Members of the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship care about improving the community and country in which they live.<\/p>\n
But most don\u2019t do it just by siding with one candidate or another during an election campaign.<\/p>\n
Instead of simply being loyal to a political party, they call their approach \u201cStanding on the Side of Love.\u201d<\/p>\n
Love is a core UU value.\u00a0 To walk their talk, UUers are likely to ask themselves: Who do we know or need to get to know to build Beloved Community right here? Who is excluded? Who is vulnerable? Who is working for change and would welcome our support?\u00a0 Who shall we partner with?\u201d<\/p>\n
Their answers\u00a0range\u00a0from\u00a0supporting people who are\u00a0immigrants,\u00a0food insecure,\u00a0without a home,\u00a0non-English-speaking, newly released from incarceration, LGBTQ, and\u00a0others who\u00a0face injustice.<\/p>\n
SUUF also engages in partnerships with other faith communities that run food pantries, shelter homeless families, challenge human rights violations, and advocate for climate justice.<\/p>\n
These collaborations build bridges across the divides of age, race, class, and faith. They also seek to shift economic development priorities toward affordable housing and green jobs, shift funding from prisons to schools, and assure accessible and secure elections.<\/p>\n
When UUs stand on the side of love, they view secular activism as a spiritual experience.\u00a0 They avoid polarizing language and positions. They focus on transforming our world for the better, starting with their own congregation. They ask members to\u00a0find\u00a0the\u00a0best\u00a0fit\u00a0between\u00a0their own abilities and\u00a0passions\u00a0and\u00a0their\u00a0community\u2019s needs.\u00a0 They ask themselves, \u201cWhat would the\u00a0community\u00a0lose\u00a0if\u00a0we\u00a0were\u00a0not\u00a0here?\u201d<\/p>\n
They invite partner groups to their services, share the pulpit, share Sunday pass-the-plate offerings, and participate in partners\u2019 charitable efforts.<\/p>\n
In brief, SUUF does its best to create a hospitable, loving culture dedicated to justice and inclusion\u2014to model a Beloved Community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Members of the Sedona Unitarian Universalist Fellowship care about improving the community and country in which they live. But most don\u2019t do it just by siding with one candidate or another during an election campaign. Instead of simply being loyal to a political party, they call their approach \u201cStanding on the Side of Love.\u201d Love … Continue reading Standing on the Side of Love [#97]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8121"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8901,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8121\/revisions\/8901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}