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Social Justice

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Our faith-based approach to justice making is based on restoring right relationships - with people and the earth. This kind of justice is based on love and non-violence in thought, word, and deed. A faith-based approach to justice is realized by expanding the vision of Beloved Community, a term used by Martin Luther King, Jr. to depict a completely integrated society built through love, justice, and a welcoming brotherhood.

Unitarian Universalists believe that every person is sacred and and that there is an interdependent web of all existence. When one part of the web is torn or injured, all other parts are injured, and the web needs to be restored.

We also hold that faith-based justice work is more than obtaining and sharing information. It’s about transformation.  In order to transform the world, we need to be transformed, and that's an ongoing process that we do together here at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Greeley. 

Whoever is doing social change work is encouraged to attend the Social Justice Ministry which is a monthly gathering to sustain your work and help you reflect on it theologically.  Contact our minister Rev. Aaron Norris for more information.  Join us to be transformed - and to integrate your spirituality with your work for justice. 

This practice tangibly connects us to something larger than ourselves, acknowledges our interdependence with each other, shifts our outlook to one of abundance rather than scarcity, strengthens ties with our neighbors, and shows our world that we are the church “of the loving heart, open mind and helping hands.”


Social change issues that we have addressed in the past include:
  1. We are a Welcoming Congregation, a welcoming place for Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, and Transgender People. We partner with One Colorado for LGBTQ justice. 
  2. Immigration issues.  We partner with RISE and American Friends Service Committee to companion immigrants in the Greeley area.
  3. Climate Change.  We partner with Citizens Climate Lobby and their compassion-based work to affect climate change legislation. 
  4. Each year we work with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee to support international partners in places like Haiti, Kenya and the U.S.-Mexico border
  5. The Heifer Project
  6. Water issues
  7. Food Justice and Ethical Eating
  8. 40-40 for the Earth
  9. Peace efforts
  10. Sowing the Seeds of a Healthy Community
  11. Fair Farm Bill
  12. Volunteering to read to children at a local school
  13. Food Drives for the Weld Food Bank
  14. Sexual Assault and Survivor issues
  15. Supporting A Women’s Place
  16. Winner of the Environmental Stewardship Award from the City of Greeley 2011.
  17. Participating with Greeley Interfaith
  18. Participating in the Occupy movement
  19. "Cookies for the Homeless"
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929 15th Street, Greeley, CO  80631 | 970-351-6751 | Sunday Services 10:00 AM | [email protected]

  • Main/Home
  • About
    • About Us
    • History
    • Staff
    • Contact
  • Community
    • Get Involved >
      • Bonnie & Hollis' Greeley Trib Commentary
    • Membership >
      • Pledging
    • Social Justice
    • UUCG and the Arts
  • Worship
    • Sunday Service
    • Services (Audio Only)
    • Video Recordings of Recent Hybrid Services
    • Additional Resources
  • News & Reminders
    • Calendar
    • Earth Day Fair and Film
    • Subscribe to UU Connections Weekly Newsletter
    • UU World Magazine
    • Monthly Ministerial Musings
    • Bonnie & Hollis Commentary