Re: Here's four words you'd never thought you'd see together...
LOL, Jack. One thing that I liked about UU, and this group in particular is that there is no central control or diocese. There is a national organization but that's more for support than any sort of general message. Each congregation varies quite a bit. As for us, we're pretty much ardent Humanists and secular atheists though there are a few Christians. Many of the members have no problem voicing an opinion. Especially us Humanists and the atheists,
though everyone is welcome. We don't actively prosthelytize. Some UU congregations in other parts of the world are more Judeo-Christian based, the bulk of our congregation does not believe in a super natural being. Our core tenets are love, peace, equality, tolerance, social justice, and respect for science and art. You don't have to worry about us showing up on your door step at 9 on Sat morn with a Bible or biking over to your house to let you know who we are.
. If you are in need, we'll help regardless. One of the reasons I stopped going to AA was the constant beating of the religious message. Going to UULV is much more sane for me than any of the AA meetings I've attended. But, everyone's different.
We do mostly social outreach through music and a great deal of support for the LGBT community. Lots of music involved, as much as in a Southern Baptist church. Sometimes classics like Bach or Beethoven, other times U2 or the White Stripes. Depends on the subject of the service. Many in the congregation are amateur musos or have bands. Several of them are on the A/V committee. They are in a transition right now and coincidentally need a chair of that committee. Like I tell Rev Ian, I'm here to help and do whatever they think needs to be done. Rev is new to us and likes a lav mic and typically the lav scares the hell out of the rest of the volunteers. We're going to have a how to use a lav class in the next week or so.
