{"id":17860,"date":"2025-01-15T08:16:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T13:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/?post_type=uu_services&#038;p=17860"},"modified":"2025-01-22T13:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T18:44:17","slug":"worthy-now-uu-prison-ministries","status":"publish","type":"uu_services","link":"https:\/\/www.bruu.org\/www2\/services\/worthy-now-uu-prison-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Worthy Now: UU Prison Ministries (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Despite weather, we will have in-person as well as online service on January 19.\u00a0 Religious Education activities are postponed, however.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Humans have an instinctive drive to connect; and those who are in the prison systems often face barriers to connecting with the outside world, leading to poor mental health or even suicidal ideation. The Worthy Now Prison Ministry Program led by the UU Church of the Larger Fellowship creates opportunities for UU&#8217;s to put their beliefs in the inherent worth and dignity of all, practice with letter writing to some of the 1,500 Unitarian Universalists that are incarcerated in the United States. 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