The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lakeland is engaging with a new curricular series called Woven Faith, developed by the UUA and consultant religious educators. Provided in a monthly theme-based ministry format, the resources provide a wide array of ways we can engage around the theme, including worship, classroom lessons for children, small group ministry for youth through older adults, all ages fellowship activities, as well as activities for boards and committees, inclusion and belonging ministries, and justice ministries.

This year, the themes center around the UU shared values, as follows:

• September: Interdependence
• October: Living the Questions
• November: Covenant
• December: Pluralism
• January: Courageous Love
• February: Equity
• March: Transformation
• April: Generosity
• May: Expressing Our Faith
• June: Justice

This is the inaugural and pilot year for Woven Faith, so the developers are also still learning! They want to hear from us how things worked in our congregation. We’ll be submitting feedback forms for each of the components we use each month, as well as submitting at least one photo of our congregation’s engagement with the curriculum.

If you’re interested in helping us pilot and implement the full range of resources, please contact me (heather@uuclakeland.org). This curriculum focuses on a way of engaging the whole congregation and helping us realize a strongly connected “Community of Communities.” We have faith this curriculum will help us ground in our UU values and theologies, help us hone the skills for right relationships in our congregation, and to do the work of justice in our wider community.