First Unitarian Universalist Church of New Orleans - UU

06/16/2026

Join RISE ST JAMES this SATURDAY, June 20th, for our ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION! We will be at Welcome Park in St James from 6 to 8 PM with crawfish, activities for children, and educational materials for the community.

All are welcome, see you there!

06/16/2026

"Love at the Center: Unitarian Universalist Theologies," edited by Rev Dr Sofía Betancourt, is the 2026-27 UU Common Read.

06/16/2026

Join us Sunday morning at 10:00am as we join the service via livestream. Community Sing at 9:30.
In the Rayne Chapel, 3900 St Charles Avenue.

The Unitarian Universalist Association’s General Assembly will take place June 14-21 both in person and online. Though most events require registration, the five general sessions during the week and Sunday morning worship on June 21 will all be livestreamed and open to the public. For more information or to watch, visit >>> https://www.uua.org/ga/off-site/2026

06/13/2026

Methinks we need to make some of these for the welcoming table.

POCKET BLESSINGS ZINES just in time for Pride! Download 8 pocket-sized zines, each one a collection of blessings for a different piece of q***r and trans experience. Share them widely and freely, and remember that these blessings should never be for sale, but always gladly gifted.

Q***r and trans people need to be spoken to right now, in specific words about their specific lives. And there are hundreds of congregations across our movement who want to do that but don't have the bandwidth to create the resources themselves.

So Foothills acted as the hub, gathered 20+ contributors, built the zines, and put them out for free with customizable back covers so any congregation can slap their logo on and hand them out as their own.

Shout out to Katie W., who not only wrote a blessing but ended up helping create the entire design language for the zines. The look and feel of this collection exists because she stepped in.

People are already folding them, already planning which ones to bring to which events, already figuring out how to get them into more hands. That's the whole idea.

Download your own set at the link in the comments or in our Bio. If you'd like a version with your own congregation's logo and name on the back cover, email Rev. Sean at [email protected] and he'll share the editable document with you.

06/13/2026

First Church will have two delegates in attendance online and we'll livestream watch together the worship service next Sunday.

Did you know that some General Assembly 2026 events are open to everyone?

Watch Business Sessions (June 14–16) and Sunday Morning Worship (June 21 at 11:00 a.m. ET) live or on demand—no registration required.

Whether you're following the business of the Association or joining in worship, we'd love to have you with us.

Bookmark the livestream page and watch live or on demand. Link in comments.

06/13/2026

New Orleans faith leaders in action.

More than 50 New Orleans faith leaders crowded into Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church on Rampart Street Tuesday and did something rare for a city where religion and politics rarely share a pulpit.

06/13/2026

It's good to be UU and be with other UUs.

06/05/2026

We are strong against this wrong.

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.

06/05/2026

Freedom of religion?

This restructuring of faith codes, which help identity service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans.

Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.

06/04/2026

Blessed people of faith, community, and love.

This Pride Month, we celebrate the joy, resilience, and beauty of LGBTQIA+ communities.

In "The Q***r Beatitudes," Tim Atkins (also known as Sister Sweet Suffering Tea of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence) offers this blessing:

"Blessed are we, the whole q***r family,
for love is our birthright, and joy is our inheritance."

May we continue building a world where every person can live, love, and flourish as their full self. 🌈

Read "The Q***r Beatitudes" at the link in the comments.