It can differ from congregation to congregation. The UU I've been to the most as a visitor (usually a guest speaker) is First Unitarian here in Philly, which is hundreds of years old and has a very diverse tradition in the services. They definitely have different things going on at different times of the year, celebrating Christmas, Winter Solstice, All Saints, Easter/Passover, etc.
I do know several progressive religious folks who missed, in particular, the celebration of communion after attending UU churches for a while. One was raised by fundamentalist Baptist missionaries, if you can believe (!), so she ended up going to a very progressive ABC (American Baptist Church) congregation.
Although the UCC and UUA are probably some of the most progressive churches around there ARE conservative congregations in these denominations, too, so look into the particular church--don't just assume. And there are radical/progressive Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Reformed Jewish, Reconstructionist Jewish and even Conservative Jewish congregations out there.
One of the projects we've worked on for a while is a directory of "welcoming" congregations in the Philadelphia area (specifically welcoming GLBTQ people, their families and friends), but it would be fantastic if there were a national directory of such congregations. I don't know how many friends have moved away from here and left our congregation, only to write back to the church saying they've still had no luck finding a church home because they ended up moving to a rather conservative area. It's no fun to spend an entire service biting the inside of your cheek because you're afraid of reacting negatively to it while it's still going on.
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Date: 2004-11-06 01:51 pm (UTC)I do know several progressive religious folks who missed, in particular, the celebration of communion after attending UU churches for a while. One was raised by fundamentalist Baptist missionaries, if you can believe (!), so she ended up going to a very progressive ABC (American Baptist Church) congregation.
Although the UCC and UUA are probably some of the most progressive churches around there ARE conservative congregations in these denominations, too, so look into the particular church--don't just assume. And there are radical/progressive Presbyterian, Episcopal, Lutheran, Baptist, Methodist, Reformed Jewish, Reconstructionist Jewish and even Conservative Jewish congregations out there.
One of the projects we've worked on for a while is a directory of "welcoming" congregations in the Philadelphia area (specifically welcoming GLBTQ people, their families and friends), but it would be fantastic if there were a national directory of such congregations. I don't know how many friends have moved away from here and left our congregation, only to write back to the church saying they've still had no luck finding a church home because they ended up moving to a rather conservative area. It's no fun to spend an entire service biting the inside of your cheek because you're afraid of reacting negatively to it while it's still going on.