Love at the Center

In just days, delegates at the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations will vote on whether or not to continue the bylaw revision process that has been underway since 2020. The proposed changes to Article II of the bylaws, which contains the seven principles, are an attempt to articulate the values that Unitarian Universalists hold today. With love at its center, this new proposal offers up the opportunity for us to have a deeper conversation about what Unitarian Universalism looks like today. Returning guest preacher Karishma Gottfried will join us virtually from Pittsburgh as they prepare for General Assembly to lead us into a conversation about what a Unitarian Universalism with love at its center might look like.

Karishma Gottfried is an Aspirant for UU ministry and an incoming seminarian at Union Theological Seminary in New York City. They were raised UU in the Pacific Northwest and attended Wellesley College where she led the UU campus ministry, Heartspace, and served the greater Boston area as the Campus Ministry Organizer of Sanctuary Boston. You might know Karishma from the viral TikTok account @unitarianuniversalist or for their youth and young adult leadership in the PNW and nationally. In their free time, Karishma plays guitar, dabbles in herbalism, and attempts to complete their goal of reading 100 books this year.