{"id":21433,"date":"2025-09-08T09:28:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=21433"},"modified":"2025-09-19T10:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:37:26","slug":"tba-44","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/tba-44\/","title":{"rendered":"Radical Welcome: The Sacred Act of Welcoming the Stranger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, nationally, September 12-21 is\u00a0<a title=\"Protected by Outlook: https:\/\/welcomingweek.org\/. Click or tap to follow the link.\" href=\"https:\/\/na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwelcomingweek.org%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7C%7C1f83661038624db1bb6508ddef3dd04e%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638929770949604779%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=q0zbL%2FO5DAWszxbKF84Av4VnoxpiIpLZEMT9fmxwq2g%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">Welcoming Week<\/a>\u00a0(with a bonus weekend). It\u2019s a time for organizations and communities to come together to affirm the importance of welcoming and being inclusive to all, especially immigrants. Shalaina will talk about what it truly means to\u00a0be\u00a0\u201cwelcome the stranger\u201d in a world where so many are turned away.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Click on this link to view the videos of our service on YouTube: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qe4U903DkAU\">Video Link<\/a><br \/>\nClick on this link to view our YouTube Channel: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.youtube.com\/CommunityUUChurchofPlano<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, nationally, September 12-21 is\u00a0Welcoming Week\u00a0(with a bonus weekend). It\u2019s a time for organizations and communities to come together to affirm the importance of welcoming and being inclusive to all, especially immigrants. Shalaina will talk about what it truly means to\u00a0be\u00a0\u201cwelcome the stranger\u201d in a world where so many are turned away. &nbsp; Click &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/tba-44\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Radical Welcome: The Sacred Act of Welcoming the Stranger<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"uu_service_speaker":[335],"uu_service_topics":[152],"class_list":["post-21433","uu_services","type-uu_services","status-publish","hentry","uu_service_speaker-shalaina-abioya","uu_service_topics-freedom"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Radical Welcome: The Sacred Act of Welcoming the Stranger - Community Unitarian Universalist Church<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.communityuuchurch.org\/uua\/services\/tba-44\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Radical Welcome: The Sacred Act of Welcoming the Stranger - Community Unitarian Universalist Church\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This year, nationally, September 12-21 is\u00a0Welcoming Week\u00a0(with a bonus weekend). 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