Harmony, a Unitarian Universalist Community

06/10/2026

Along with the worship, the potlucks, and the friendships, there's another gift many people find in a UU community:

The freedom to be yourself.

No pretending required.

Just a welcome that says, "Come as you are. There's room for you here.”❤️🕯️

06/07/2026

We send our unwavering support for Unitarian Universalists (UU) in uniform and our UU military chaplains. We recently learned the Department of Defense (DOD) has removed 180 separate religious affiliations from the US military’s list of religious affiliation codes. This eliminates the code for Unitarian Universalists, as well as Humanists, Atheists and Pagan traditions, and many others. Along with dozens of other religious traditions, UUs will be categorized broadly under “Other” in military’s religious affiliation codes.

Please note this decision does not directly impact the status of our UU military chaplains, who are authorized through a separate faith-based endorsement process with the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). What it does mean is that Unitarian Universalist service members will not be able to select their specific religious identity in their personnel records. This may make it more difficult for our uniformed UUs to access the spiritual care that they need.

At this time, we are diligently working with our UUA counsel and partners in a variety of faith traditions to craft a strategic response that faithfully represents our values and demonstrates clear support for our UU service members and their families, as well as all those who are impacted by this DOD policy.

We will share more information when it is available. But today, we declare that no government action can erase our faith nor lessen the powerful and necessary grounding it provides for those who serve.

Read the full statement at the link in the comments.

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.

05/10/2026

Thank you to Susan Wenner Jackson for speaking about belonging at the Joint Service of the Unitarian Universalist Council of Greater Cincinnati this morning at First Unitarian. Thank you to Chuck Wiggins for serving on the Service Planning Team. Great morning!

04/22/2026

“You cannot care for the land if you do not care for its people. Climate justice is people justice.”
— Lawrence Nault

This quote from Lawrence Nault names something essential: The climate crisis is not separate from the conditions people are living in.

It is shaped by race, by economics, by disability, by migration—by who is most impacted and who is most protected.

When we take that seriously, it shifts what this work asks of us.

Not just individual action, but shared responsibility.
Not siloed efforts, but work across our whole communities.
Not quick results, but a long commitment to transformation.

🌎 So this Earth Day, we’re asking:

Where is your congregation in this understanding?
What would it look like to take this seriously—not just in one committee, but together?

May we care for the land by caring for one another.
May we stay with the work.

Explore resources from Side With Love at the link in the comments.

03/25/2026

02/28/2026

02/13/2026

What if community organizing starts with something as simple as learning someone’s name?

In “A Theology of Community Organizing,” Rev. Sean Neil-Barron reminds us that belonging—not strategy—is where real power begins.

As Rev. Neil-Barron writes, “…people don’t join a cause. People join people.”

Read the full piece—adapted from the 2025 Sophia Lyon Fahs Lecture—to explore how small acts of showing up grow into trust, how trust becomes shared power, and why movements endure when we build communities willing to fight like family. Link in the comments.

01/27/2026

Join us on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 6:30–8 p.m., for the next Immigrant Dignity Coalition meeting—held both in person at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church and online via Zoom. No matter where you are, you can be part of the conversation and the movement for immigrant justice. 💪✨

🖥️ Zoom makes it easy: Mt. Auburn is using up-to-date tech to make sure virtual participants feel like they’re right in the room.
🌨️ Weather note: If there’s a Level 2+ Snow Emergency in Hamilton County by 5:00 PM, the meeting will move to Zoom-only.
🗣️ Language access: Need interpretation in Spanish or French? Please confirm in advance by calling/texting 513-400-5963 or emailing [email protected]

🔗 Register for Zoom by 5:30 PM the day of the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LIABPz28QmmwPf4MpudTDQ

Let’s keep showing up for immigrant dignity, in person or online. ✨

01/26/2026

Our Unitarian Universalist faith tradition places love at the center.
We’ve heard the call by Minnesotans.
We side in solidarity with their struggle.
We condemn the continued violence by Federal Agents in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Read Full Statement:
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