Meet the Moment
Meet the Moment Program Manager Rev. Kierstin Homblette Allen (left) and UUA Vice President for Programs and Ministries Rev. Ashley Horan address UUs during General Assembly on June 22, 2025, at the Baltimore Convention Center.
© Denny Henry/UUA
Our Unitarian Universalist values have always pushed us to show up, to risk, to struggle for justice and liberation and radically inclusive communities centered in love. The heart of our faith transcends cultural shifts and political trends, but at key moments throughout the centuries, our religious ancestors have also been willing to transform themselves and their faith to meet the needs of the moment—to let go of what no longer serves, to open to new possibilities, to seize opportunities and lean into aspiration and innovation. At our best, Unitarian Universalists are both deeply grounded in our core values and shared commitments and nimble enough to respond to the challenges and opportunities that emerge in rapidly changing times.
Meet the Moment is a movement-wide framework helping Unitarian Universalists analyze, discern, and take values-based action in response to today’s religious, cultural, generational, and political realities.
Launched in 2024 with a successful pilot program within the UUA, Meet the Moment was more broadly introduced at General Assembly 2025 and is now expanding into the wider faith. The UUA offers a variety of resources, including guiding questions, videos, data, wave cohorts, and facilitation guides to help UUs get involved.
Three Guiding Questions
- What is the moment we are in?
- What are the most urgent needs and important opportunities of this moment?
- What do our shared values call us to do in response to this moment?
UUs Examine What ‘Meet the Moment’ Means in This Time of Reckoning
Rev. Ashley Horan, the UUA’s vice president for programs and ministries and the chief strategist of Meet the Moment, explains the Meet the Moment framework and how UUs are finding ways to faithfully respond and innovate solutions in the face of climate crisis, fascism, and extractive capitalism.
Amid Tumultuous World Events, UUs at GA 2025 Vow to Meet the Moment
More than 3,279 Unitarian Universalists from 592 congregations in forty-eight states and four countries participated in 2025’s General Assembly. With a theme of “Meet the Moment,” GA’s focus centered on what the world needs now and how we can respond.
Unitarian Universalists applaud during General Assembly 2025. © Denny Henry/UUA