Join Rev Bev as she explores the proposed changes to the UU Principles. What is different? What is similar? As an active, vibrant Unitarian Universalist congregation it is important to our mission, vision and search process to engage with the wider UU world and to help our religious tradition to remain relevant and important within and beyond our walls. This values-based model with love at the center will be voted upon at General Assembly 2024.

On this Sunday of Indigenous People’s Day weekend join Rev. Bev as she explores immigration and our response as a theological concept and a spiritual practice.  This is an especially timely topic as Franklin and cities and towns across Massachusetts are discerning how best to respond to the recent arrival of many homeless families, some of them migrants, into our community.

As you may have heard (or read) your Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations is in the process of assessing and re-vising Article II of the bylaws. This is the part of the bylaws for all UU Congregations that contain the Sources and 7 Principles that inform our faith communities. As a “living tradition” with no creed that all must follow, it is important that Unitarian Universalism grow and change with the times in order to … Continue reading Seven UU Principles: Some History

As you read in the E-messenger, this feels  like year 2.0 (two-point-zero) rather than year-two as your interim.  Is there a better time than on the second day of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, to consider what starting again might look like? Rosh Hashanah is a time for both rejoicing and serious introspection, a time to celebrate the completion of another year while also taking stock of one’s life. This Sunday we will mark Rosh … Continue reading Starting Again, The Tasks of Interim Ministry With Rev Bev Waring