient ancestors most feared. It's why--as the nights grew longer, and the possibility that the sun would never return grew stronger--they worked their winter-solstice magic... Fri, 01 Dec 2006 14:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/061201_aids.html Reverend William G. Sinkford, UUA President, spoke this morning in Washington, DC, at the "For Whom the Bell Tolls: World AIDS Day" event. Tue, 28 Nov 2006 11:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061128_aids.html On December 1, 2006, bells in religious institutions across the United States will be ringing, not in celebration, but in solemn remembrance for those around the world who have died of AIDS Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/giving/annualreport2006.pdf This year, Unitarian Universalists have boldly stood on the side of hope, love, compassion, and action Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061117_mvalentin.html A Prayer by the Rev. Marta I. Valentin, Minister, First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061113_elections.html The 2006 midterm elections blew winds of change through the U.S. Congress and the President's Cabinet, but for people of faith across the country, the elections were about issues of human dignity and civility Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061110_veterans.html By F. Vernon Chandler: Veterans Day, originally established as Armistice Day in 1926, is the official holiday when the United States honors our men and women who are veterans. Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/061025_ftm.html I welcome today's ruling by the New Jersey Supreme Court in which it was decided that "the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated" under that state's constitution. Wed, 25 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061025_deathtoll.html On October 11, 2006, a study released by The Johns Hopkins University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology estimated the number of Iraqi civilian deaths due to the US invasion of Iraq three years ago to be more than 650,000 Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/re/other/061024_time.html How often does the stillness to learn something new happen in our lives and more importantly in our children's lives? Is there time to hear a calling when homework is due, dishes need washing, and music and sports activities are clamoring for attention? Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061020_pentagon.html On October 22, 2006, Beacon Press will commemorate the 35th anniversary of its publication of The Pentagon Papers—the first full edition of the top secret Defense Department studies that exposed decades of U.S. decision making about the war in Vietnam. Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061018_mca.html An interfaith group of Connecticut clergy, with strong representation from Unitarian Universalists, gathered alongside I-95 in Stratford on October 16, 2006, to unveil a highway billboard which protests the support of four Connecticut legislators... Tue, 10 Oct 2006 17:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061010_skinner.html Did I Say That Out Loud? Musings from a Questioning Soul, Evensong for Families, and The Abundance of our Faith Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061005_firstnations.html At the age of 62 Viola Cotta, a Penobscot Indian born on Maine's Indian Island, did something she had always dreamed of doing: she bought a home on Indian Island and returned to live with her tribe. Thu, 05 Oct 2006 08:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/061005_voting.html Religious individuals and groups have played a prophetic role in public life throughout history by calling attention to oppression, demanding change, and holding leaders and institutions accountable for their actions and policies. Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060914_sharps.html A somber, rainy morning provided a fitting backdrop for a ceremony held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to honor the late Martha and the Rev. Waitstill Sharp. Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060830_katrina.html One year after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, we are once again besieged by images from that region. The anniversary of Katrina's landfall found virtually every national journalist in New Orleans. Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/1year/ August 29, 2006 - On this day one year ago, Hurricane Katrina first made landfall at New Orleans. For the past year, the Rev. Meg Riley, chair of the UUA-UUSC Gulf Coast Relief Fund, has witnessed first-hand the impact of the storm and its prolonged aftermath on congregations in the devastated region... Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060828_rfp.html On August 26, 2006, the 8th World Assembly of Religions for Peace convened a four-day gathering in Kyoto, Japan. UUA President William Sinkford is one of 513 religious leaders credentialed as a delegate to the meeting... Wed, 23 Aug 2006 12:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060823_tbrennan.html After receiving the Board of Trustees' enthusiastic approval during their June meeting, Tim Brennan became the new Treasurer and Vice President of Finance for the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 09:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/1year/mira.html It gets hot in the gulf towns of Mississippi early in the spring, at least by a Northerner's thermostat. In May, it was up into the 90's during the day, warm, humid, sun beating down—not the kind of weather in which you'd want to be sleeping in a drain pipe... Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060806_www15.html On August 6, 1991, Unitarian Universalist Tim Berners-Lee, then working at CERN (Conseil Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire or European Council for Nuclear Research) in Switzerland, introduced his world wide web project with a message on an alt.hypertext news group. Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060721_vra.html The United States Senate acted yesterday to renew the Voting Rights Act of 1965. By a unanimous vote of 98-0, the Senate extended key provisions of the VRA, which was created to protect minority voting rights, and which has been called one of the most effective pieces of civil rights legislation in history... Wed, 12 Jul 2006 13:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060711_ftm.html UUA President William G. Sinkford was one of five religious leaders who yesterday called on members of the U.S. House of Representatives to oppose the proposed Federal Marriage Amendment... Thu, 06 Jul 2006 11:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060706_ftm.html I am deeply saddened by today's ruling by the New York Court of Appeals denying full legal status to marriages of same-sex couples in that state... Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/ga/ga06/ Read reports and watch live coverage (plenaries, Ware Lecture, worship services and more) as events unfold in St. Louis, Missouri. Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/rebuilding/ With the attention paid to New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina struck in late August, 2005, it sometimes seemed as if Mississippi 's needs might be forgotten. Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/rebuilding/index.html More than eight months after the winds and waters of Hurricane Katrina washed away the possessions and dreams of hundreds of thousands of Gulf Coast residents, the promise of tomorrow lives in the eyes and the words of the leaders of the UU churches most affected by the storms... Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060607_tapestry.html Religious education is essential to the well being of our children, families and adults and integral to the growth and vitality of Unitarian Universalism. While many would resonate with such a view, few people have made a commitment to support it in the way that Lindy and David Anderson have. Thu, 08 Jun 2006 14:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060607_ftm.html "The latest effort to amend the United States constitution to deny loving couples the rights and responsibilities of marriage is a blatant attempt to write discrimination into our democracy's foundational document. Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/060605_dc.html To show strong religious opposition to the Federal Marriage Amendment, which is scheduled for a vote in the US Senate later this week, an interfaith group called "Clergy for Fairness" held a press conference in the National Press Building this morning. Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/whatsnew_06june.html New or updated events, news and resources for the month of June. Thu, 01 Jun 2006 17:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/gulfcoastrelief/rebuilding/ It's more than eight months since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, and there are still signs of that disaster lingering nearly everywhere. While visitors to New Orleans' downtown would find a booming business at Harrah's casino and many restaurants in the French Quarter, some of the city's oldest family-occupied neighborhoods are nearly empty. Wed, 24 May 2006 10:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/060522_dc.html When the Revs. Mel Hoover and Rose Edington, co-ministers of the UU Congregation in Charleston, WV, sat down with their Senator's staff to lobby against the federal marriage amendment, they started by telling their own story. An interracial couple, Hoover and Edington had a unique perspective to communicate to Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV). "I might not be here if there had been a popular vote about my rights," said Hoover... Thu, 18 May 2006 20:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/060425_standing.html In Poland, Indiana, Judith and Beverly have lived together for twenty-nine years. Although they are fortunate in that the company from which Judith retired offers domestic partner benefits, she recognizes that "we haven't experienced significant problems since we've spent lots of money on legal documents to protect each other." Yet she also notes, "Financially, my partner would get more social security if she could draw on my benefits." Mon, 01 May 2006 14:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/whatsnew_06may.html New or updated resources, events, and information for the month of March.New or updated resources, events, and information for the month of May. Wed, 26 Apr 2006 08:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/060425_standing.html In response to debate on the proposed "Marriage Protection Amendment" set for Congressional vote this spring, the Unitarian Universalist Association has launched Standing on the Side of Love 2006: No Discrimination in the Constitution, a campaign focused on mobilizing Unitarian Universalists to speak out against this hurtful and discriminatory amendment. Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060422_earthday/ As Unitarian Universalists prepare to observe Earth Day on April 22, and many UU congregations mark Earth Day Sunday on April 23, 2006, we recognize that we are called by our Principles to live in right relationship with the web of life. Across the country, Unitarian Universalists have joined with other people of faith to make personal, congregational, and denominational commitments to support our fragile planet. Sat, 15 Apr 2006 09:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/immigration/ As the public debate over possible US immigration reform heats up and marchers in support of immigrant rights take to the streets of major cities in ever-larger numbers, the UUA has issued a statement in support of immigrant rights. Thu, 06 Apr 2006 15:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060406_darfur.html A Pastoral Letter from the Rev. William G. Sinkford: In the springtime people of all faiths reaffirm our connection to the earth and greet the returning light with hope and optimism. Passover, Easter and the Vernal Equinox all celebrate this season of hope. As I reflect on events of the past year I am mindful of why this season is so important, and I am especially mindful of our brothers and sisters... who have endured natural disasters, war, and genocide. Tue, 04 Apr 2006 23:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/whatsnew_06april.html New or updated events, news and resources for the month of April. Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060330_heritage.html With the arrival of spring, flocks of young people from congregations around the country are coming through the doors of the UUA's Boston headquarters offices. Frequently known as the "Heritage Trip," this annual pilgrimage is the culmination of the Coming of Age religious education curriculum. Each year the UUA staff enjoys this special opportunity to meet members of the rising generation. Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060316_iraq.html Dear Friends, Sunday, March 19, marks the third anniversary of the war in Iraq. Sadly, even though our government's poor planning and countless mistakes (in which we have again and again chosen to rely on military might rather than diplomacy and true international cooperation) has left Iraq mired in sectarian violence, there has not yet been an honest and open debate in Congress about the war. Thu, 16 Mar 2006 14:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/awards/borden/ The Rev. William Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006 Richard Borden Excellence in Sermons Award competition. Mon, 06 Mar 2006 11:15:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/president/060306_mpldirector.html The Rev. William G. Sinkford, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, today announced the name of the UUA's new Director of Ministry and Professional Leadership. Fri, 03 Mar 2006 09:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/ga/ The UUA's General Assembly will take place from June 21-25 in St. Louis, Missouri, and registration is now open! If you're an active youth, young adult or adult member of a UU congregation, plan now to join us for opportunity to attend hundreds of valuable programs and workshops, meet Unitarian Universalists from across the United States, and worship and celebrate together at GA. Visit the GA home page for further information as well as online registration and housing information. Thu, 02 Mar 2006 18:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/whatsnew_06mar.html New or updated resources, events, and information for the month of March. Fri, 10 Feb 2006 14:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/freedomtomarry/060210_update.html As Freedom to Marry week is celebrated across the United States (February 12- 18), Unitarian Universalists in key battleground states have focused their efforts on public witness in support of marriage equality and legislative advocacy. Such efforts are designed to advance equal treatment under the law for all people in committed relationships. Wed, 08 Feb 2006 19:45:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060208_darfur.html The humanitarian disaster in Darfur has been going on for three years. Some 400,000 people have died, violence has forced more than two million from their homes, more than three million are starving. Wed, 01 Feb 2006 10:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/whatsnew_06feb.html New or updated resources, events, and information for the month of February. Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:30:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060124.html When the UUA announced its opposition to the confirmation of Judge Samuel Alito to the US Supreme Court, we pledged to "use the Union for Reform Judaism's policy in relation to the confirmation hearings, which is that we have ample evidence to oppose now, and we will continue to do so unless the hearings manage to bring forth information which allays our concerns." Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060116_justice/index.html US Senator Edward M. Kennedy was the keynote speaker for the MLK Day celebration in support of a living wage. Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/050113_livingwage/index.html UU and other faith communities call for a just living wage to honor the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:00:00 EST web@uua.org http://www.uua.org/news/2006/060111_youth.html Have you ever wondered, "How are our congregations fostering the spiritual growth of our youth?"