Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth

06/02/2026

Pride is a celebration of love, identity, and the courage to live authentically. It’s also a reminder that the systems that harm LGBTQIA+ people are often the same ones harming the Earth. This month, we’re recommitting to a future where everyone—and every being—can thrive. Happy Pride from UU Ministry for Earth. 💚🏳️‍🌈

06/01/2026

Take action today by writing your senators.

The Farm Bill presents an opportunity to support farmers, invest in rural communities, and protect families.
Unfortunately, Version of the Farm Bill Passed by the House will:
🐣 Weaken long-standing protections for ecosystems.
🐣 Strip funding from conservation programs that help farmers combat climate change
🐣 Keep cuts to SNAP that have already put millions of children and families at risk.
🐣 Protect the health, safety, and economic security of farmers and families.

Congress Must Pass a Farm Bill that works for Farmers, Communities, and the Environment

Write Your Senator:
https://uusj.salsalabs.org/2026-may-env-farmbill

Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth Side With Love Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community UUJO: Unitarian Universalist Justice Ohio UUANI

05/28/2026

Great Spirit,
Give us hearts to understand
Never to take
From creation’s beauty more than we give,
Never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed,
Never to deny to give our hands for the building of Earth’s beauty,
Never to take from her what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand that to destroy Earth’s
Music is to create confusion,
That to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty,
That to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench,
That as we care for her she will care for us.
Amen.

– From the U.N. Environmental Sabbath Program

05/26/2026

TONIGHT is our final meeting to discuss our Community Read of "What If We Get It Right?" by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. We are excited to celebrate this journey with all of you, whether you attended all, one, or none of our previous discussions. Find more info through the link in our bio: https://www.uumfe.org/community-read-2025-26/

We hope to welcome you to celebrate with us, as well as help us plan for next year's Community Read!

05/25/2026

Memorial Day invites many kinds of remembrance.

Today, we hold gratitude and care for all who served in the military, including the many Unitarian Universalists who gave of themselves in service to their country and communities. We honor those who died in war and military service, and the loved ones who carry their memory forward.

We also hold close the immeasurable human cost of violence—lives lost, families changed forever, communities shattered, and generations shaped by grief.

Veterans For Peace calls for a deeper kind of remembrance: one that resists turning this day into a celebration of militarism and instead asks us to reckon honestly with the human cost of war.

At a time when war and suffering continue across the globe, may we remember that every life carries inherent worth and dignity. And may we continue the work of building communities grounded in compassion, justice, and peace.

Read the full statement from Veterans For Peace at the link in the comments.

05/23/2026

Don't forget! Our final UUMFE Community Read meeting on "What If We Get it Right?" by Dr. Johnson is happening tonight at 7:45 EDT/4:45 PDT. If you want to enjoy our pre-show music from Dr. Johnson's mixtape, log on 5 minutes early!

If you still need to register for our meetings, please do so through the link in our bio: https://www.uumfe.org/community-read-2025-26/

We've also created a blog post where you will find a list of ways to feel prepared for our connection and discussion. You can find it on our website: https://www.uumfe.org/blog/

05/22/2026

It is the International Day for Biological Diversity—something that continues to dwindle on our beautiful planet. This will likely be on many of our minds at today's Climate Grief Support Group meeting, and we invite you to join us. This is a weekly ritualized, trauma-informed space to tend to your mental health and spiritual life as a climate justice activist or caring UU.

🕯️ Facilitated by:
UUMFE's Acting Director, Rev. Lauren Levwood, our team of UUMFE Movement Chaplains, and Movement Chaplain Intern Chelsea.

📅 When: Fridays, 1–2pm ET / 10–11am PT (drop-in, weekly)
📍 Where: Zoom
🧘 What to bring: A stone or similar grounding object

Tending your mental health is an act of spiritual care—and a sustainable form of climate justice. You are welcome here, exactly as you are.

🔗 Register through the link in our bio: https://lnk.bio/s/uumfe/climate-grief

05/21/2026

📣 Happening today! Join us for a special conversation on Mothering the Movement with the Rev. Ranwa Hammamy and the Rev. Denise Graves, two movement powerhouses, on mothering, motherhood, and how movement work is our collective responsibility.

🗓️ May 21 | ⏰ 4:30–5:30 PM PT | Register at uuwf.org/events

Donate to support this work! https://uuwf.org/donate/?sourceid=1096646

05/20/2026

Reveling in Divine Life

I stand in awe in the desert under a moonless, cloudless night, my heart as open as the infinite, star-filled sky.

I wade at the intersection of sand and sea, breathing in the salty air and laughing with the cackling gulls.

I pause at the mountain summit, joining the trees as they stretch their branches up to the sky, lifting my hands in praise.

I sing to the rising sun, in gratitude for these memories of divine life, absolute good, and unconditional love. From oneness, I bless this perfect expression of wholeness, beauty, and sustainability that is Earth.

—Rev. Todd Humphrey

05/20/2026

The May pre-work materials—reading reminders and guiding questions—are now available on the UU Ministry for Earth blog on our website.

Next week's meeting is the finale for our 2025-26 Community Read. We hope to welcome you to celebrate this, as well as help us plan for next year's!