Young Adult Leader’s Roundtable, March 28, 9PM, EDT
It Back – and it’s Round! The roundtable is a great way to get to know your fellow young adult leaders and allies and UUA staff. During the call on Thursday, March 28, we will be talking about the future of young adult ministry in Unitarian Universalism, particularly in the context of Faith Formation 2020. The world is undergoing rapid changes in technology, social networks and demographics- will the church be able to keep up? If so, what will it look like? We will be joined by Tandi Rogers, UUA Growth Strategist, author and editor of the “Growing Unitarian Universalism” blog, and a thought leader about the future of church. We look forward…
Hear from the Next Youth Observer
Wednesday’s Question and Answer Session with Youth Observer Candidates is now available online. Visit the Youth Observer website to listen to the call before your youth group submits its ballot. Now is the time to vote for Youth Observer! Besides the online Q&A, you can also learn about the Youth Observer candidates by downloading the Candidates information sheet.When your has learned about the four candidates: Click here to vote online. Click here to vote by printed ballot. BALLOTS MUST BE RECEIVED BY MONDAY, APRIL 23 at midnight (in your time zone), or postmarked by April 20. The point of contact listed on your Voting Ballot will receive confirmation that we have received your ballot. The Youth Observer is one-year position…
Campus Ministry for a Cluster: April Webinar
Tuesday, April 10th at 3pm EDT is our next webinar. We’ll be hearing from Dana Regan, Director of Religious Education for Youth at First Unitarian Church of Portland. Dana chairs the Metropolitan Campus Ministry Council for the Portland area and works with two other congregations and three college campuses to provide a Unitarian Universalism connection to students. She will provide insight on how to create sucesful and sustainable campus ministry programming in a cluster – and I think those of us who do not work with clusters will also benefit from learning more about what’s happening in Portland. The webinar will be on Tuesday, April 10th at 3pm EDT. Please note that this is an hour before we normally meet….
Calling Young Adult Leaders!
The Young Adult Leaders Roundtable discussion is the newest venue for UU young adult leaders to support and connect with one another. Across the country, UU young adults are engaged in fascinating groups and projects, yet they often can feel isolated. Who, they wonder, is doing this work except me? Where to I turn for inspiration or guidance? The Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries has heard this need and will be hosting monthly YA Leaders Roundtable conference calls. We embrace a diverse vision of young adult ministry that recognizes young adults find religious connection in a wide variety of ways: small group ministry, activism, theological inquiry, congregational leadership and YA community spaces or conferences,…
How to Better Support Transracially Adopted Youth
Webinar on December 15, 4PM E.D.T. A recent study found that many youth of color participating in UU congregations are transracially adopted, and that transracially adopted youth of color typically belong to UU congregations that are mostly white. Transracially adopted youth may have different issues or needs from white youth, or even other youth of color. The 2009 Mosaic Report, the Youth Ministry Working Group Reports and the Youth Ministry Advisory Committee (YMAC) all call for us to better support UU transracially adopted youth. Join Rev. Dr. Monica L. Cummings, UUA program associate for ministry to youth and young adults of color, for a free webinar on Transracially Adopted Youth Ministry to better understand the…
30 Days of Love with SSL!
Tuesday, December 13th at 4pm EST February 14th is now known in many Unitarian Universalist circles as National Standing on the Side of Love Day. Many of us have gathered in community to re-imagine Valentines Day. This year Standing on the Side of Love is upping the ante with a 30 days of love campaign! For the December Campus Ministry webinar we’re fortunate to be joined by Meredith Lukow, Program Assistant at Standing on the Side of Love and a student leader at American University’s UU campus ministry group. Join us to discover how campus ministries can create 30 days of love! The webinar is on Tuesday, December 13th at 4pm EST. Details on how to connect…
Youth Advisor Webinar Series
Share Best Practices with Youth Ministry Professionals! Share what works (and what doesn’t work so well) with people just like you: youth ministry professionals who are committed to creating environments that empower youth to explore and grow. What: The Pacific Northwest District (PNWD) is hosting a Youth Advisor webinar series facilitated by Anne-Marie Davidson. Anne-Marie has served as a youth group advisor for eight years in Tacoma and Port Townsend, Washington and as the PNWD Youth Con Consultant and Youth Empowerment Services (YES) Team lead advisor for the past five years. This series of four virtual coaching sessions is based on sharing her experience and encouraging the exchange of best practices among participants….
Ongoing Campus Ministry Leadership Development
REGULAR IS BETTER! We appreciated your feedback that although mixing up dates and times might enable more folks to attend Campus Ministry webinars, the lack of regularity probably causes most of us to forget about online events or prevents us from being able to plan to participate. So we are are going regular: The 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at 4pm EST are now dedicated to the development of our campus ministry community of leaders! Training Tuesdays –2nd Tuesday of the month at 4pm Eastern time Monthly Webinars at which a presenter discusses a topic of interest (ie, service opportunities, addiction ministries) and opens up the topic for conversation amongst the whole group….
