Pastoral Care

Encouraging providing pastoral care for people with mental disabilities at the same level as for other conditions

• Caring Congregation Curriculum by The Rev. Barbara F. Meyers has a 2-workshop series for training pastoral care workers.

Spiritual Needs

Affirming the spiritual needs of congregation members and friends with mental health disabilities

• This is partially addressed in Caring Congregation Curriculum by The Rev. Barbara F. Meyers.  More work is required, however for it to be complete
• A new UU Fellowship specifically designed for full inclusion of individuals with developmental challenges is being formed. The Full Inclusion Living and Learning Unitarian Universalist Society (FILL UUS) is a lay-led congregation that seeks to nurture the spiritual needs of all individuals, without regard to developmental abilities and challenges. Many, although not all, members of FILL UUS are individuals or family members of individuals diagnosed with social, language-based, or cognitive challenges. We seek to provide services where families will feel comfortable, and to gear religious exploration to the strengths and abilities of the youth who attend. The first organizational service will be on the evening of May 7. It will meet at the South Nassau, New York UU church. Learn more at http://www.filluus.org/