What we belong to
We are a Unitarian Universalist congregation, part of the national association of the same name — and of a few wider commitments and networks besides.
The Unitarian Universalist Association
The UUA gathers more than a thousand Unitarian Universalist congregations across the country. Each one governs itself; together we send delegates to the General Assembly each summer and decide what we hold in common.
A Welcoming Congregation
A Welcoming Congregation since 2003: the UUA’s designation for congregations that take up the full inclusion of people of all sexual orientations and gender identities. We helped defeat a 2005 referendum that would have stripped rights from gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Maine, and in 2008 were the first congregation in the state to support the freedom of same-sex couples to marry. We bless the weddings of all couples.
A Green Sanctuary
A Green Sanctuary since 1993, the UUA’s program for congregations taking up the care of the earth, organized today around climate justice. Most recently that has meant joining the denomination’s Climate Justice Revival.
MUUSAN, the Maine UU State Advocacy Network
Beyond the Association, we help carry MUUSAN, the legislative ministry that links Maine’s Unitarian Universalist congregations. We helped found it in 2013; today it brings UU voices to the State House on the environment, democracy, healthcare, and racial, Native, and immigrant justice, alongside partners like the Maine Council of Churches and the League of Women Voters.