Dear Companions,

The most immediate thing on every Unitarian Universalist leaders’ minds this month is the 47th Annual General Assembly of our Unitarian Universalist Association — a Meeting of Congregations, held this year in Fort Lauderdale.

For our Florida District delegates, GA begins June 25th with our Ingathering [at 4:45pm; see invitation enclosed] prior to the Wednesday evening’s opening plenary, featuring “The Sources,” a moving work in music and words by the Rev. Dr. Kendyl Gibbons and the Rev. Jason Shelton. A full choir [as in GA full — many, many voices] will accompany.

After that, we have five very full days of educational and informational programming, business plenary’s, reports on the state of Unitarian Universalism from our President, the Reverend William A. Sinkford and Moderator Gini Courter, and others, as well as Continue Reading »

By Connie Goodbread

Path to Membership

Do we take the faith seriously?
Do we help people to understand the depth of the community they are thinking of joining?
Do we understand service and the importance of honesty?
Do we challenge people to their best selves?
Do we urge first ourselves and then others to become more, understanding that we are never finished?
Do we have high expectations?

Unitarian Universalists are not a chosen people…nor do we have choices made for us. We are a people who choose. – Forrest Church

What is your congregation’s path to membership? That question can stir up mixed emotions. We often have a deep fear of proselytizing and that fear leads us to avoid talking about our faith at all. This leads to a path to Continue Reading »