Unitarian Universalist Association Principles and Purposes

• Every person is important and valuable
• All people should be treated fairly. Our churches are places where we should accept one another and learn together
• All people have the right to speak out and vote on things that matter to them
• We should help build a peaceful, fair and free world.
• We need to take care of the earth, the home we share with all living things.

These ideas come from many places:

• The sense of wonder we all share,
• Women and men long ago and today-people whose lives remind us to be fair and understanding,
• Religions of the world, including Jewish and Christian teachings, and earth centered traditions, which tell us to love our friends and enemies as much as we love ourselves,
• Our common sense, and
• The discoveries of science.

Thankful for all of these ideas, we want to learn even more. We come to church where we freely share our thoughts and feelings and promise to trust and help one another.

November 16, 2004