UUCA – Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

As 2009 drew to a close and the page turned to a new decade, the news media bombarded us with countless “decade-in-review” stories, passing judgment on what the naughts brought. Virtually without exception, the evaluations all concluded that the “oh-ohs” were a lost decade. The adjectives used to describe it ranged from difficult to disappointing, [...]

Poet Marge Piercy writes,
The pitcher cries for water to carry and a person for work that is real.
It’s from her poem “To Be of Use” and continues:
The work of the world is common as mud. Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust. But the thing worth doing well done has a shape that satisfies, [...]

On Monday, Jan. 18, at the Martin Luther King, Jr. parade in downtown Atlanta, we had over thirty inter-generational participants from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta marching with the Standing on the Side of Love banner.

As usual, there was quite a delay in getting started as we waited for the end of the annual [...]

Our record-breaking Sunday morning offering of $7,543 for Haiti relief was recently mentioned in The Champion, a local paper covering DeKalb County news.
The Islamic Speakers Bureau made note of the visit of our Neighboring Faiths middle school religious education class to the Al-Farooq Mosque in their most recent newsletter.

UUCA is making more information available in more ways than ever before!
1. UUCA.org
Features general program information, volunteer openings, the calendar of events, sermons, the UUCA blog, and much, much more.
2. Monthly Newsletter
Emailed to all members and friends and posted at uuca.org. Printed copied are made available at the Welcome Table and Info [...]

Position Description – January 2010
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta (UUCA) is a faith community of 700+ members and 300+ friends in metro Atlanta. Its mission is to change lives by encouraging spiritual journeys which combine personal growth with social justice awareness and action.
Position Title: Executive Director
Position Type: Full-time
Position Purpose: To accomplish UUCA’s organizational Ends [...]

In this month’s column, I’d like to talk about special fundraising events at UUCA—to suggest what success looks like, together with ideas about some possible fundraisers. I’m taking advantage of this venue because I’d like to expand the circle of involvement in this important area of programming. I’d like to hear your thoughts and ideas. [...]

We enter this covenant to cultivate and sustain strong positive relationships, in order to ensure that we keep our mission as a faith community squarely in sight. It will give strength to our teamwork and cooperation, especially when we’re in the midst of a difficult situation. We ask for the congregation’s support in helping us [...]

How many times have you heard a friend, relative, co-worker or even a member of our congregation say this to you?
When I was a child, I loved our many family holiday traditions. I loved staying at my grandparent’s farm on Christmas Eve. I loved having to wait upstairs with my sister and cousins on Christmas [...]

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language.
And next year’s words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning.
So T. S. Eliot writes. The year 2009 has ended, and 2010 begins, bursting with possibility, awaiting a new voice with which to be conveyed. May the new year be a time [...]