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The Faith Action Ministry (FAM) is here to help you address the issues of the day by turning our eight UU Principles into action. After a very successful first year, our weekly Action Table is back in the Crossings Room during the Middle Hour and after the second service. We hope to get even more … Continue reading Faith Action Ministry
UUCWC Faith Action Ministry has expanded its English as a Second Language Program! To meet increasing demand, we are starting another class in Robinsville (the original class is in Hightstown). Bill Goodwin (Rev. Goodwin’s husband) has agreed to be one of the lead teachers and we are in need of assistant teachers for both classes. … Continue reading FAM: Assistant ELS Teachers Needed
From UU FaithAction NJ: UU FaithAction NJ Recaps – Actions, Alerts, and Information August 16, 2019 – more details here for Immigration Justice: The federal government continues its outrages against immigrants. One news story after another documents actions against immigrant families, refusal to offer visas, increased use of detention and separation of families, and longer … Continue reading UU FaithAction NJ – Recap and Actions – August 2019
Thanks to a generous grant from the Endowment Committee, and with additional support from the Council for Faith in Action, UUCWC’s Faith Action Ministry is bringing Christina Rivera, former UUA Board Member and Executive Director of Called to Justice (CTJ) to offer faith-based anti-racism coaching to UUCWC during the August 16-18 weekend. Schedule Friday, August … Continue reading SAVE THE DATE! August 16-18: Anti-Racism Training for Everyone
Join UUCWC’s Faith Action Ministry (FAM) for the following events! FAM Action Hour – Sunday, April 14, 1-3pm Join us in room 202 after Coffee Hour to put our UU principles into action by writing postcards and letters to elected officials about timely issues and legislation. You can also bring a laptop and complete actions … Continue reading FAM – Upcoming Events
Mike Wilson, Chair, UUCWC Council for Faith in Action Unitarian Universalism is supposed to be an active faith. Mindfulness enhances our involvement in what we are about. My thought is that the more we are mindful about how we actively involve ourselves in our faith, the more we profit from our involvement. Here are some … Continue reading UU Faith in Action and Mindfulness
What Is Loaves and Fishes? Loaves and Fishes is our annual church-wide, social justice project that involves up to 100 members. On one weekend, we prepare 600 bag lunches and prepare and serve up to 600 hot meals. This year the dates are March 26 and 27. This page describes the typical Loaves and Fishes … Continue reading What is Loaves and Fishes?
February 1, 2019 Update from Rev. Rob Gregson, Executive Director, UU Faith Action NJ: First candle: This past Weds. night Governor Murphy signed into law the independent prosecutor bill. Criminal justice activists have been working to get this law passed for years. It is an important and long-needed reform to help weed out systemic racism … Continue reading UU FaithAction NJ – Update on Criminal Justice Reform, Minimum Wage
NEWS RELEASE For immediate release UUCWC ADOPTS 8TH PRINCIPLE REFLECTING COMMITMENT TO THE DISMANTLING OF RACISM TITUSVILLE, N.J.—The Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing (UUCWC), a non-creedal religion bound by guiding Principles, adopted an 8th Principle at its 2018 annual meeting this summer. The 8th Principle states: “We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist … Continue reading UUCWC Adopts 8th Principle Reflecting Commitment to the Dismantling of Racism
by Mike Wilson, Chair, Council for Faith in Action I have been wondering how people think about faith and how they are practicing a faith they can ascribe to being as a Unitarian Universalist (UU). Having never joined an organized religion before being a UU, the idea of religious faith seems antithetical to me. However, … Continue reading The Ubiquity of Faith in Action
