Blue BoatTransition in Campus Ministry
It has been such an honor to work with all of you in my nearly three years serving as Campus Ministry Associate at the Unitarian Universalist Association. I look forward to continuing in this position until my last day on July 12th. I have appreciated getting to know many of you as individuals, and learning what particular gifts you bring to your campus ministry. Some of my favorite memories are helping you plot the most enjoyable and effective ministry through one-on-one phone calls, larger conference calls, and group google hangouts with monocles, pirate hats and tiaras. Having the duty of organizing information in spreadsheets and databases, updating and creating resources, and attempting to wield the UUA…
Drop in Dialogue @ GA
Discuss how to grow UU Faith Greetings, Young Adult Folks! This year at General Assembly, young adults are going to have a great opportunity to have our voices heard in a meaningful way. On Saturday June 22nd from 12:00 – 1:30 pm, the UUA Board of Trustees is hosting a drop-in conversation for young adults centering around 3 questions that speak to how our UU faith might grow in the coming years. There will be conversation about the future of the traditional “congregation” as the center of spirituality and religious development. We’ll also address how decisions are made in our denomination now, how they might be made more democratically, and what we can do to…
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…
Millennials at the helm?
There are plenty of Unitarian Universalists who belong to the Millennial Generation (like me), and many of us have great ideas about how to breathe new life into our faith. So how can we support Millennials and the innovations we imagine, how can we move towards a culture of “yes” in our congregations and faith communities? This discussion on June 5, 2013, was joined by young adult UU’s from across the country. Let us know what your thoughts are in the comment section below!
A View On Bridging
Growing Closer by Gail Forsyth-Vail Last Sunday I attended the Bridging worship service at the North Parish of North Andover, MA. It is an uplifting, glorious time when youth symbolically embrace their new status as young adults, and the congregation blesses them and wishes them well. What I like best about the service is that it holds hope, change, and possibility alongside gratitude, memory, and continuity. Each of the Bridgers spoke, recalling the events, people, and relationships that have thus far shaped their spiritual lives. They spoke of having fun together, of impactful conversations across generational lines, of working together and separately to make the world a better place, of being cared for in moments…
Crossing Bridges
Spanning the Gap by Kim Paquette I’m bridging this week. Well, kinda, but not really. This week I become a “real adult” or an “old adult” or whatever else you call it after you have moved on from being a young adult. This week I turn 36. In most circles, turning 36 is not a momentous occasion. It’s not as exciting as 18, not as stress-inducing as 40, and comes with no added benefits like at age 62 (or older). I bet you would be hard pressed to find a birthday card explicitly celebrating this milestone. Yet for me, it is, and is not a pretty big deal. I came to Unitarian Universalism as…
“Cobalt and The Hired Guns” Play Synergy
Mix it Up(∞) With Some Pulsating(•) Hard Alloy(*)! Cobalt and the Hired Guns is a durable rock band that originated among some friends, Unitarian Universalist youth who attended youth con. They’ll be making a team effort (okay, enough with the puns), playing the Synergy Worship at General Assembly this year on Friday, June 21, between 8:30–10PM. (Check the GA schedule here.) Their music is described as enthusiastic, “shout-it-out” and fun – and how can you beat that? From their website: Cobalt & the Hired Guns is about love and guts, energy and enthusiasm – refusing to pretend they aren’t having fun. Friends since they were just little buckaroos, the boys of Cobalt & the…
Environmental Justice Tour Before General Assembly
*NEW* A special trip for young adults coming to General Assembly in Louisville, KY is now available. Get on the bus! Along with the GA Young Adult Caucus and the Continental UU Young Adult Network (C*UUYAN), the UU Ministry for Earth has scheduled an Environmental Justice Tours of Louisville with The Earth & Spirit Center on Wed, June 19, from 6-8pm. Come bond with other young adults, get to know the Environmental Justice issues of the place you are visiting, and prepare for the public witness at GA! Register here: http://YouthAdultEJTour.kintera.org/ The cost is only $10 per person. For more information, contact Jennifer Nordstrom at jenni.nordstrom@gmail.com. All Eyes Open Start your time in Louisville with a…
Running for Someone Else’s Life
We re-post an excerpt of this story from the Standing on the Side of Love blog, reminding us how much stronger are the bonds of love than of hate. – Ed. May 07, 2013. This post was written by Helene Newberg. Helene is an avid runner and a member of First Parish Unitarian Universalist in Arlington, Massachusetts. Marathon 2012 In 2012, I was out of town on Patriot’s Day. Watching social media for Boston Marathon news, I started seeing reports that a student was found drowned in a local pond, less than a mile from our house. My heart sank; I did not want to believe that a child maybe from my community could die…
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…
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