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VOTE to Support Social Justice

Voting is the most important thing we can do to support social justice. Only 52% of the eligible voters in Texas ever register and vote. That means that your vote has a big impact, and every vote for social justice is super important! Early voting in Denton runs through May 3, and election day itself is May 7. If…

May Theme: Nurturing Beauty

“Human beings have a hard time regarding anything beautiful without wanting to devour it.” —Barbara Brown Taylor I just watched the first season of the new HBO series “Julia” and I’m hooked. It’s a period piece and biopic featuring a regular middle-aged woman who (we know) will become the famous French chef Julia Child. Spoiler…

April Theme: Awakening

We are in the Christian season of Lent, which is a time of renewal, a time to let things go, a time to return the things we have borrowed or stolen. A time to admit to ourselves, “This isn’t who I am.” A time to wait. A time to awaken. A time to renew a…

Transgender Pride Flag: five horizontal stripes from top to bottom light blue, light pink, white, light pink, and light blue

March 31: Trans Day of Visibility

Today is the International Transgender Day of Visibility, a day for acknowledging and celebrating transgender people in our world, and for opposing the discrimination that transgender people face every day. The Seven Principles of Unitarian Universalism affirm the value of all people (first principle), seek justice (second principle), accept one another (third principle), and strive…

Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday, 4/16, 10:30 amFirst Christian Church lawn DUUF and First Christian Church of Denton will be partnering for this year’s Easter Egg Hunt. All DUUF children are invited and encouraged to participate. All participants must wear masks. Donations of eggs, candy, and other treats are needed. Please place donations in the bin in the Fellowship…

Spring Camping Trip

Friday, 4/29 – Sunday, 5/1Eisenhower State Park, Armadillo Hill Loop All are invited for a weekend of camping at Lake Texoma! Come for an afternoon, one night or the entire weekend. If previous trips are any indicator, there will be plenty of kids, food and coffee. This is tent camping with water but not electricity…

artist's rendering of symbolic justice figure (a blindfolded woman holding a scale in her left hand and a sword in her right hand) next to an upraised fist, all beneath the words Social Justice Team

Social Justice Needs YOU!

The Social Justice Team invites you to join in the planning and development of DUUF’s efforts to support the 6th Principle of the Unitarian Universalists: the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all. Our next meeting will be on Sunday, March 20th, at 2 pm. In this meeting our next minister…