The UUA Common Read is here to help us explore Beloved Community

The UUA Common Read for 2026-2027 is…

The UUA has prepared lots of resources to help congregations explore “love at the center” that was introduced when we passed the Article 2 bylaws revision at the General Assembly in 2024 and introduced the “values flower” that has become familiar to us over the past few years.

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Resource Collection for the Common Read

In prior years, the UUA has offered only a “book club” style discussion guide to explore the Common Read, but this year there are other ways of engaging with this new book, including committee-specific discussion guides for the:

    • Social Justice Circle
    • Ministry of Welcome and Membership
    • Worship Collaborative
    • Environmental Action Committee
    • Religious Education
    • Pastoral Care Team

… along with specific discussion guides for each committee/circle/team.

If you and/or a committee/circle/team of the congregation would like to access the instructions and questions, see: Love at the Center Common Read and “register” at the link provided.  If you don’t have a UUA account, you can create one easily to access these resources.

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One of the most interesting and perhaps challenging aspects of this book is just “how to put love at the center” and “what does that even mean?”   Good questions and something worth wrestling with.  If you want to join some of us at the UUSA in thinking together about what this might mean, please pick up a copy of the book (or the Audible recording) and begin to explore.

If you are a member of a committee/circle/team, you might bring this to your group.  Two of our committee/circles have already made this commitment.  We also plan on offering a book group to explore this book soon.  If you want to join book group, contact John Gerber.

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