These principles guide how we relate to each other and the world—rooted in love, openness, and responsibility.
UUA Core Values (UUA Bylaws, Article II, revised 2024) The revised Article II emphasizes foundational values that grow from and deepen our covenant with one another. These values are:
Love – The central value that holds all the others together. We are called to love ourselves, each other, and the world.
Justice – We work toward equity and liberation for all.
Interdependence – We honor the sacred web of life and our place within it.
Equity – We strive to dismantle systemic barriers and create inclusive communities.
Transformation – We welcome change and growth, both personal and collective.
Pluralism – We value diverse beliefs, cultures, and voices as sources of wisdom.
Generosity – We practice gratitude, compassion, and a spirit of mutual care.
Together, these principles and values call us into deeper relationship—with each other, with our communities, and with the world. They are not static beliefs, but living commitments we strive to embody each day.
UU civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo answered Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s call to Selma to march for voting rights, and was killed by KKK members on March 25, 1965. What does her story teach us about racism and sexism in America? We will continue collecting food donations for Food For Thought throughout the month, and also be collecting tootbrushes and travel size toothpaste for the January 24th Project Homeless Connect event. Youth programming and childcare are available, and conversation and refreshments follow the service. Everyone is welcome!
“Now that I’m here, what the BLEEP am I going to do about it?” Three of our favorite UUs, Cindy Wright, Elizabeth Otto, and Athne Machdane will share their spiritual journeys and explore this question.
In this Earth Day Service, we will explore our 7th Principle, the interconnected web of all existence of which we are a part. We inhale, and exhale, again and again countless times every day. Inhale…at what point does air become breath? Exhale…when does breath become simply air? We are of the earth, and the earth is in us. “What we do to each other and to our world, we do to ourselves.” During this service we’ll explore that statement, and the ambiguity and paradox we face when we try to apply it in our day to day lives when we try to figure out how to live in ways that respect the interdependent web of all existence, and when we try to figure out ways to help protect our precious earth. Click on the service title for a link to the full presentation text.
With a sense of urgency unfelt before, people from all walks of life, religious and secular, are saying that the time has come to extend equality beyond humanity to what is called, “Ultimate Democracy.” This is a broadening of the concept of “Love Thy Neighbor” to include love of all creation. Guest minister, Rev. Jacqueline Ziegler, from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Laramie, will reflect on why she believes humanity is being called to do this now and what this means.
The Unitarian Universalist 7th Principle calls us to affirm and promote respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Join together in celebrating Earth Day!
The service features presentations by members and friends about those times when their personal spiritual journeys have converged with nature. Melody Haler, service leader.
Jayne Jacobs:
Young adulthood is a time of self discovery. In piecing together this presentation, I realized that nature, along with my experiences in nature, serve … read more.
Don Benson will facilitate a discussion on the monthly worship theme, the 5th UU Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.
This morning, we will be talking about our fifth UU principle, by which we covenant to affirm and promote the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and the society at large. we’ll be exploring questions like Whose Right … read more.
