Retreat Center - Murray Grove Retreat and Conference Center

Preservation: In honor of the radical hospitality of Thomas Potter, the Association places the highest priority and a majority of its resources on enhancing the legendary grounds at Lanoka Harbor as a sustainable pilgrimage and residential site for all the current and future inhabitants.

Pilgrimage Site: Recognizing that Murray Grove has historically been marked by the presence of a chapel, the Association will maintain an inspired worship space as a historical landmark that welcomes people from all traditions to increase their spiritual development, to embody love in action and to serve the world.

Residential Site: Honored guests of Murray Grove’s residential hospitality gain respite from everyday stresses, strength for their journeys and deepened capacity for unconditional love and radial inclusion.

Universal Love - honoring the inherent divinity and interdependent unity of all life.

Hospitality - creating a sanctuary where mutual respect is fundamental, where people:

are welcome and cared for
discover and reveal the promise they carry within them
bring their differences and gifts to co-create a safe space for
deep personal and collective learning, broad reflection, and
renewed commitment

Inclusive Community - welcoming all who are respectful of others and
reaching out to groups that are marginalized by our culture.

Lifelong learning, spiritual deepening and prophetic transformation - cultivating transformation and spiritual development, thus inspiring and encouraging people to work
throughout their lives with courage and love to make the world a better place.

Reverence for life and the natural world - respecting and caring for the
natural world and affirming the inspiration humans derive from it.

Unitarian Universalist Principles - standing as the foundation of all our work.

The Principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association

We covenant to affirm and promote:

The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in
our congregations;
A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within
our congregations and in society at large;
The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

The living tradition we share draws from many sources:

Direct experience of that transcending mystery and wonder, affirmed in
all cultures, which moves us to a renewal of the spirit and an openness to the
forces which create and uphold life;

Words and deeds of prophetic women and men which challenge us to
confront powers and structures of evil with justice, compassion, and the transforming
power of love;

Wisdom from the world's religions which inspires us to respond to God's love
by loving our neighbors as ourselves;

Humanist teachings which counsel us to heed the guidance of reason and the
results of science, and warn us against idolatries of the mind and spirit;

Spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and
instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature.

Preservation: In honor of the radical hospitality of Thomas Potter, the Association places the highest priority and a majority of its resources on enhancing the legendary grounds at Lanoka Harbor as a sustainable pilgrimage and residential site for all the current and future inhabitants.

Residential Site: Honored guests of Murray Grove’s residential hospitality gain respite from everyday stresses, strength for their journeys and deepened capacity for unconditional love and radial inclusion.

Promotion: In honor of the prophetic outreach of John Murray, the Association places a high priority on promoting the Universalist message.