Coffee hour central
We wanted to let people know about everything we had to offer without making them sit through a Sunday service. We started inviting people directly to the coffee hour.
Creating community
A congregation bonds over its multiyear collaborative quilt project.
Overseas connection
European Unitarian Universalists group helps expats and European fellowships find common ground.
Choosing a stubborn love
Why I returned to my mostly white UU congregation.
We are people who put windows in doors
Putting holes in things that used to be solid is hard. Some days, there is broken glass everywhere. And not all of us are skilled with the metaphorical power tools.
A young adult group grows in Brooklyn
Our young adult community retains its own identity, even as we weave ever closer with the larger congregation.
On community
Community is not just a cure for what ails us; it is also what ails us.
Ministry and the literacy of being human
If my role as an educator is my ministry, then every act of education is my prayer.
Poem: Benediction for the heavy heart
Breathe. For yourself. For each other.
Three commandments: stay, learn, go
A Gary Snyder poem helps me find my way in our messed-up world.
Find your team
There has never been a better time to invest in groups that bring you joy, that strengthen you, that help you serve others, and that work for justice.
Let’s get started, together
When our values are threatened, a congregation is an anchor against despair.