For a few summers, I went away to a summer camp for girls in the mountains in western Virginia.  We all ate together in the big dining room. In the minutes before the doors opened all the girls would gather on the porch ready to run to find seats with our friends. One of the … Continue reading Announcements

Guest blog from the QUUF Healthy Community Team The Healthy Community Team (HCT) is sharing a link to a revision of our Right Relations Covenant. This includes congregational input from the workshop in January 2024. We plan to present this Covenant for adoption at the June 2025 annual meeting.  HCT sponsors activities promoting inclusive and compassionate communication. … Continue reading Our Covenant of Right Relations

Guest Blog from the Antiracism Action Team Unitarians and Universalists have a long history of advocating for fair, safe treatment of immigrants. As Unitarian Universalists, we have often stood alongside immigrants, fighting for justice. The photo below from 2012 is Deborah Carroll and Kathy Stevenson protesting immigration practices as part of a UUA demonstration in … Continue reading Immigrant Safety

Guest Post by Robin Stemen, Stewardship Team Chair At the Stewardship Coffees on March 1 team members had a good time sharing, learning and talking with attendees about QUUF’s financial health. 34 surveys were also completed! Here is how folks responded to some of its inquiries: There is a special urgency to funding QUUF this … Continue reading The Survey Says!

We would like to express our sincere gratitude for your unwavering support of the Native Connections Action Group. Your encouragement and commitment have been crucial in helping us work alongside other groups like ours in the region, aligning our goals with Unitarian Universalist values. With your assistance, we have supported the water protectors at Standing … Continue reading Statement of Gratitude from the Native Connections Action Group

Two Lists for These Days One of the joys of having lived in another culture is that you find new ways to express yourself.  Our 7 years in London meant that I picked up a whole bunch of ways to say things. It’s not just the different words used – jumper instead of sweater, and … Continue reading I Can’t Be Bothered

How We Move Forward In Wild Times and a few notes at the end…. These days I’m listening to inspirational music. As I begin writing this, I’m listening to Emma’s Revolution’s sing “Keep On Moving Forward”. I don’t know about you, but my anxiety is with me a lot of the time. I can’t seem … Continue reading Moving Forward

‘There go my people. I must find out where they are going so I can lead them!’  ~ Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin Anyone who’s been around the last few years knows that I’m happy that the Finding Our Future workshop is happening next weekend. Early in my tenure, I encouraged our leadership to engage in creating … Continue reading To Infinity and Beyond

Dear Friends, Another year begins and it’s filled with peril and promise as ever and always it is. I send you these words written by my colleague Rev. Ann Tyndall that are part of coming into the new year. This morning I walked the dog up the street.  It was a perfect winter’s morning. An … Continue reading For the New Year

There are times when good news can be hard to come by, and even when it’s not, I’m glad to spread it around. There’ve been a couple of bits of good news that I’ve seen lately that I want to direct you toward. Both are about our wider religious movement and looking toward the future. … Continue reading Looking for Good News