About the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson, MS

First Time Visitors

Special Activities

Childrens Religious Education

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Some Information About Us

With its historical roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion -- that is, a religion that keeps an open mind to the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places. We believe that personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion, and that in the end religious authority lies not in a book or person or institution, but in ourselves. We are a "non-creedal" religion: we do not ask anyone to subscribe to a creed.

Our congregations are self-governing. Authority and responsibility are vested in the membership of the congregation. Each Unitarian Universalist congregation is involved in many kinds of programs. Worship is held regularly, the insights of the past and the present are shared with those who will create the future, service to the community is undertaken, and friendships are made. A visitor to a UU congregation will very likely find events and activities such as church school, day-care centers, lectures and forums, support groups, poetry festivals, family events, adult education classes and study groups.

For more information on the Unitarian Universalist Religion, please check out our links page.

The Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson was founded in Jackson, MS over 50 years ago. We are a lay-led congregation. When possible, we invite speakers from another churches or associations.

Rhonda Richmond and Friends perform for the morning

service on January 31. Click the picture for video.

The manmade disastrous BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will affect coastal residents in unprecedented ways. Our hearts go out to the men and women who are attempting to clean up our shorelines.

Pelican getting rinsed off by Julie Dermansky.

According to GateHouse News Service, Here's how you can help:

The U.S. Better Business Bureau has a list of fast-acting organizations, both new and existing, mobilized to help.

Checked out by the agency's Wise Giving Alliance's Standards for Charity Accountability, below is a list of the best of the best. If you care enough to donate, why not make your donation count. Before you click on a Facebook page or some random pop-up look into it a bit.

Also, the same guidelines that applied for the Haiti disaster apply for this spill. Send money, not stuff. Charity organizations can use your financial help to restock their supplies, but sending clothes, food, or other items is, at best, misguided.

This spill affects everyone, around the world, and if we just let our government and the corporation that caused the mess take control, it could be years before it’s over. Maybe decades until we climb out from underneath the spill. Donate, volunteer, or even organize a fundraiser. Whatever it is, just do something.

American Bird Conservancy

http://www.abcbirds.org/

Defenders of Wildlife

http://www.defenders.org/

Ducks Unlimited

http://www.ducks.org/

EarthShare

http://www.earthshare.org/

Environmental Defense Fund

http://www.edf.org/home.cfm

Friends of the Earth

http://www.foe.org/

Greenpeace Fund

http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/fund/

International Fund for Animal Welfare

http://www.ifaw.org/splash.php

National Audubon Society

http://www.audubon.org/

National Wildlife Federation

http://www.nwf.org/

Natural Resources Defense Council

http://www.nrdc.org/

Nature Conservancy

http://www.nature.org/

Oceana

http://na.oceana.org/

Last Modified on 07/19/2010