Beloved Ministries

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We come together in programs and projects to make our faith active in the world. Reframing dominant cultural narratives is a collective effort. Our structures and institutions reflect inherited theologies and shape the theologies of the future; they are products of a culture and are agents of changing that culture.

Image: © 2018 Niall David
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For the past five years, the Unitarian Universalist Association has focused on an unprecedented, widespread cultural transformation to eliminate systemic racism and white supremacy culture both within the Association and within Unitarian Universalism. This shift began in April 2017 after the...

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A legal textbook titled Race and Races sits on a wooden desk

Many people wonder why “Critical Race Theory” (CRT) has incited so much ire in the conservative media and irrational fear among the public. It's essential to recognize that CRT is a sophisticated mode of legal analysis first developed in the 1970s, and most definitely was not designed for...

Image: © 2022 Stacey Lantagne
book titled "Defund Fear" by Zach Norris is held in the hands of someone whose hands are light brown; only their torso is showing.

Discussion materials for the 2021–2022 UU Common Read, Defund Fear: Safety Without Policing, Prisons, and Punishment, will be released in April. Discussion guides using a small group ministry format will be available both for any UU congregational or community group and for BIPOC-only groups.

Image: from Zach Norris's website zachnorris.com
Three young people in face masks due to COVID are standing in front of a greek temple facade. The top of the facade reads "seek wisdom" and the columns read "honor, care, accept, listen, connect, guard."

The pandemic has been a time of challenge and innovation for serving families with religious education programming. Facing uncertainty and fatigue, religious educators are devising new ways to offer loving support, foster spiritual development, and encourage conversations about racial justice in...

Image: Courtesy First Unitarian Church in Worcester, Massachusetts
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Gwendolyn A. Magee (1943–2011) was a Black quilting artist and member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson, Mississippi.

Image: © Gwendolyn A. Magee. Courtesy Gwendolyn Ann Magee Estate. Photography courtesy Mississippi Museum of Art.
The Sanctuary and Fellowship Hall at the Coralville, Iowa UUS

The current iteration of the ongoing congregational program includes an emphasis on justice.

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