Mission & Goals
OUR MISSION
Fostering community through love, spiritual growth, and social justice.
OUR VISION
Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation:
- Transforms individual lives through worship, faith development, pastoral care, small group ministry, and social mission.
- Is a leadership center for Unitarian Universalism in the Midwest.
- Cultivates leaders to actively foster in our wider society and the world greater health and wholeness.
OUR GOALS
The people of UTUUC have a deeply meaningful, transforming liberal religious experience. We:
- Find hope, beauty, and inspiration in our worship.
- Deepen our individual spiritual practices.
- Foster faith development and Unitarian Universalist identity for all ages.
- Discover and articulate the source of love in our lives and cultivate the ability to act on that love in ever-expanding circles.
UTUUC cultivates community, friendship, and a sense of connection. Our congregation:
- Welcomes all who gather with us.
- Cares for its members and calls on them to care for others.
- Becomes ever more diverse, overcoming the barriers that divide the human family.
- Generously shares human and financial resources to support our growing mission and ends.
- Has facilities that are welcoming, comfortable, and accessible to all who seek their use in harmony with our mission.
- Fosters the development of, and strives to make room for, lay leadership in various aspects of congregational life.
UTUUC inspires people to live our liberal religious values in the world. Our shared life:
- Cultivates engagement in bettering our community and the world.
- Makes our region a more just and compassionate place.
- Moves us to actively partner with others in community service.
- Increases awareness of Unitarian Universalism and our values.
- Contributes to and learns from the larger Unitarian Universalist community and other liberal religious traditions.
