The Board is pleased to share the Next Steps Process Final Report* submitted by Stewardship for Us consultant Liz Coit on December 1, 2022. The report, based on her research and analysis from three months of working with us last fall, is extremely comprehensive with a lot of information to think about and discuss. Read the rest of this entry »

Please join Green Sanctuary on Tuesday, April 26 at 7:00pm in the Sanctuary for an interactive talk by John Burkhardt from Extinction Rebellion Boston (this month’s Giving Beyond our Walls recipient.) This is an in-person only event, and is free and open to the public.

The MUUC Anti-Racism Team (ART) is sharing a resource from the SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) organization. The Indigenous Solidarity Network has developed this Rethinking Thanksgiving Toolkit geared for white folks to discuss settler privilege and Thanksgiving with family, friends, and the broader community.

Founded in 1995, the Texas Freedom Network is a nonpartisan, grassroots organization of more than 150,000 religious and community leaders who support religious freedom, individual liberties and public education. Based in Austin, TFN acts as the state’s watchdog for monitoring far-right issues, organizations, money and leaders. The organization has been instrumental in defeating initiatives backed by the […]

Melrose Human Rights Commissioner (and MUUC member) Liz Ticcioni decorated our church with the colors of the Progressive Pride Flag. Melrose Pride started on June 17.  Read more about Melrose Pride activities happening over the weekend here.

By completing evaluations over Rev. Susanne’s first two years at MUUC, members here supported her bid to earn Full Fellowship with the UUA. Click “more” below to get a link to watch the service where she was awarded this distinction.

This week the quilting group delivered more than 30 quilts to Kim Smith of Tufts Children’s Hospital (formerly named Tufts Floating Hospital Pediatric Care). Kim was very grateful, telling us, “Your quilts really mean so much!“ Here is a picture of Kim with Martha Borkan and one of the quilts.

With the generosity of the faith communities that make up RIM’s Metro North Cluster, we have been providing Saturday night meals for M+4 since January. The last meal was delivered on May 22, and we are asking anyone who’d like to provide a meal during the summer months to sign up here.

ART Asks You To Sign the Pledge! We see that a lot of people from MUUC have already signed Fighting for Black Lives in our Neighborhood’s “Alternatives to Policing” policy statement. 

At least 140 people tuned into the debut broadcast of “Opening Doors: Race, Conversation, and Song” on Sunday evening, with 800 views total by Thursday. Viewers donated over $1400.

To honor Black History Month, Bennett published an amazing series, both in the Melrose Weekly News and on Facebook, which includes both positive and negative mentions of the Unitarian church.

On March 3, Board President Dan G. and Rev. Susanne met with Gabriella Snyder Stelmack, Executive Director of Malden’s Bread of Life, to hand over a big check, the equivalent of the $33,900 we received from the PPP program last year.

Thanks to pressure from a citywide antiracism group cofounded by Alastair Moock, Melrose Mayor Paul Brodeur has created a task force to work on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion in the city. Also, the school committee and the mayor recently voted to replace “Columbus Day” with Indigenous People’s Day.

Tell Gov. Baker to remove racist images and text from the Massachusetts state flag. Legislators finally approved the change. Now the bill sits on the governor’s desk. Massachusetts Peace Action asks you to send a message in support, to get those images removed forever.

We were floored by the support we received for the survivors we work with through Renewal House and Believe in Success. We are so grateful to Melrose UU Church for hosting this collection drive.

The AntiRacism Team invites conversation.  Want to make a personal pledge to reduce the chances of police misconduct leading to unnecessary death or injury?

Join in a lunch-time online chat with Rev. Susanne and friends from the Worship Committee on Wednesdays, 12-1pm.

If you’re looking for UU inspiration on Sunday December 25, you can watch a brand new Christmas Day worship service created by the ministers in Winchester and Reading. Or, you can attend a live watch party at Winchester Unitarian Society, starting at 10:30am. Wear your pajamas!

On June 7, in our masks, with our homemade signs and our new Black Lives Matter Banner, we showed up in droves to demand justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and all those unlawfully killed by police.

The Anti-Racism Team invites you to listen to this important podcast series. In 1965, the Rev. James Reeb, a UU minister, was murdered during the civil rights events in Selma, Alabama. Although his murder has never been officially solved, NPR has in uncovered new information about this tragic incident. A “must listen” for all UU’s.

MUUC participates in Soul Matters. The Soul Matters Sharing Circle is a network of Unitarian Universalist congregations who follow the same monthly themes so we can more easily share small group material, as well as worship, sermon, music and religious education resources. Click for more information.

From Our DRE: In response to a UU World Article, the staff is wondering what steps MUUC can take to provide a more welcoming community. If you’re wondering this too, let’s talk and get started.

UU’s Mentioned in NPR Segment About Comprehensive Sexuality Education. Click here to find the link to the NPR “Cognosenti” Segment.