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Please click HERE for the message "We Are A Sanctuary People: An Election Message" by Rev. Dr. Sofia Betancourt, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

Click HERE to read about several featured speakers at GA 2025. Also included in this post is information about home hospitality at GA, ridesharing to GA and supporting people with hidden disabilities at GA.

Click HERE to read a UUA Executive Message with this title from Carey McDonald, A UUA Executive VP.

Event format: Online Date & time: Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EDT Type of event: Meeting NER Quarterly Leadership Gathering (Q1, October) Let's connect! Join with your peers to share ideas, strategies, questions, concerns, and to receive and offer support. This gathering is open to current Board members and those who will be on the Board within the next several months. The Zoom link will be sent to all Board members. To ensure receipt, please check that all information for your congregation on my.uua.org is current. Latecomers and early departures are welcome. We look forward to gathering with you! For more information contact newengland@uua.org.

Click HERE to learn more about how to offer feedback on the 3 proposed Congregational Study/Action Issues which will be on the business agenda for UUA General Assembly 2025 (where one will be selected for 3 years of study, reflection, and action). The 3 issues are: Abolition Is Faith Formation Fat Liberation: Building Justice and Inclusion for Larger Bodies Housing: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Click HERE to read the article about choosing a Moderator for the UUA. This is an important role. The individual or team elected will serve as the Chief Governance Officer at the UUA for the next 6 years. Bill Young (a former member of UUSE and formerly Secretary of the UUA) is running with colleague Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson as a co-moderator Candidate Team.

Click HERE to access the schedule. While there’s still more to come (including Pre-GA activities, the announcement of our 2025 Ware Lecturer, and details on Meet the Moment programming), you can now start exploring the amazing lineup of sessions, worship, and events that will be offered at GA 2025.

Click HERE to read about Governance at GA: What's On the Tentative Agenda? as well as How To Participate As A Delegate at GA 2025.

Click HERE for information about efforts being made to make GA a multigenerational experience. There is info about resources for families at GA, children's programs at GA, etc.

Please see the letter below that we received from a UUA representative. This letter was forwarded to the Policy Board by Peggy Webbe and I am posting it here for the benefit of the entire congregation.   Dear Members of UUSE,   I’m Erica Baron, your primary contact from the New England Region of the UUA. In a recent conversation with Josh Pawelek, minister, and Peggy Webbe, president, they asked if the UUA supports congregations who wish to continue using the Principles in congregations in various ways.    As your regional contact, yes! I fully support your congregation in making your own decisions about how you want to be in relationship with the Principles going forward.   There are around 40 years’ worth of resources based on the 7 Principles created by Unitarian Universalists at all levels – UUA staff, ministers and DREs, lay leaders, congregations, everyone! You are welcome to continue to use any of those resources that you find valuable, including any resources you have created for your own congregation.   The change at the national level in no way mandates that you cease reference to the Principles or using them in your own congregational life and practice. You may use the Principles, the Principles and the new Values, or just the new Values, whatever path you discern is most aligned with your congregation’s will and needs.   In faith, Erica   Erica Baron :: she/her/hers Congregational Consultant 617-948-4604

Click HERE to read a message from the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) titled “Our wellspring of hope and courage for the times ahead” - a message to the UU community.