Faith in Action News
- wwewing
- Oct 30, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Aug 7
Building a world where all people are free and thriving requires more than hope— it requires action, taken together, every week.
From Side With Love website.
GMUUC is a Welcoming Congregation
The Welcoming Congregation Program is a volunteer program for congregations that want to take intentional steps to be more welcoming and inclusive of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. Being welcoming and inclusive is a never-ending commitment.
All of you who are is sacred. All of who you are is welcome
Let us continue to be bolder with our Welcome. Transgender Unitarian Universalists (UUs) are still struggling to find community in UU congregations. Bisexual UUs suffer from invisibility while asexual, intersex, and polyamorous communities are wrestling with a progressive faith that does not privilege their truth. These and the many more social ills that plague our LGBTQ+ and TGQNB communities are calling us into a deeper commitment to ensure that our Unitarian Universalist congregations are living into the Welcome that we boldly proclaim.
Rainbow House News
The kids at Rainbow House are getting ready to go back to school-just like the rest of the kids in Dahlonega. That’s why we delivered $50.00 Walmart gift cards to each of them last Monday.
DFCS does give each child a small allowance for certain purchases, but that leaves a lot of things out. Since keeping these girls in school is our main focus, giving them a chance to look ‘right’ is so important!
The residents at Rainbow House are rewarded for accomplishing scholastic and behavioral goals. The program director has asked that we participate in this by providing small gifts that the girls will appreciate. That means $4-$6 items in beauty, makeup, and accessories. If you would like to help with this please contact Jill Gray at harpgrandma@yahoo.com.
Rainbow House residents will be invited to a Christmas Ornament Decorating Craft session on a Saturday in December sponsored by FIA. Your participation would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Jill Gray at harpgrandma@yahoo.com.
Thanks
Jill
Next Faith in Action Team Meeting
Sunday, August 23, 11:45 a.m.
Conference Room
We all know how important the November elections are. Join us to finalize our UU the Vote plans for the upcoming Mid-term Election. Let’s continue our work to Get Out the Vote and be a Good Trouble Congregation!
8.4.26
Action Center Update
Side With Love Action Center Update! 8.4.26 Action Center Update
Nothing is inevitable. Justice movements are built by ordinary people who come together to defeat oppression and nurture a loving world. You are not alone. We have power. Together, we can create a just and thriving future.
Movements are strongest when we act together. Organize with your teams and networks and take these actions in community. For practical tools, see our Organizing School and Trainings & Webinars.
Climate Justice
Core Principle: A just and loving world is also a flourishing one. A fossil-free future is possible, where clean energy is a human right and all beings thrive. To get there, we must create new systems, norms, and practices.
The Update: Interdependence calls us to be in accountable relationships with our human and beyond-human kin. Our government, by consistently granting public land leases to extractive industries, betrays that responsibility. As of January 2025, more than 81% of all BLM-administered lands in the Western United States remain open to oil and gas leasing.
· Read: “The Case for Returning U.S. Public Lands to Indigenous People,” and “How Trump and Congress Are Attacking the Endangered Species Act - and What You Can Do”.
· Watch/Listen: More Than Just Parks has 63 beautiful short films featuring our public lands. Listen to this powerful All My Relations Podcast series on the Kanaka Maoli people’s movement to protect Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaii.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2026
MIDLAND GREENWAY, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA
Equality Fest is a passionate non-profit organization dedicated to fostering diversity, inclusivity, and equality with a special focus on uplifting the LGBT community and marginalized groups. Through our initiatives, we aim to create a more inclusive society and provide a platform for underrepresented voices to be heard and celebrated.
Learn More <https://www.equalityfestga.com/about-us>
Plan to attend, or help as a Volunteer ... equalityfestga.com
New and noteworthy activism and social justice titles, including a new book that debunks Christian nationalist myths, an important new resource about maintaining your mental health while doing social justice work, a personal and political look at citizenship, and other powerful titles are now available at the UU Book Store inSpirit. You can browse the complete selection of justice titles on our website.
