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Five Practices of Welcome Renewal

from Rev. Michael J. Crumpler, LGBTQ and Multicultural Programs Director:

Congratulations!

You have successfully completed the Five Practices of Welcome Renewal for 2023. Sincere congratulations on your ongoing commitment to LGBTQ+ welcome and inclusion in and beyond Athens, GA.

It was a pleasure to read about all you have accomplished and the powerful work you have done to ensure that UUFA is meeting the needs of queer and trans congregants and the wider community in the following ways: 

I.      Becoming a Welcoming Congregation – 1996

II.     Welcoming Worship 

  • Becoming a Place of Radical Welcome – 8/13/2023
  • Every Body Is Worthy – 11/5/2023

 

III.   Welcoming Days of Observance 

  •  International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia
  •  Pulse Night of Remembrance
  •  Celebrate Bisexuality Day
  •  National Coming Out Day
  •  Intersex Awareness Day
  •  Transgender Day of Remembrance

 

IV.   Welcoming Religious Education

  • Transgender Inclusion in Congregations – 8/27/2023

 

V.     Support a Welcoming Project•       Donated to Athens Pride and Queer Collective

For more information on all of our LGBTQ programs and activities, please visit The Five Practices of Welcome Renewal, subscribe to the quarterly UPLIFT  newsletter, and read the UPLIFT blog. We also invite you to join the new Welcoming Congregations of Unitarian Universalism Facebook Group and follow UPLIFT Twitter and Instagram @uua_lgbtq. 

Upcoming

 

April

  • 25th – Opening Reception (Robert and Claire Clements Art Gallery)
  • 25th – Coffeehouse (Variety Show) add link to sign up
  • 26th –  Lesbian Visibility Day (UUA Day of Observance)
  • 26th – St. James Baptist Church Cemetery Work Day
  • 27th – Board Town Hall on the Budget and Bylaws  (in the Fellowship Hall) 
  • 27th – Claiming Our Power:  Making Good Trouble for Climate Justice
  • 29th – UUA Congregation Study/Action Issue Feedback Session

May

  •  3rd – Athens Black Market (AADM Justice Partner event)
  •  3rd – UUFA Coven Beltane outdoors/indoors  2-4 p.m.
  •  4th – First Sunday Forum 
  •  4th – Bridging (youth and YA)
  •  4th – Social Justice Action Team (SJAT)
  •  4th – Historical Jesus Book Discussion Group 
  •  5th – UUA Congregational Study Action Issue Feedback Session
  •  8th — Racial Justice Team (Virtual) 
  • 11th – Bob Clements Art Show at the State Botanical Gardens 
  • 16th – Next Bigger Vision Meal Provided by UUFA 
  • 16th– AIRC General Meeting (invitation from SJAT)
  • 18th–Third Sunday Forum: Community Accompaniment Program with Asylum Seekers (CAPAS)
  • 18th – UUFA Annual Meeting
  • 25th – start of Family Promise Week (partnering with Holy Cross Lutheran Church)
  • 25th– 2024-25 Common Read Discussion (noon)

June

  • 1st – First Sunday Forum
  • 1st – Point of Pride postcard making
  • June 7:  Pride Parade and Pride Festival
  • 8th – Oatmeal breakfast
  • 13th– Next Bigger Vision Meal Provided by UUFA 
  • 13th – Book signing for Rev. Brandan Robertson’s forthcoming book, Queer and Christian: Reclaiming Our Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table (SJAT + Alphabet Fam sponsoring)
  • 15th – Third Sunday Forum:  Meet Your Justice Partner: AADM
  • 29th – Circle dance

August

  • 24th – start of Family Promise Week (partnering with Holy Cross Lutheran Church)

November

  • 9th – start of Family Promise Week (partnering with Holy Cross Lutheran Church)