what do UUs believe?

i’ve been struggling a lot with what UUism is and what our “elevator speech” should be. i’ve encouraged a good friend who was raised quaker to check out the UU church because our RE curriculums are really in line with her beliefs, she could find her niche here, etc. but she balks and says “well, what do unitarians believe?”

i’ve never really had an answer aside from an instinctive feeling that the joy that i receive from being a part of a UU community isn’t just because i’ve found a big group of people to geek out with about philosophy. but i was sitting at a picnic table on a gloriously autumnal afternoon last week thinking about an odd trip through the grocery store check out line in which the cashier was quizzing a child of about 4 or so on christian doctrine.