An Ingathering Message from Our UUA President

Beloveds,

I bring you greetings and welcome as we lean into a new congregational year. In this video message, recorded for all our congregations at this time of ingathering and renewal, I join with leaders from across the faith to offer words of courage and enduring commitment. Together, our shared voices invite us all to consider how we are called to live our values in these days. 

We know that our ministries unfold in challenging and complex times. And yet, our tradition teaches that love’s reach is expansive enough to include everyone, that no one is excluded from worth and dignity, and that this love has the power to overcome the fear that silences and stills us.  

As my colleague CB Beal has said, "we must be intentional about moving fear out of the center and replacing it with love - over and over again - as often as is necessary.” May we do this work of centering love - connected as a faith and in our own communities.  

In all that this congregational year will bring, may we lift each other up as we meet this moment, together. 

Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt, UUA President