From the President: Today, I bring you good news. Back in the fall the board formed a small team to search for our new minister and I am happy to tell you today, the search process has been fruitful, with several candidates interested in coming to Louisville to share our vital ministry in this community. … Continue reading Welcome Reverend Liz Weber
The UUA has joined a multifaith coalition to challenge the federal administration’s rollback of the sensitive locations policy—a move that threatens religious freedom and the sanctity of our sacred spaces. We uphold our faith’s call to be a sanctuary for all who face oppression. To learn more about the legal strategy and our partners, watch: “Defending Faithful … Continue reading Defending Faithful Sanctuary and Hospitality
This week’s theme is a bold proclamation of sacred and revolutionary truth: there are Black people in the future. Image from Speed Art Museum These words from Interdisciplinary Artist and Cultural Producer Alisha B Wormsley are a declaration of resilience, commitment to solidarity, and insistence that victory is ours! vision of boundless possibility refusal to … Continue reading Side With Love: There are Black People in the Future
Mní Wičóni. Water is life. This sacred truth reveres the interdependence that defines all of our existence. In both the original Lakota and translated English, Mní Wičóni (Water is life) reminds us that honoring our connections to the elements—the air, the land, the water—transforms our communities. When we fully embrace water not just as a resource … Continue reading Side With Love: Water is life
Trans people are divine. This profound truth, first gifted to the world by J. Mase III and Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi in their Black Trans Prayer Book, is a powerful declaration of sacredness and resilience that serves to remind everyone that trans and nonbinary existence is ancient. Trans and nonbinary people have always been here. … Continue reading Side With Love: Trans People Are Divine
State violence looms large over our lives as a constant threat or worry. Because of this we often feel as if we don’t belong here, wherever here may be, and we forget that we have existed and found shelter in each other since the beginning. ~Rev. Alaina Alexander First, settle in and watch: We Are … Continue reading Side With Love: We Are Home
Re-Imagining Climate Justice a Blessing for Re-Imagining by Rev. Nancy McDonald Ladd; a Multigenerational Body Practice for Climate Justice by Antoinette Scully a Time for All Ages: “Re-Imagining to Action” by JeKaren Olaoya a Grounding for Liberating Our Attention by Kristina Church Rachel Myslivy says: The North Carolina Climate Justice Collective offered a framework for … Continue reading 30 Days of Love: Rachel Myslivy on Re-Imagining Climate Justice
This week’s offerings: a Time For All Ages by Mylo Way; a Body Practice from Jess Hunt; a prayer by Rev. Cecilia Kingman; a blessing from Rev. Elizabeth Nguyen; a Grounding Practice for Safety by Lora Powell-Haney. Nicole Pressley, Field & Programs Director, Side With Love says: In “Letters from a Birmingham Jail,” Rev. Martin … Continue reading 30 Days of Love: Nicole Pressley
The Interim Search Team of First Unitarian Church (Donna Corbett, Peggy Muller. Devi Pierce, Jill Sampson and Jill Sherman) hired Reverend Mary Ann Macklin as our interim minister; her first day was August 1, 2023. Below is a short bio about her! If you wish to reach her, you can call the church office and … Continue reading Interim Minister: Mary Ann Macklin
Head over to Side With Love for resources, videos and connections to other folks doing the work. UUs have long been part leaders in powerful multifaith movements fighting for trans and queer rights and liberation. Join UPLIFT Action and Side With Love staff for this webinar, lifting up the faithful work UUs are engaging in … Continue reading The Body Politic: Faithful UUs Showing Up for Trans Justice
