As UUs we affirm and promote “the right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.” This is our 5th principle and is sometimes written for children as “everyone has a vote.” Many early Unitarians and Universalists were involved in suffrage campaigns and voting drives. Modern […]
President’s weekend gave us a chance for a multiage RE group session on our UU values. We reviewed each of the values, spotted them in a story, and then kids got to choose center activities. Some made cards for the UUCDC caring committee, some practiced building beloved community (and building a house for JETPIG) in […]
The merger of the American Unitarian Association (AUA) and the Universalist Church of America (UCA) on May 12, 1961, created the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). The merger was years in the making and was preceded by many contentious discussions both between the AUA and UCA and within each of those groups. There were class issues […]
One way that families can learn about the proposed new shared values (Love, Justice, Equity, Transformation, Pluralism, Interdependence, and Generosity) is by noticing them in bedtime stories. So many picture books have several of these values embedded into the stories and it can be fun to talk with kids about what you notice in the […]
Rev. Dr. Thandeka is an ordained UU minister and congregational consultant, as well as a professor, author, and producer. She is a proponent of Affect Theology, which puts feeling and emotion at the forefront of religious experience (as opposed to thoughts and ideas). By focusing on the emotional connections between individuals within small groups and […]
Join our new class for adults. In Building Your Own Theology, you and your fellow UUs will develop and articulate our unique religious and ethical beliefs. Over the course of ten weeks, we will grapple with the Big Questions of life: What is a religious experience for me? What is the nature of the Divine […]
On March 7, 1965, police on the outskirts of Selma Alabama attacked a group of civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettis Bridge. Unitarian minister James Reeb watched the television coverage from his home in Massachusetts. Reeb had been preaching about systematic racism and segregation in churches around Boston. When Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King […]
Yes, it’s Winter. But, if you’re interested in learning more about some of the UU summer camp options available near(ish) to our area, now is the time to start researching and getting your deposits in. We have a large and loyal group of UUCDCers who travel up to Unirondack every summer. We have also had […]
We had a great Sunday in RE last week. Our Preschoolers and Kindergartners combined classes to celebrate their unique selves. They read Frederick by Leo Leonni and created paper mice. 1st/2nd graders learned about the pagan holiday Lammas and how we can make the world a more magical place. 3rd/4th grade class focused on the […]
Unitarian Universalist Church of Delaware County – UUCDC
Email: churchoffice@uucdc.org
Contact: Webmaster
Tel: (610) 566-4853
Mailing Address:
145 W. Rose Tree Road
Media, PA 19063
