Welcome to the
Unitarian Universalist Congregation
of Fort Wayne.
We offer a warm, inclusive community where all people are invited to join us for liberal worship, celebration, friendship, support, social justice and service. We look forward to seeing you at our next Sunday service.
As a Unitarian Universalist congregation, our mission is to create a spiritual community that inspires growth, seeks knowledge, accepts differences and deepens compassion to build a just world.
UUCFW’s vision is to be an inclusive community beacon of social change and spiritual exploration by living out our UU values.
Inspire. Seek. Accept. Deepen.
I just uploaded “2020.Thanksgiving message” to #Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/482835163
Reimagining death: Meet a Fort Wayne artist sharing the culture of her Mexica ancestors https://www.inputfortwayne.com/features/mexica-tradition.aspx
Interfaith Thanksgiving Service - mailchi.mp/4f95d40e1378/interfaith-thanksgiving-service-4806930
For those at worship on Sunday, here is the complete post from Diana Butler Bass "The Year of No Thanks", Rev. Shelly referenced in her reflection.
dianabutlerbass.substack.com/p/the-year-of-no-thanks
dianabutlerbass.substack.com
Thanksgiving is next week and many of us don’t feel gratefulReimagining death: Meet a Fort Wayne artist sharing the culture of her Mexica ancestors
www.inputfortwayne.com
As part of Día de los Muertos in November, artist Emily Guerrero is creating several ofrendas throughout the city to honor lost loved ones in 2020."My prayer on this #TransgenderDayofRemembrance is for senseless acts of transantagonistic violence to end.
May we all take on the work to disrupt systems and cultures that perpetuate this violence.
And we as Unitarian Universalists must remain committed to dismantling a culture of white supremacy, patriarchy & transphobia in ourselves, our communities & our faith at large."
Read the full pastoral statement: bit.ly/3fhzSgk
"you are not hard to love and respect
your existence is a blessing. your pronouns
are not a burden or a trial;
they are part of your name, just shorter.
some of our kin use only their names, where pronouns would be,
the names they are called. remember that
someone getting them wrong is not a poor
reflection on you. it is not your fault.
your body (really and truly)
belongs to you. no one else.
. . . your stories belong to you.
your joy and complexity is beautiful,
however you may choose to tell it (or not
tell it). some folks (cis) may take their liberty
for an unholy license. you are beloved. please
keep to our shared tasks of
healing
getting free."
—dear trans*, non-binary, genderqueer
and gender-expansive friends and kin:
(and those of us whose gender is survival)
Rev. Theresa I. Soto
Spilling the Light: Meditations on Hope and Resilience