UUCA – Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

By Eric Pohl, UUCA Board Member One of the major initiatives of your Board of Trustees in 2010-2011 is the creation of a new Long Range Plan for UUCA. While any organization can carry on for quite a while without a viable Long Range Plan, operating under a Long Range Plan provides distinct advantages: it [...]

Anybody else ready to take the red pill?  (After screening of the “red pill” scene from The Matrix.) You probably know the rest of the story.  Keanu Reeve’s Neo swallows the red pill and follows Lawrence Fishburn’s Morpheus down the rabbit hole to discover that the world around us is not real but part [...]

The struggle for justice takes courage, strength and compassion. This work has never been more necessary, (or more difficult) than that undertaken by our partners in Haiti since an earthquake struck that nation on Jan. 12 of this year. During this sermon, we heard about the unique work of UUSC’s partners to respond to [...]

By Beth Valentine, UUCA Board Member The recent election by the congregation of four new board members was an enlightening and humbling process. I knew UUCA had a board, but honestly I didn’t know very much about what the board does, who is on it, or what their responsibilities entailed. Having attended our first meeting [...]

Howard Zinn  was a world-renowned historian, author, playwright, and social activist best known for A People’s History of the United States. His many highly acclaimed books include his memoir, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, published by our own Beacon Press, and Three Strikes. He was not, let me repeat, he was [...]

Lately, people have been asking me about where we are with our congregation-wide Sustainable Living Initiative. Glad you asked! This past year saw wonderful achievements. The Initiative’s mission is for UUCA to become a leader in equipping people to lead more sustainable lives, and to that end, we saw the following efforts: The MLK Day [...]