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Speaker 1: Unitarian
Universalists

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know as well as anyone that
our religious landscape

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is changing.

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Though people need our
faith as much as ever,

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they're less likely
to participate

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in traditional
forms of religion.

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So we need lots of new forms.

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Speaker 2: Emerging ministries
are any group, project,

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or endeavor that is
grounded in our faith

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and brings people together in
a covenanted and intentional

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ways.

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Emerging ministries take many
forms-- one road, many lanes.

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Some of our merging
ministries are congregations,

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like Sacred Path.

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Speaker 3: Sacred Path is called
to heal and transform the world

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one act of love at a time.

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Scared Path members take our
voices and hands into the world

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by singing in prisons and
marching for racial justice,

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by cultivating
community gardens,

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and organizing neighborhood
peace festivals.

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Speaker 2: Some our
campus ministries,

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like the UUs of the
College of Wooster.

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Speaker 4: As emerging
adults enter the world,

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they are in need of a
welcoming community that

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provides a safe space
to ask questions,

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to discover who they are
and what they believe.

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Speaker 2: Some of our
emerging ministries

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are multi-site, like
the cluster that

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makes up Oak Ridge,
Tennessee Valley, foothills,

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and Westside UUs.

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Speaker 5: The work is not about
preserving the institution.

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The work is about figuring out
how to be inspired, uplifted,

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on fire, generous, and radical
instruments of the holy.

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Institutions may crumble,
but love never fails.

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Speaker 2: Some are missional
communities, like Sacred Fire.

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Speaker 6: Sacred Fire
UU is co-creating ways

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for us to be in
relationship with those

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who share our vision of
the beloved community,

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but who aren't seeking church.

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Our ministry's
central mission is

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truly to give life
the shape of justice.

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Speaker 2: Some of our
emerging ministries

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are meeting groups,
like Create Meaning.

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Speaker 7: Our Create
Meaning program taught us

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a lot about what we need to do
to be able to reach others who

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are spiritual but not
religious, so that people

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could see our way of religion
as part of the larger

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cultural milieu that is the new
American religious landscape.

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Speaker 2: And some are
hybrids, like The Sanctuaries

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in Washington, DC.

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Speaker 8: The Sanctuaries
is an artist collaborative

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that focuses on
social justice issues.

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There is something
truly spiritually

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deep about connecting with other
people and creating together.

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It just seems so simple, but
it's definitely spiritual,

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and it's definitely
something that

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connects us to community
and to one another.

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Speaker 1: The Unitarian
Universalist Association

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is ready to support
emerging ministries.

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Staff from every region
and multiple departments

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are working together to
bring resources and expertise

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to these new groups
and projects.

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We are learning as we
go in this holy work,

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co-conspiring with that
fierce love that connects us

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to one another, as we bring
more wholeness, connection,

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and justice to our world.

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