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 […]
Our hearts are with the people of Haiti, the Bahamas, Cuba, and Jamaica in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. We are grateful for organized disaster relief efforts, such as the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s much needed response. This is what love looks like in action. Here is a quote from UUSC’s press release: “UUSC partners […]
UUMFE chose Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures (2024) as its first Community Read. The inaugural discussion took place September 30. Over sixty people from the United States and Canada participated. Community Read organizers sought to choose a book that not only recognizes the urgency of climate change […]
This week marked one year since Hurricane Helene ravaged the East Coast of the US, causing record-breaking flooding in North Carolina and beyond. In the words of our former Executive Director, Rev. Kelly Dignan, “Climate change and disruption is real. And it creates anxiety, distress and grief. Part of our mission at UUMFE is to […]
