Serving With Grace

Serving With Grace
Author: Erik Walker Wikstrom
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 106
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ISBN: 1558965807

Discover how to experience congregational work as an integrated element in a fully rounded spiritual life. Written for both those in the more typically recognized "leadership roles" such as board members and committee chairs as well as for those who lead while serving on a committee, teaching in religious education or helping to pull together the Holiday Fair. Makes a useful addition to a congregation's leadership development programs.

Widening the Circle of Concern

Widening the Circle of Concern
Author: UUA Commission on Institutional Change
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 224
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Genre: Religion
ISBN: 155896861X

Appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations in 2017, the UUA Commission on Institutional Change served through June 2020. Widening the Circle of Concern: Report of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change represents the culmination of the Commission’s work analyzing structural and systemic racism and white supremacy culture within Unitarian Universalism and makes recommendations to advance long-term cultural and institutional change that redeems the essential promise and ideals of Unitarian Universalism. The members and staff of the UUA Commission on Institutional Change were Chair Rev. Leslie Takahashi, Mary Byron, Cir L’Bert Jr., Rev. Dr. Natalie Fenimore, Dr. Elías Ortega, Caitlin Breedlove, DeReau K. Farrar, and Project Manager Rev. Marcus Fogliano.

Worship that Works

Worship that Works
Author: Wayne Bergthor Arnason
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1558968091

Just ten years after it was first published, Worship That Works is already a classic text of the Unitarian Universalist liturgical arts. Following a road trip in which they visited congregations of various sizes and traditions, the authors offer essential theory and best practices for lay worship leaders, ministers, and student ministers alike. Significantly updated, this second edition includes revisions and new chapters on multicultural worship, multigenerational worship, and new models of services for contemporary practices.

Centering

Centering
Author: Mitra Rahnema
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2017
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1558967990

In October 2015, a group of distinguished UU religious professionals of color gathered together in Chicago to embark on a radical project. The conference was sponsored by the UUMA’s Committee on Antiracism, Anti-oppression, and Multiculturalism. It started with the premise that discussions of race in Unitarian Universalism have too often presupposed a White audience and prioritized the needs, education, and emotions of the White majority. The goal was to reframe Unitarian Universalist anti-oppression work by putting the voices, experiences and learnings of people of color at the center of the conversation. The resulting book, Centering, captures the papers that were presented and the rich dialogue from the conference to share personal stories and address the challenges that religious leaders of color face in exercising power, agency, and authority in a culturally White denomination. Centering explores how racial identity is made both visible and invisible in Unitarian Universalist ministries.

Standing Before Us

Standing Before Us
Author: Dorothy May Emerson
Publisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
Total Pages: 644
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781558963801

Letters, essays, stories, speeches and poems by women who were social reformers from 1776 to 1936.