In the words of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “Faith is taking the first step even when you can’t see the whole staircase.” This is a good description of justice work, and with Rev. Rita preaching, we will explore steps and staircases in Greater Mankato. This is an In Person & Zoom service. Our Zoom Worship … Continue reading Faith in Change
First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis is among the plaintiffs suing the State of Minnesota over the unjust mandates that restrict abortion access in our state. Learn about the mandates and why we are pursuing a religious freedom claim on behalf of our community. The Rev. Kelli Clement is the Minister of Social Justice and Welcome … Continue reading The Wisdom of the Body: Toward Reproductive Freedom in Minnesota
Outrage is a strong emotion, and there is much in our everyday lives to spark the feeling. Yet outrage is not in itself an action for either good or ill. And further, it is a hard emotion to sustain, burning hot and subsiding quickly. How might we work individually and collectively to turn our outrage … Continue reading Outrage is a Privilege
The Fellowship is now fully immersed in our Welcoming Congregations Trans Initiative. Are you feeling engaged? Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen reminds us that “We do not know if this arc bends toward justice. The great test of our Unitarian Universalist faith is not whether we believe we can bend the arc, but how we are when … Continue reading An Expectation of Justice
Indeed, what does become of Earth’s beauty as our human societies pollute continuously and as the climate warms disastrously? Can we learn a new way to live on the earth? What might a new way look like? Please join us for an All-Generation Service. Coins collected with the offering will go to the Children’s Kiva … Continue reading What Becomes of Earth’s Beauty?
We journey as an Earth community with all of life. Our annual Justice Sunday connects us with the UU Service Committee’s work to advance human rights and climate justice. We celebrate and challenge ourselves to continue and deepen the commitment we made as a congregation to become an accredited UU Green Sanctuary Congregation in June … Continue reading “UUSC Justice Sunday……. Particularly Climate-Justice”
Johann Paul Friedrich Richter, aka John Paul, wrote “Whoever believes in the good in people, draws forth the good in people.” Perhaps this is exactly the attitude we ought to assume as we lament the injustice that persists despite all our work and best intentions. How might we draw good from each other and ourselves? … Continue reading When Will Change Come?
There are times when the only place you can turn for sanctuary is within. What are the spiritual practices that enable us to build our inner life strong and secure so that we may better live lives of compassion and justice? Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. -Joseph Campbell … Continue reading Inner Sanctum
July Theme: Growing Our Souls Being and Becoming Although sometimes it doesn’t feel this way, nothing about who or what we are (as a person, a people, a nation, a world) remains permanently set or fixed. We, from the micro to the macro, are in a perpetual state of formation and change. Part of this … Continue reading Being and Becoming
To learn more before you come on Sunday check this out: https://www.uua.org/giving/areas-support/funds/promise-and-practice 307 years after the first African people were brought as slaves to this continent, Carter G. Woodson in 1926 established a week in February as Negro History Week for his students. By 1976 this grew into our national recognition of Black History Month. … Continue reading The Promise and the Practice
