Let’s explore the question, “are people generally trustworthy?” Author Charles Feltman defines trust as “choosing to risk making something you value vulnerable to another person’s actions.” Come learn about the conditions that help us forge trusting relationships.

Our sense of caring at GUUF leads us to nurture relationships, build communities and work for justice. Caring also leads to generosity. Find out what science and world religions have to say about generosity and the positive impact it has on our lives.

Find out how our traditional congregational governance practices can get in the way of inclusion and equality. How might we take a fresh look at how we organize our church and how we select and train our leaders? Join us for another chapter on the UUA Commission on Institutional Change Report that recommends how we … Continue reading Widening the Circle: How We Organize. How We Lead

Based on the book by Mark Morrison-Reed, learn about the Empowerment Controversy that divided Unitarian Universalism in the late 1960s during the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. What happened when the Unitarian Universalist Association responded to demands for change in its approach to racial justice? What can we learn from mistakes of the past?

Come explore the film, “Come Sunday,” which tells the moving story of Bishop Carlton Pearson’s journey from leading an evangelical megachurch to being labeled a heretic for embracing Universalism. After the demise of the megachurch, Pearson’s remaining congregants found a home at All Souls Unitarian Church in Tulsa where he became an Affiliated Minister. In … Continue reading Come Sunday: The Carlton Pearson Story

In his address to the Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly on May 18, 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “Don’t sleep through the revolution.” Let’s take a fresh look at that lecture and how it may call to us today. Read the lecture here: https://www.uua.org/ga/past/1966/ware