Difference

Radical Hospitality is the new buzz at the UU and other religious organizations seeking to open the tent flaps to potential congregants who are not of this mainstream...or perhaps to provide education and encouragement if it just so happens that the congregants are mainstream as all get-out...

As a matter of fact, pages 25 and 26 of TMJ (hey, great acronym!) address the ups & downs of tight knitted-ness. It's cool to be part of a place where the culture is really strong, pleasantly quirky and assertively itself. Speaking for myself, it was cool to discover such a place, but sometimes frustrating to continue as a member.

TMJ suggests many resources for outreach to various populations. Rather than repeating those resources here, most of which are available at the UUA website, here are Slyypper's Recommendations for Getting to Know your LGBTQ, minority, as in Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American, immigrant, disabled, and low income and low education level neighbors...and yes, the youth deserve a post of their own. Not that they need me to talk for them...