Hi, UUMFE friends! My name is Chelsea McCoy and I am serving as UUMFE’s movement chaplain intern for the next few months! Movement chaplaincy is an opportunity for me to provide spiritual support, presence, and guidance pertaining to anything social justice oriented. Experiencing climate anxiety? I can support with that. Worrying about the state of […]
Rev. Karyn Bergmann Marsh has been serving Earth in various capacities her entire adult life, first as an environmental geologist, then as an environmental attorney, and now as a Unitarian Universalist minister and board-certified chaplain. Currently, she is the developmental minister for First Unitarian Church of Baltimore. Rev. Marsh joined the UU Ministry for Earth […]
A message from the co-facilitators of January 27th UUMFE Community Read: Hello! We missed you all in December, and we’re really looking forward to this month’s UUMFE Community Read of What If We Get It Right by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, “Follow the Money,” pages 136-196. Below, please find your facilitators’ chapter summaries and some questions to ponder in advance of […]
All are invited to attend an MLK Day Vigil on Monday, January 19th, 5pm PT / 8pm ET. This vigil will be co-facilitated by UUMFE Acting Director, Rev. Lauren Levwood, and Movement Chaplain Intern, Chelsea McCoy. To fully participate in the ritual portion of our vigil, please bring: a container of salt, a bowl of water, and fresh […]
Dear UU Ministry for Earth Community, It’s hard to believe that it’s still the first month of the year – so much has happened in the last few weeks that my heart barely registers that it’s January. While our spirits ache over crises both national and global, it can be difficult to navigate the day-to-day with […]
Blanketed in Beauty: A Winter Solstice Ritual Honoring the Gifts of the Darkness Sunday, December 21st4pm PT / 7pm ET Winter solstice offers an opportunity to pause at a pinnacle, honoring Earth’s longest night. For many moons leading up to this darkest moment, trees have been baring themselves of their leaves, offering a blanket to […]
The Board of Directors of UU Ministry for Earth (UUMFE) is pleased to announce that Swamini Adityananda Saraswati has been appointed as the new Board Chair, bringing decades of global leadership in climate justice, interfaith work, and spiritual care to the role. Over her life of service, Swamini Adityananda has worked from the grassroots to […]
A Letter from Swamini Adityananda Saraswati Chair, UUMFE Last month, global leaders came together for climate justice at the United Nations’ COP30 meetings in Brazil. What they left behind were empty promises in a time when we quite simply don’t have time. Since 1970, 60% of our world’s species have gone extinct. The UN Environment Program […]
Hi, UUMFE community! Our next meeting is on Tuesday, November 25th, and we will continue to meet on the last Tuesday of every month January-May 2026. (Please note that we are skipping December.) Below you will find a list of ways to feel prepared for our connection and discussion. To prepare for our next session […]
About Rev. Lauren Rev. Lauren Spivey Levwood is a long-time member of the UU Ministry for Earth community. A board member since 2022, she served as Chair of the Board of Directors from 2024 – 2025 before moving into the position of Acting Director in 2025. A religious naturalist and longtime environmentalist, Rev. Lauren is spiritually nourished by […]
