If you would like to have this month’s packet in full, please join one of our small groups. Contact Rev. Anastassia Zinke at:
azinke@uuannapolis.org
What does it mean to be people of Principled Commitment?
The UUCA has committed to embodying these 8 principles:
1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
2nd Principle: Justice, equity, and compassion in human relations;
3rd Principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our
congregations;
4th Principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
5th Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our
congregations and in society at large;
6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
7th Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.”
8th Principle: Journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural
Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in
ourselves and our institutions. (Adopted by UUCA and other individual congregations.)
INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET:
- Chalice Lightings
- Readings & Reflections
- Activities
“Reverence and respect for human nature is at the core of Unitarian Universalist (UU) faith. We believe that all the dimensions of our being carry the potential to do good. We celebrate the gifts of being human: our intelligence and capacity for observation and reason, our senses and ability to appreciate beauty, our creativity, our feelings and emotions. We cherish our bodies as well as our souls. We can use our gifts to offer love, to work for justice, to heal injury, to create pleasure for ourselves and others.
“‘Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy,’ the great twentieth-century Rabbi Abraham Heschel wrote. Unitarian Universalists affirm the inherent worth and dignity of each person as a given of faith—an unshakeable conviction calling us to self-respect and respect for others.”
~ Rev. Dr. Rebecca Ann Parker, minister, theologian, and author.
“The fact is, human rights victories are rarely won by powerful governments or well-armed militaries. More often than not, these battles are led by individuals and small groups of people determined to overcome wrong. Think King, Gandhi, Mandela.”
~ Kerry Kennedy