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Racism As We See It
Submitted by Jane Gaertner on behalf of the Undoing Racism Team. As we continue our time of transitions, the Undoing Racism Team looks forward to working with our congregation to live into the Eighth Principle. Building on our work to undo structural and institutional racism, we are proud that UUCM has embraced dismantling racism within...
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On That Note…
Most of us have been brought up to think about playing as something that we do in our free time – after coming home from work and having dinner, we might play a game of cards or go out in the yard to throw a frisbee or shoot some hoops. Over the past 14 months...
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The Listening Booth
From Rev. Scott Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister Our culture has a weird relationship with play. Americans work more hours, with less paid time off, than people in any industrialized country. Yet advertising tells us we should take long vacations and follow our bliss – find time to play. We don’t like when people are ‘playing around...
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Family Ministries: Religious Education
As we prepare to emerge from our COVID cocoons, thinking once again about gathering together in covenant, in-person, and online, we must acknowledge that the way we have been doing Religious Education (RE), will not work for the imminent future. Our first priority is to re-learn how to be together in community, and to allow...
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My Story – Discovering UU, Starting a CUUPs Chapter, and Leadership
The Unitarian Univeralist Congregation at Montclair, New Jersey, to which I belong to, follows the Soul Matters theme. This May, the theme is “Story.”