Meet the Moment: How the Wave of Momentum Is Carrying Us Forward

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Meet the Moment is a movement-wide framework designed to help Unitarian Universalists analyze present-day realities and discern faithful, values-based responses. It provides shared language and guiding questions to support congregations and leaders as they assess the conditions shaping their communities and determine how to respond with clarity and purpose.

This collection from UU World gathers reporting and reflection on the framework’s development, its current implementation, and the ways it is taking shape in congregational life. Together, these reports illustrate the growing momentum of this work and provide a glimpse of how it may continue to evolve in the months and years ahead.


What Is ‘Meet the Moment’?

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UUs Examine What ‘Meet the Moment’ Means in This Time of Reckoning

by Ashley Horan

To Overcome ‘Crashing Waves of Change,’ UUs Can Follow Meet the Moment Framework

by Nancy McDonald Ladd

Using the Meet the Moment Framework to Build Momentum and Broaden Impact

by Elaine McArdle

Exploring Framework Question One: What is the Moment We Are In as UUs and in Our Wider World?

Reflections from UU Activists and Thought Leaders

by Contributors

Exploring Framework Question Two: What Are the Most Urgent Needs of This Moment?

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Whole Church Religious Education: Calling Us Toward Deeper Formation and Joyful Experimentation

by Natalie Briscoe

Growing Administrative Capacity to Better Share Knowledge and Skills

by Emily Cherry

Imagining New Possibilities for Welcoming Families to UU Congregations

by Lauren Wyeth

Exploring Framework Question Three: What Do Our Values Call Us to Do in Response to This Moment?

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Community Sundays Foster Intergenerational Connections

by Heather Beasley Doyle

Welcome New Members to Your Congregation by Hosting 4x4 Dinners

by Peter D. Kramer

UUs Partner with Small-Business Microloan Collaborative to Help People Succeed after Incarceration

by Peter D. Kramer

Fifth Sunday Collaboration Connects Small Congregations

by Christian Schmidt

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