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Campus Ministry @ GA

So Much to Do In Just Enough Time! General Assembly is the annual conference of Unitarian Universalists. This year it will be held in Louisville, KY from June 19th – June 23rd. If you’ll be attending and are involved or interested in being involved in campus ministry, there are some events that you might want to be a part of. If you won’t be there, there are ways to tune in online! Note: If you are a campus ministry leader attending General Assembly (GA) and did not receive the email from Kayla with a PDF document containing invite-only gatherings for campus ministry leaders, please email her at ya-cm@uua.org to receive this! Helpful Links for General…
Leadership Con

Earlier this month, from Friday, April 12th to Sunday, April 14th young adult leaders from across the country gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY for a leadership conference. Many were from the greater Metro NY area, with some traveling from Pennsylvania, and one participant from each Maine and Washington State! We came together for a weekend in learning community, knowing that our connections with one another provide support and catalyze our own growth. Participants reflect: “It was great to connect with other young adults from around the country. It’s easy to forget as a young adult away from my home church that there’s this whole community out there just waiting to be…
To: Shelter Rock – Thank You!

Earlier this month, from Friday, April 12th to Sunday, April 14th young adult leaders from across the country gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock in Manhasset, NY for a leadership conference. Many were from the greater Metro NY area, with some traveling from Pennsylvania, and one participant from each Maine and Washington State! You can read more about the conference at the Leadership Con Blue Boat Blog article – this a note of thanks to our hosts! We all so appreciated being able to gather at Shelter Rock, that we wanted to say a big ol’ thank you for Shelter Rock for hosting us. Here are some words from the participants: “Having the event in…
Ignorant to Inspired – Mass Incarceration and Me

Last week, I got to see Professor and Human Rights Activist Michelle Alexander speak about the racist caste system being created by mass incarceration and the war on drugs. She was speaking specifically about her book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color-blindness, which was designated the Unitarian Universalist 2013 Common Read, as well as the Yale Divinity School common read this year. I am currently a student at Yale Divinity School and they hosted Professor Alexander’s lecture, so I was honored to be able to attend and watch her speak live. If you missed it, you can still watch online. It was inspiring and motivating to hear her speak so passionately and prophetically…
Campus Ministry Annual Conference

National Campus Ministry Association, a professional organization educating, encouraging, and equipping those engaged in the practice of ministry in higher education is holding it’s annual conference in Atlanta, GA from July 10-12. The topic is Multi-Faith is the New Ecumenical: Authentic Ministry in the 21st Century. Brian McLaren, author of Everything Must Change, A Generous Orthodoxy, and Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road: Christian Identity in a Multi-faith World will be the special guest. This is a wonderful topic for Unitarian Universalists (UUs), and a perfect opportunity for UUs to join in learning with this dedicated group of campus ministers. If you’re finding our collegial groups of UU campus minister professionals small, that’s…