{"id":11992,"date":"2014-06-06T10:56:12","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=11992"},"modified":"2014-10-23T09:56:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T13:56:38","slug":"uu-congregations-join-new-sanctuary-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/uu-congregations-join-new-sanctuary-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"UU Congregations Join New Sanctuary Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/2014\/10\/06\/uu-congregations-join-new-sanctuary-movement\/sanctuary-2014\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11993\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-11993\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" alt=\"sanctuary 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sanctuary-2014.jpg\" width=\"341\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sanctuary-2014.jpg 949w, https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/sanctuary-2014-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a>Dozens of UU congregations are participating in new sanctuary coalitions and are encouraging other congregations to join. \u00a0<\/b>If your congregation is not already participating, you may want to consider doing so. In addition to offering physical sanctuary, congregations can be part of the sanctuary movement by working to stop deportations, and by assisting people in sanctuary and the churches that are providing it. Meals, visitation, financial support are all needed as is advocacy and witness to get deferred status for those facing deportation. To sign-on and see the list of congregations, take action for people facing deportation, download a Sanctuary Toolkit, and learn more about this new movement see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=%2BM%2F8eaXfWTYzjzZS43skMZF24YBJ12nB\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sanctuary2014.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Rev. Mike Morran\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=YqDcecUMd0sEkujbjYff4pF24YBJ12nB\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Sanctuary\u2019 sermon<\/a>\u00a0to learn how the First Unitarian Society of Denver prepared their congregation to offer sanctuary. The congregation voted unanimously to become a sanctuary congregation at their June meeting. They announced the formation of their Metro Denver Sanctuary Coalition on Sept. 10th and received lots of media coverage including this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=Xql6uBSfEWtNmTPmuzUFh5F24YBJ12nB\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a>\u00a0in The Denver Post. You can find resources about their process to become a sanctuary on their\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/org.salsalabs.com\/dia\/track.jsp?v=2&amp;c=aUnPNiYWdKdn5ypolw4VSZF24YBJ12nB\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our UUA\u00a0<i>Statement of Conscience on Immigration as a Moral Issue<\/i>\u00a0states, \u201cAs religious people, our Principles call us to acknowledge the immigrant experience and to affirm and promote the flourishing of the human family.\u201d And suggests that congregations, \u201cExplore and implement ways to transform concern into action, including the possibility of providing sanctuary for undocumented immigrants at special risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of UU congregations are participating in new sanctuary coalitions and are encouraging other congregations to join.  If your congregation is not already participating, you may want to consider doing so. In addition to offering physical sanctuary, congregations can be part of the sanctuary movement by working to stop deportations, and by assisting people in sanctuary and the churches that are providing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1011,73,3],"tags":[1520,1270],"class_list":["post-11992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-denominational-new","category-immigration","category-news","tag-immigration","tag-sanctuary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11995,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11992\/revisions\/11995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}