UN Sunday

The UU-UNO would like to remind all Unitarian Universalists that UN Sunday is coming up in less than 3 months! For those of you who may be unfamiliar with UN Sunday, it is a special service that many congregations across North America hold every year to recognize the strong ties between Unitarian Universalist principles and [...]

Tragedy in Tennessee

The UU-UNO would like to send its deepest condolences to the members and friends of the Tennessee Valley UU Church. They are in our hearts and minds.
We strongly urge you to visit the UUA’s website to donate directly to the congregation and the victims of shooting, or to find out more information about this tragic [...]

Great Job, Joy!!

Here’s a great example of what you can do to help build a culture of peace:

Instead of presents on her birthday, Joy Sullivan (above), a new UU-UNO Youth Envoy from Tallahassee, FL proposed having her friends and family make contributions to either an environmental organization or one working on peacebuilding in Rwanda, after being so [...]

Enter the Peace Pioneer Quest at Ben & Jerry’s!

” As a company that has been supporting peace initiatives for thirty years, Ben & Jerry’s wants to recognize the outstanding work that these Peace Pioneers do. If you or someone you know is working to create positive change, [...]

Peacebuilding initiative for youth in Burundi!

A plug for a friend’s organization working on a peacebuilding project in Burundi’s Riyugi Province. Many of you play team sports and so you might relate. After a few trips to the province, Heather has begun working with one of the soccer clubs there to secure uniforms, equipment, cleats, etc for their youth teams, who [...]

FYI: Teleseminar – Monday, April 28

To those interested – a teleseminar directly related to our Spring Seminar for anyone to participate in. Please email office@uu-uno.org for phone-in instructions and access code. Thanks!
Building a Culture of Peace:
How Can UUs Lead the Way?
You are warmly invited to join in a series of informal discussions by teleconference featuring noted UU leaders and scholars, [...]

Long awaited poetry from David Williams!

Without further ado…

A Homily by Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull

Please find below the homily given by Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull at the worship service on Saturday, April 5, 2008.
“Peace Work”
A Homily by Rev. Dr. Jan Carlsson-Bull
UU-UNO Intergenerational Seminar
New York, NY
April 5, 2008
It’s good to be here. It’s good to be here with you as we think, speak, plan, strategize, worship, sing, sleep a few [...]

Beautiful sermon about the Spring Seminar

Almost everyone at Spring Seminar must have seen a man walking around the seminar, crouching behind seated people, perching on the sides of the stage, and popping up in other areas with a giant camera lens, documenting our Spring Seminar with gorgeous photos. Unless you go to his church in Brooklyn, what you don’t know [...]

Facebook!

The UU-UNO has its own facebook group and a couple of others have created one as well as a follow-up to the Spring Seminar. Please check them out at:
UU-UNO – http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210980722
Youth for Peace (started by Kelly Pryde and Christy Samuels): http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24248153112
If anybody else has created groups on facebook, post them so people can join!