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1st Principle

Service. Whose worth? What dignity?

Start: 
Sun, 11/05/2006 - 10:30am
End: 
Fri, 11/03/2006 - 11:00am
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Rev. Heather Lynn Hanson.
Digging into our first Principle.

Guest Judi Gavin will bring the Chalice used at General Assembly and share a bit about this amazing gathering. November birthdays will be recognized. First Sunday FOOD Bank.

Service. Inspired... to Affirm and Promote

Start: 
Sun, 10/29/2006 - 10:30am
End: 
Sun, 10/29/2006 - 11:30am
Desc.: 

Dr. Louise Paré with Rev. Heather Lynn Hanson.

Our fellowship has adopted the UUA’s principles as guidelines for our values. In the closing paragraph of that document it says “we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision....promising to one another our mutual trust and support.”  How do we come to understand our 7 Principles? How does “Lifespan religious education” connect with the Principles?  

This will be the first in a series of eight services about how we affirm and promote these values.

Library Committee

libraryMimi Umpleby, contact

The Library Committee maintains the Fellowship library. They buy, shelve and reshelve books that explain and support the seven UU principles; encourage more members to visit the library and take advantage of the variety of books offered. Book sales, using donated books, are held to support the purchase of new books and equipment.

We have 25 categories of books relevant to our principles for you to peruse or check out.

Newsletter columns (PDF):
Aug 2008 Book Suggestions
Jun-Jul 2008: rvuuf.org -- Did You Know? Online Library Catalog
May 2008: Library Catalog Online (click here for catalog)
Feb 2008
Jan 2008
Dec 2007
Nov 2007
Oct 2007
Sep 2007
Jun-Jul 2007
May 2007
Nov 2006

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Unitarian Universalist Principles and Purposes

We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:

  1. The inherent worth and dignity of every person.
  2. Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.
  3. Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations.
  4. A free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
  5. The right of conscience and use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.
  6. The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all.
  7. Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

The living tradition which we share draws from many sources:

  • Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life.
  • Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love.
  • Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life; Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves.
  • Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.

Grateful for the religious pluralism which enriches and ennobles our faith, we are inspired to deepen our understanding and expand our vision. As free congregations we enter into this covenant, promising to one another our mutual trust and support.


Children's Version: As Unitarian Universalists, we believe that...

  1. every person is important and valuable.
  2. all people should be treated fairly.
  3. our churches are places where we should accept one another and learn together.
  4. each person should be free to search for what is true and right.
  5. all people have the right to speak out and vote on things that matter to them.
  6. we should help build a peaceful, fair and free world.
  7. we need to take care of the earth, the home we share with all living things.

These ideas come from many places:

  • the sense of wonder we all share,
  • women and men of long ago and today whose lives remind us to be kind, fair and understanding,
  • the ethical and spiritual wisdom of the world's religions,
  • Jewish and Christian teachings, which tell us to love all others as we love ourselves,
  • the use of reason and discoveries of science, and
  • the harmony of nature and the sacred circle of life

Thankful for all of these ideas, we want to learn even more. We come to church where we freely share our thoughts and feelings and promise to trust and help one another.

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