{"id":11948,"date":"2025-06-25T14:27:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?p=11948"},"modified":"2025-07-08T14:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:48:30","slug":"reflecting-on-general-assembly-2025-in-baltimore-md","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/reflecting-on-general-assembly-2025-in-baltimore-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on General Assembly 2025 in Baltimore, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"537\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7603-Edited-1024x537.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11950\" style=\"width:584px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7603-Edited-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7603-Edited-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7603-Edited-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7603-Edited-1536x805.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/IMG_7603-Edited-2048x1073.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>WOW! What an astounding UUMFE booth we had at GA! Tons of earth-centered giveaways, introduction of our upcoming Common Read AND our plans for EarthChurch, plus insightful conversations about climate change, renewable fuel, congregational actions. I definitely &#8220;found my people&#8221;.\u00a0And, I love the booth volunteers: Lauren and Audrey from UUMFE, plus Robin G., Peter H., Catherine M., Cheryl C., Terry We., Mark B., Carol G., Terry Wi., Jeff B., and Sylvia F.!<br>\u2014Betsy Tomic, UUMFE Board Treasurer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It was truly a blessing to be able to connect with so many UUs in Baltimore last month! The UU Ministry for Earth booth served as a connection point for countless climate justice leaders across the country to share the work they&#8217;re doing in their homes, congregations, and communities. I felt especially lucky to receive so many gifts from each of you, including stories of hope, deep conversations on the intersection of faith and justice work, and thoughtful <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeWGzVgFC6FPlXGdZ66hKaQL8xANLStYRqe4qWPZTEtLpxxlw\/viewform?usp=header\">feedback on our EarthChurch prototype<\/a> we hope to begin experimenting with this fall. You all inspire the forward momentum of our grassroots organization! <br>\u2014Audrey McCann, UUMFE Communications &amp; Programs Manager<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was truly a blessing to be able to connect with so many UUs in Baltimore last month! The UU Ministry for Earth booth served as a connection point for countless climate justice leaders across the country to share the work they&#8217;re doing in their homes, congregations, and communities. I felt especially lucky to receive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11948"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11951,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11948\/revisions\/11951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}