{"id":695,"date":"2010-10-08T04:33:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-08T08:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.59.184.95\/vole\/ministers-greeting\/"},"modified":"2019-12-14T23:17:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-14T23:17:07","slug":"ministers-greeting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/ministers-greeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Greetings from The Unitarian Church in Westport"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cLove is the spirit of this church, and service its law.
\n<\/em>This is our great covenant; to dwell together in peace,
\n<\/em>to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a>\u00a0for Our Mission Statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

CLICK HERE<\/a> for Our Vision Statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unitarian Universalism is a \u201cliving tradition\u201d that draws upon the wisdom of the world\u2019s religions. If you asked one of our children what kind of person a Unitarian Universalist is she might tell you that a Unitarian Universalist is a person with an \u201copen mind, helping hands, and loving heart\u201d. An adult might tell you that we affirm, \u201cfreedom, reason and tolerance\u201d.<\/p>\n

We encourage you to find out what you believe for yourself. We have no creed. We believe that experience is essential to understanding and integrating religious truths into our lives. \u00a0We affirm that our everyday lives and relationships are sacred, filled with experiences that change us. We agree to disagree in love about personal issues of faith.<\/p>\n

Here in the Westport Congregation we are a diverse community of individuals and families, old and young, and gay and straight. \u00a0We are people from a variety of faith backgrounds. \u00a0Most of us were not born UU\u2019s. \u00a0Here now together we affirm those values we hold in common, explore those mysteries we cannot prove, live with our questions and share each other\u2019s journeys.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the Small Group Ministry<\/a> program began at the church as a way to help build and nurture personal connections and foster shared spiritual exploration. The vision is to deepen and enlarge our shared ministry\u2014to ourselves, to each other, and to our community. Groups of 8-10 people meet once a month with a trained facilitator to discuss spiritual topics. Group members share their journeys, listen deeply and learn from experiences of others.<\/p>\n

We encourage you to know us better. \u00a0You need not be a member to join our Adult Education program, participate with your family in our children\u2019s RE program<\/a>, lend your hand to our social justice<\/a> work or your voice to one of our choirs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, more than ever, it matters how we treat each other. \u00a0We seek to create a community that nurtures, sustains, heals and empowers people of all ages to build a world of love and justice. We invite you to join us!<\/p>\n

Contact us!\u00a0 email<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0[wp-svg-icons icon=”phone” wrap=”i”] phone – (203) 227-7205 ext. 14<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cLove is the spirit of this church, and service its law. This is our great covenant; to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.\u201d CLICK HERE\u00a0for Our Mission Statement. CLICK HERE for Our Vision Statement. Unitarian Universalism is a \u201cliving tradition\u201d that draws upon the wisdom of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299,"parent":0,"menu_order":134,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":""},"pdf":[],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"medium":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"large":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"

\u201cLove is the spirit of this church, and service its law. This is our great covenant; to dwell together in peace, to seek the truth in love, and to help one another.\u201d CLICK HERE\u00a0for Our Mission Statement. CLICK HERE for Our Vision Statement. Unitarian Universalism is a \u201cliving tradition\u201d that draws upon the wisdom of the world\u2019s religions. If you asked one of our children what kind of person a Unitarian Universalist is she might tell you that a Unitarian Universalist is a person with an \u201copen mind, helping hands, and loving heart\u201d. An adult might tell you that we…<\/p>\n","category_list":"","author_info":{"display_name":"jennyklein","author_link":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/author\/jennyklein\/"},"comments_num":"0 comments","featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/emailButton.png",16,16,false],"comment_info":0,"taxonomy_info":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36503,"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/695\/revisions\/36503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pdf","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myswan.info\/mz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pdf?post=695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}