What is lay ministry? Perhaps it is many things to many people. To me, and for many reasons, it is a joy. Through my two terms as a lay minister at UUCF – most recently as lay minister for social justice – I have nourished my soul, made many new friends, participated in meaningful activities […]
Sanctuary – What Does It Mean?
by Wini Atlas, Lay Minister for Social Justice. To most of us at UUCF, the Sanctuary is where we hold worship services and other events. We also understand sanctuary as a place of refuge for humans and wildlife. Sanctuary is an old concept going back to a Saxon king in the 4th and 5th centuries […]
Helping Bend the Arc of the Universe Toward Justice
by Lay Minister for Social Justice Wini Atlas. Unitarian Universalists have worked to bend the arc of the universe toward justice throughout our history. In 1850, transcendentalist Unitarian minister Theodore Parker, a noted abolitionist, wrote: “I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little […]
