Upcoming Events
From fun, community building activities to educational and spiritual growth opportunities, there are always great events happening at UUMC. If you want to stay in the loop about upcoming events, sign up for our newsletters!
Reconciling Ministries Network Sunday
Planned and led by our Queer Council, this week in worship we celebrate UUMC's anniversary of our affiliation with the Reconciling Ministries Network. We’ll welcome Rev. Dr. Adama Brown as our guest preacher.
Meet Rev. Dr. Adama Brown
The Rev. Dr. Adama Brown currently serves as the Director of Impact and Grants at the United Methodist Foundation of New England, where she brings more than twenty years of experience in research, data, and evaluation to the Foundation. Prior to joining the Foundation, Adama directed research and data work at United Way of Rhode Island, where she utilized quantitative and qualitative analysis to better understand and reimagine social impact. Adama is particularly interested in the ways that data and narrative inform philanthropic work and can serve as a catalyst for change.
Adama has served in social justice ministries at the district and conference levels of the United Methodist Church. From 2015 to 2017, she served on the Amos Commission, the social justice arm of the Capital District of the Rio Texas Annual Conference, where she secured grant funding for Undoing Racism work. Beginning in 2010, The Rev. Dr. Brown became involved in the Reconciling Ministries Network (RMN), where she served as a board member and became a reconciling church consultant, helping churches, including her home church, First UMC of Austin, in their discernment to become a reconciling congregation. From 2019 to 2021, Adama co-chaired the Open Spirit Task Force, designed to facilitate discussion about whether or how the NEAC would engage or create new expressions of Methodism. Since 2019, Adama has been a member of the New England Annual Conference Commission on Religion and Race, where she has co-created anti-racism curriculum and co-facilitated anti-racism training for NEAC clergy.
Adama is a sociologist by training and earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology from the University of Texas at Austin and a PhD in sociology from Iowa State University with an emphasis on mental health, research methods, statistics, and social policy. She also earned an MDiv from Iliff School of Theology with a specialization in pastoral counseling and spiritual care. Ordained in the New England Annual Conference, The Rev. Dr. Brown is a Deacon in Full Connection and the Deacon in Residence at Arnold Mills UMC in Cumberland, Rhode Island.
In her spare time, Adama is passionate about genealogy, jazz, justice, and joy.
RMN Reception: Drag Brunch
Join us as we rejoice in the progress our queer and trans community has made, and recommit to the work that remains before us.
Celebrate following worship with Drag Brunch Fellowship featuring local Austin drag queen Aria Rey (UUMC choral scholar alumni- Hunter Sabin) in the Fellowship Hall! All are welcome.
Questions? Want to help out? Contact AV at av@uumc.org!
Queer Fellowship Brunch
Join us for an intergenerational queer fellowship event! All LGBTQIA+ and questioning folks are invited to this community-building event to share our joys and concerns, and eat tasty pancakes. Colored batter will be provided, and an opportunity to design your own pancake as unique as yourself. We’d love to see you there!
Questions? Contact AV at av@uumc.org!
Trans Clothing Swap
Trans, gender nonconforming, intersex, nonbinary folks of all ages, shapes and sizes are welcome at the Trans Clothing Swap! This is an affinity space for gender non-conforming folks to freely share clothing, community, and resources with one another. Please bring items to swap AND any donations you may have for our neighbors on the street (they especially need jeans, caps, and shoes).
Allies - We can use your help to make this event a success! If you’re interested in helping out as a greeter, sorter, clean-up crew, or have another skill you’d like to offer, please contact AV!
Feel good, look good, do good. Questions? Want to volunteer to help? Contact AV at av@uumc.org.
Pride Picnic at Pease Park featuring the UUMC Choir
Pease Park Conservancy and Future Front Texas are hosting a Pride Picnic at Pease Park! There will be art installations, community resources, crafts, vendors, food and music! One of the featured music acts will be 30 minutes of songs planned by AV and sung by the UUMC Choir. Come out to the picnic (from 10 am - 2 pm) to enjoy a fun day and support the UUMC Choir! There may even be some call and response songs for you to join in on! For more information about the picnic, including parking information, visit their website.
Queer Fellowship: Potluck & Craft Night
Join us for our spring Queer Fellowship event- Potluck and Craft Night! Bring a dish to share, AV will have materials for friendship bracelets and coloring sheets with markers- OR feel welcome to bring whatever craft you're currently working on.
All LGBTQIA+ and questioning folks are welcome!
Email av@uumc.org with questions.
Regional Advocacy Webinar with Equality Texas
Please join us for a regional advocacy webinar provided by Equality Texas, the largest statewide nonprofit fighting for equality for LGBTQIA+ Texans. In this webinar, we will learn how to advocate more for LGBTQIA+ rights in this challenging time and have more information about the current state of equality in Texas, including key legislative developments and the ways to engage in advocacy efforts at the capitol, including tips for providing testimony at the capitol and how to effectively meet with your lawmakers. Please email Pastor Earl for the Zoom link.
Queer Fellowship Happy Hour
Join us for a happy hour fellowship sip and chat at Lazarus Brewery. All LGBTQIA+ folks welcome.
Questions? Contact AV at av@uumc.org.
Queer Fellowship: Coffee & Chat
Join us for a family-friendly intergenerational hang at Batch Kolache! They place have delicious treats for all ages, and a large space to run and play for littles (weather permitting). Hope to see you there! Questions? Contact AV @ alicia@uumc.org.
Queer Fellowship: Cookie Exchange
Bring a cookie to share and let's sample each other's favorite holiday treats! We will join together in fellowship as a queer community.
Questions? Contact AV at alicia@uumc.org!
Queer Fellowship Dinner - September
Come join us in a time of Queer Fellowship! We will break bread together, share our joys and concerns, and enjoy each others company.