Hunger and Homelessness
Main Line Unitarian Church is a longtime supporter of Family Promise of the Main Line (formerly Interfaith Hospitality Network), a non-profit organization with the mission to help “families experiencing homelessness and low-income families achieve sustainable independence through a community-based response.”
Environmental Justice
MLUC has a strong legacy of environmental education and action, with the first ECO group (Earth Concerns Organization) founded at the church in 1990. The congregation is proud of the Green Sanctuary certification received from the UUA Ministry for Earth in 2003.
Racial Justice and Anti-Racism
Recognition of “the inherent worth and dignity of every person” is the first principle of Unitarian Universalism, and the congregation of MLUC recently voted to adopt an eighth principle which covenants to “affirm and promote journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions.”
Immigration Justice
Immigration and refugee issues are deeply rooted in the social justice programs at Main Line Unitarian Church.
Our moral commitment to a welcoming and compassionate congregation includes advocacy and action across borders both literal and ideological.
Our moral commitment to a welcoming and compassionate congregation includes advocacy and action across borders both literal and ideological.
Community Partnerships
Since September 2009, the Offering Outreach program has selected one charitable organization per month to receive half of the money from the collection plate each Sunday. By supporting organizations that address social justice and humanitarian needs at the local, state, national, and international levels, we demonstrate our values as Unitarian Universalists..
Partner Church
MLUC is proud to be partnered with the Várfalva Unitarian Church. Our partnership began in 1992 and continues to be renewed through visits and regular communication. In 2002, the members and friends of our church signed a covenant promising “to nurture a partnership based on friendship, respect, and mutual support.”
LGBTQIA+ Issues
Main Line Unitarian Church is a Welcoming Congregation, recognized by the Unitarian Universalist Association. This means we affirm and include people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer at every level of congregational life—in worship, in program, and in social occasions—welcoming them as whole people.
Unitarian Universalist Partners
MLUC’s social justice work includes partnerships with the larger community of Unitarian Universalism. Some of our UU partners are:
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
Unitarian Universalist Justice Pennsylvania (UUJusticePA)
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC)
Unitarian Universalist Justice Pennsylvania (UUJusticePA)
Reproductive Justice
Reproductive Justice has never been more at risk than it is now with nationwide legislation introduced daily to curtail those rights. UURJ at MLUC believes this is a moral issue requiring UUs to put their faith into action. We do this by planning educational events, speakers, films and advocacy opportunities.
Our advocacy work is done with UUJusticePa’s Reproductive Justice Team.
Our advocacy work is done with UUJusticePa’s Reproductive Justice Team.
Offering Outreach
Since September 2009, the Offering Outreach program has selected one charitable organization per month to receive half of the money from the collection plate each Sunday. By supporting organizations that address social justice and humanitarian needs at the local, state, national, and international levels, we demonstrate our values as Unitarian Universalists.
As a church of open minds, loving hearts and helping hands, MLUC holds social justice as perhaps our most basic value. Here, theology and action have always gone hand in hand in a religious community that reaches out locally, nationally and worldwide.
Our MLUC mission puts those words into action as “together we transform lives through love, service and our welcoming faith.” We are grounded in our Unitarian Universalist principles that call on us to affirm and promote justice, equity and compassion in human relationships. We are committed to the right of conscience and the use of democratic process. The goals of a healthy world community and respect for the interdependent web of life are fundamental here. And we are journeying toward “spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse, multicultural Beloved Community” that dismantles racism and other oppressions.
From the beginning, MLUC has made social justice fundamental to our congregation. We have encouraged intellectual growth and diversity of opinions through all-church readings and discussions, as well as targeted group conversations. A basic tenet has been an understanding that social action is done with (not for) communities in need, recognizing the self-defeatism of toxic charity. We have opened our minds through dialogue by sharing ideas and listening to others.
We encourage you to explore our congregation’s groups and events, and to join our transformative work.
Our MLUC mission puts those words into action as “together we transform lives through love, service and our welcoming faith.” We are grounded in our Unitarian Universalist principles that call on us to affirm and promote justice, equity and compassion in human relationships. We are committed to the right of conscience and the use of democratic process. The goals of a healthy world community and respect for the interdependent web of life are fundamental here. And we are journeying toward “spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse, multicultural Beloved Community” that dismantles racism and other oppressions.
From the beginning, MLUC has made social justice fundamental to our congregation. We have encouraged intellectual growth and diversity of opinions through all-church readings and discussions, as well as targeted group conversations. A basic tenet has been an understanding that social action is done with (not for) communities in need, recognizing the self-defeatism of toxic charity. We have opened our minds through dialogue by sharing ideas and listening to others.
We encourage you to explore our congregation’s groups and events, and to join our transformative work.