The religion sees the practice as spiritual or mental discipline. Sin - While the UUA recognizes that human beings are capable of destructive behavior and that people are responsible for their actions, it rejects the belief that Christ died to redeem the human race from sin. Sacraments - Unitarian Universalist beliefs state that life itself is a sacrament, to be lived with justice and compassion. However, the religion recognizes that dedicating children , celebrating coming of age, joining in marriage, and commemorating the dead are important events and holds services for those occasions.
UUA Service - Held on Sunday morning and at various times during the week, services start with lighting of the flaming chalice, the Unitarian Universalism symbol of faith. Other parts of the service include vocal or instrumental music, prayer or meditation, and a sermon. Sermons may be about Unitarian Universalist beliefs, controversial social issues, or politics. The Universalists organized in the United States in , with the Unitarians following in The UUA includes more than 1, congregations worldwide, served by more than 1, ministers with more than , members in the United States and abroad.
Other Unitarian Universalist organizations in Canada, Europe, international groups, as well as people who informally identify themselves as Unitarian Universalists, bring the worldwide total to , Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the Unitarian Universalist Church calls itself the fastest growing liberal religion in North America. Member congregations within the UUA govern themselves independently. Administration duties are carried out by an elected president, three vice presidents, and five department directors.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification. The flaming chalice has come to represent the Unitarian Universalist movement as a whole. Unitarian Universalists offer a "free pulpit" and a "free pew"; worship leaders are free to speak the truth as they know it without censure while the recipients of a preacher's message are also free to accept or reject this truth.
In this way, we seek to create a free and respectful environment for open sharing of beliefs about the most challenging questions in human living. Email: office CedarLane. Welcome to Cedar Lane, a liberal religious community that has been an important part of Montgomery County since Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church is a community where love works. Together, we explore the eternal, nurture community, and build a more just world. Together, we dare to embody beloved community.
Together, we create a force more powerful than any one individual or belief system. In being together we are able to love and support one another within the Cedar Lane community, and are therefore better able to support the local community and beyond with our social justice efforts to build a more just world.
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We create spirituality and community beyond boundaries, working for more justice and more love in our own lives and in the world. Unitarian Universalism affirms and promotes seven Principles , grounded in the humanistic teachings of the world's religions. Our spirituality is unbounded, drawing from scripture and science, nature and philosophy, personal experience and ancient tradition as described in our six Sources.
Worship and inspiration remind us what matters most in life, and are central to Unitarian Universalist faith and practice. Unitarian Universalism is a way of being religious rather than embracing a specific religious doctrine. We believe that individuals are entitled to make their own search, and that not all persons are going to share the same beliefs.
We believe there is wisdom and value in most all religions, but that no one religion has all the answers. We believe in an inner harmony that will lead to ethical action.
Unitarian Universalists believe in individual responsibility to search for and form their own beliefs and as a result many of them may believe different things. What holds Unitarian Universalists together is not common belief, but common experience and a common approach to life.
Unitarian Universalists believe in the Golden Rule, loving our neighbors as ourselves, working for a better world, searching for truth with an open mind, using reason to help us explore religious ideas, and granting everyone the right to choose their own beliefs.
We are among more than 2, congregations that as members of the Unitarian Universalist Association have agreed to abide by the following principles in how we go about our work as a religious movement. We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote:.
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