Rev. Sunny McMillan, worship leader, Lucy Kesterson, celebrant

UU congregations often speak of building "Beloved Community," a term coined by theologian Josiah Royce, and later popularized by MLK, Jr.  In fact, BUF created its own Covenant of Beloved Community in 2020.  Back in 2008, the UUA Leadership Council declared that "we are called as UUs to build the Beloved Community where all souls are welcomed as blessings and the human family lives whole and reconciled."  But the journey to building such anti-racist, anti-oppressive, and multicultural community is long and bumpy—as one congregant at UU Church Annapolis said, "it's stumbling in the right direction." Today, we'll look at some of the mistakes and miracles that can happen on the journey, as well as the UUA's new MOSAIC framework for helping congregations build Beloved Community.