UUs from across the country are in Minneapolis today alongside other faith leaders, responding to violence against immigrant communities and calling for an end to ICE operations. Read UU World’s developing coverage:

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Vigil for Justice and Community Healing; Tues 1/13 6:30
Camino de la Merced Unit E, Taos NM

Our commitment to love and justice cannot succumb to hopelessness, fear, and despondence.

🕯️🎄 Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
This season can hold joy and heaviness, connection and longing. A Christmas reflection by Alex Haider-Winnett reminds us that moving through these days doesn’t have to be done alone. Read more: https://bit.ly/4rZuXpb

#Christmas #UU #Hope #Faith

Four people—including UU Rev. Fred Small—were arrested while trying to deliver care packages to immigrants detained at the Burlington ICE processing center. This action reflects UUs’ ongoing commitment to and immigrant justice.

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#UU #ImmigrantJustice #FaithInAction

To all who celebrate, wishing you a Merry Winter Solstice and a Happy Yule. In “The Spiritual Tasks of Yule,” Cyndi Simpson reflects on Yule and the Winter Solstice as a time to pause, release what no longer serves us, and make space as the light returns. Read the reflection: https://bit.ly/48KMIkJ

12/21 service: "Amaterasu's Reflection"
Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess, retreated to a cave and plunged the Earth into darkness. But in seeing her own reflection she returned her light to the world. How are we like Amaterasu and how might we seek light in our own reflections?
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24th Annual Interfaith
Peace Chanukah
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
5:30 p.m. at St James Episcopal Church,
208 Camino de Santiago, Taos
Please bring nonperishable food items (or $$) for our hungry neighbors
This event is free. Everyone is welcome.
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Hanukkah reminds us that even the smallest light can guide us forward, especially when hope feels fragile. May these eight nights bring courage, connection, and renewed commitment to a more just world. Chag Sameach to all who celebrate. #Hanukkah #UU #UnitarianUniveralist #Hope

Please join the Enchanted Circle Interfaith Gathering for the 8th annual Longest Night vigil, on December 21, at Taos Plaza, honoring those who have died while homeless.

“In our relentlessly busy contemporary world, we are forever trying to defer the onset of winter. We don’t ever dare to feel its full bite …We must learn to invite the winter in. We may never choose to winter, but we can choose how.” - Katherine May

ALTERNATIVE GIFT FAIR
Saturday, November 29th
6 to 7 PM
Mary’s Place at Taos Lifestyle (815 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur)
Do your holiday shopping & support local 501(c)3 non-profits
by making gift donations in honor of loved ones.

What life offers – day by day, even minute by minute – is the opportunity to do something with what is presented to us. That “something” might be a bold act of resistance, growing in understanding, lamenting, or celebrating. It might be saying, through our words AND actions, “Thank you.”

Today we honor the transgender lives taken by anti-trans violence. We hold their memory with love and stand with trans communities in grief, resilience, and strength.

May we deepen our solidarity and work for a world where all trans people can live safely and freely.

#TDOR #WeRemember #UU

As we move into the "season of giving,” how might you give like a serviceberry tree, in a way that creates no expectation of a reciprocal gift?

Participants said at least seven of those arrested were faith leaders from Presbyterian, Lutheran, Baptist, Unitarian Universalist, and Jewish traditions.

Engaging with our larger community is a key part of our UU faith. This Sunday, we’ll highlight some of the local organizations that currently partner with UCOT in providing critical services to our neighbors.