Church member and extraordinary artist Mary Weidner recently completed a wall mural in the hallway inside the Ellsworth Avenue entrance.

In this mural, Mary uses the universal language of the visual, rather than the written, to depict our newly adopted Unitarian Universalist Values.  Dynamic and brushstrokes are colorfully intertwined, bringing symbols to life in a nuanced and complex manner.  Located in the Mason Wing, where our children’s religious educations begin, our youngest as well as our oldest members can find meaning. 

Here is Mary’s description of the mural:

Love is at the center, in the form of a brightly lit Chalice, the symbol of our faith.  Surrounding images depict the Values:

Equity raises up those who otherwise might not see or have access.  Hands are joined as multi-hued children invite others in.

Interdependence is a web, wherein all forms of life need others to thrive and survive.  What our indigenous brothers and sisters have long  known, ecology now teaches us, anew. 

Justice may be uncertain, but the arc of the moral universe bends in its direction.  With our efforts. 

Generosity reveals itself in the giving of our love, our hands, our time, our food.

Transformation can occur in caterpillars to butterflies, and for all of us, throughout our lives.

Pluralism: We learn from many religious traditions and respect a diversity of people and ideas.