A Welcoming Congregation

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica has met the requirements to become a welcoming congregation! The following are the requirements:

I.      Becoming a Welcoming Congregation – 1996

II.     Welcoming Worship

•       The Wisdom of Welcoming – 3/22/2020

•       LGBTQIA+ and Unitarian Universalism – 7/12/2020 

III.   Welcoming Days of Observance

•       International Transgender Day of Visibility

•       Day of Silence

•       Stonewall Riots Anniversary

•       National Coming Out Day

•       Transgender Day of Remembrance

•       World AIDS Day

IV.   Welcoming Religious Education

•       4-Part TED Talk Discussion Q&A Series 

V.     Support a Welcoming Project

•       LGBTQ Space Use

For more information on all of our LGBTQ programs and activities, please visit: The Five Practices of Welcome Renewal, subscribe to the quarterly UPLIFT newsletter, and read the UPLIFT blog. We also invite you to join the new Welcoming Congregations of Unitarian Universalism Facebook Group and follow UPLIFT Twitter and Instagram @uua_lgbt

LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation