{"id":746,"date":"2023-05-20T17:50:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T21:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/?page_id=746"},"modified":"2023-05-20T17:50:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T21:50:14","slug":"welcoming-congre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/welcoming-congre\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming Congre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wc_logo_new_colors.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wc_logo_new_colors.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-607\" width=\"248\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wc_logo_new_colors.png 992w, https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wc_logo_new_colors-300x237.png 300w, https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/wc_logo_new_colors-768x606.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge is a welcoming congregation for all people, including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. We believe in striving for radical inclusion, and creating spaces that honor every part of our identities, backgrounds, and experiences.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The Welcoming Congregation Program<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1980s and 90s, when the word \u201cwelcoming\u201d became a code word for lesbian, gay, and bisexual people, the Unitarian Universalist Association launched a Welcoming Congregation Program to help us learn how to undo homophobia\u2014and later, transphobia (prejudice against transgender people)\u2014in our hearts and minds, our congregations, and our communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, most Unitarian Universalist congregations are recognized Welcoming Congregations. The spiritual practice of welcome is a very important one to our faith community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An LGBTQ Welcoming Congregation The Unitarian Universalists of the Blue Ridge is a welcoming congregation for all people, including members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities. We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-746","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":747,"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/746\/revisions\/747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uubridge.info\/staging1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}