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Our Beliefs

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We at North Shore Unitarian Universalists welcome all with inquiring minds, loving hearts, and tolerant spirits into our religious community of fellowship, compassion, support, and sharing.

We honor life's transitions with ceremonies. We celebrate changes in the season and special days throughout the year. We promote the good in ourselves and in others by embracing moral and ethical values that honor humanity and respect justice.

Unitarian Universalism is a caring, open-minded religion that encourages each person to seek his/her own spiritual path. We believe each person has a share of the truth and that we need one another to grow.

We view our religious experience as a process, more than a statement; a journey, more than a destination. It is how we live - all the time - rather than a thing we do on Sunday mornings or a set of beliefs that we can recite.

Our Covenant unites our congregation

As Unitarian Universalists we are united by a covenant, not a statement of belief. Each church evolves its own covenant within the context of our Unitarian Universalist Principles.

At North Shore Unitarian Universalists, we covenant, individually and in community, to

Provide a loving, supportive, spiritual environment in which we celebrate each other,
Share our mission and responsibilities, and
Encourage one another to spiritual and intellectual growth.
To these ends we commit our talents and resources.

Our Statement of Purpose guides our day to day actions.

The North Shore Unitarian Universalists opens its doors to all adults and children who share our purpose:

To foster spiritual and intellectual growth in a shared search for truth and meaning in our lives
To be guided by the Unitarian Universalist Principles
To cherish diversity and individual expression
To promote social justice
To respect all living things by living in harmony with nature.

We strive to live this purpose personally, in our congregation, in our community, and in our world.

We affirm Unitarian Universalist Principles

As a member congregation of the Unitarian Universalist Association, we affirm and promote the Unitarian Universalist Principles:

The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

We draw from many religious sources

Unitarian Universalism (UU) draws from many sources:

Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the forces which create and uphold life;
Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming power of love;
Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life;
Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;
Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit.
Spiritual teachings of earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

These principles and sources of faith are the backbone of our religious community.

For more information, visit

www.uua.org, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

www.swuuc.org, Southwestern Unitarian Universalist Conference of the UUA

www.uunashua.org/100quest.shtml,
100 Questions That Non-Members Ask About Unitarian Universalism