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Unitarian Universalist congregations affirm and promote seven Principles, which we hold as strong values and moral guides. Our seventh Principle calls us to affirm and promote the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. We have a sacred responsibility to work for the healing of our planet. As part of the … Continue reading First UU Climate Change Statement
This is a time of great anxiety about the well-being of all our families, friends, and communities. Certainly, it is a time for Springfield Unitarian Universalists to work together to support one another and to relieve whatever suffering and distress we can. How blessed we are to have our congregation and our covenant to one … Continue reading COVID-19 RELIEF
During a time when many of us are staying in our homes, there are unsheltered members of our community who do not have homes to retreat to. Local church The Connecting Grounds, led by minister Christie Love, is working hard to protect those members of our community. The News-Leader has recently reported on the struggles that the … Continue reading Show Support for unsheltered people
First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield is suspending all in-person services effective immediately. The research behind #FlattenTheCurve calls us to our fifth source and asks us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science. However, our social distancing doesn’t mean that we have to step back from our community or our faith. … Continue reading Sundays at First UU Go Virtual
First UU will immediately suspend in-person Sunday morning gatherings. In the past few days, I have leaned heavily on the wisdom found in the principles and sources of our Unitarian Universalist tradition. In the face of the challenges posed by the coronavirus, I will “heed the guidance of reason and the results of science.” (UU … Continue reading First UU Responds to COVID-19: We CAN Flatten the Curve
Postponed until May or early June If you’d like a refund for tickets please contact us at admin@springfielduu.org April 4, 2020 – 7 pm First Unitarian Universalist Church of Springfield – 2434 East Battlefield Road – Springfield MO Come enjoy an special evening of music and performance. Humorist Samuel Clemens (Will St. Clair) will present … Continue reading POSTPONED – Music and Mark Twain
When I was a teacher of grammar, I prided myself on my ability to get my students to match pronouns with their antecedents, the nouns that precede the pronouns. I did a victory lap when they moved from “Everyone grabbed their backpacks” to the grammatically correct “Everyone grabbed his backpack.” So I expected to be … Continue reading Pronouns: Getting Past Bewilderment
Sunday, January 12 – 2:30 pm In moments of moral crisis, Unitarian Universalists know we are called to show up. And 2020 is one of those moments. If we are to survive—as a human species broadly and as a UU religious community specifically—we are called to speak with moral courage and act with prophetic clarity, … Continue reading UU the Vote
October 20, 2019. A small group gathers in the First UU sanctuary for vegetable beef soup and this month’s social action speaker. She’s been to border detention camps and although she’s bound by a confidentiality agreement and can’t name people or facilities, talk to the media, or publish any of her findings in written form, … Continue reading At the Border: An Immigration Policy Shaped by Cruelty
