News from the UUA, Boston
With all of the changes and complications arising in the ways our Unitarian Universalist communities can gather together during the COVID 19 pandemic, many of us feel frozen in place, ambivalent, or uncertain about how to live into our faith today. And yet we have signposts, as Rev. Tania Yadira Márquez writes in Call from … Continue reading UUA News 10-28-2021
Ingathering Greeting from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, We have all worked extremely hard during the pandemic to keep our families, congregations and communities safe, while longing for the time when the pandemic is behind us. Unfortunately, vaccine hesitancy, breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals and the alarming contagiousness … Continue reading Ingathering Greeting 9/21
June 2021 Special Announcement from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, I cannot wait to be with you at the upcoming General Assembly (GA) starting next Wednesday, June 23rd! If you have not already, register online today. I remember from my time as a parish minister that GA was … Continue reading June 2021 UUA News
May 2021 Special Announcement from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, This is a promising, yet challenging time. Congregational consultant Susan Beaumont describes it as a “liminal time” – where we begin to imagine beyond the pandemic but are not there yet. She writes, “You cannot resolve liminality by … Continue reading May 2021
April 2021 Special Announcement from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, Here at the UUA, now is when so much of our attention turns to our largest gathering of the year—General Assembly (GA). GA is the annual gathering of Unitarian Universalists from across our Association. It is where we … Continue reading April 2021
March 2021 Special Announcement from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, This week many of us are marking the one year anniversary when nearly all of our congregations and the UUA moved to virtual operations. As I have been mindful of the anniversary, the words of UU minister Max … Continue reading March 2021
February 2021 Special Announcement from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, These days, I find myself wondering what things will be like after the pandemic. We have a long way to go, still, it’s difficult to predict all the ways our lives and habits will have fundamentally shifted. When … Continue reading February 2021
January 2021 Special Announcement from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, This New Year, only two weeks old, has already wrought terrible pain and disruption. I am still reeling from the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol by a white nationalist mob trying to stop the certification of the … Continue reading January 2021
December 2020 Special Announcement from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, As we embark on this season of holidays and holy days, I hold you and our faith community in deep care. This season will be different than any we can remember. We cannot gather in our sanctuaries and sacred … Continue reading December 2020
November 2020 Special Announcement from Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray Unitarian Universalist Association To our UU community, How is your spirit? These past few days and weeks have been a roller coaster—inviting waves of excitement, uncertainty and activity. We knew that the 2020 election was not about Election Day, but election season. People began voting weeks … Continue reading November 2020
