Glossary & Acronyms
Lay Leadership: Leaders who are not in a paid, professional, or staff position. They do their work on a purely volunteer basis. And for this reason we love them!
LC (Leadership Council): This body is comprised of the heads of each staff group of the UUA who meet together to conduct business which impacts the staff of the Association.
LDC (Leadership Development Conference): Part of the Chrysalis Training Program. A training put on for both youth and adults for the teaching of leadership skills and ideas.
Leadership Council (LC): This body is comprised of the heads of each staff group of the UUA who meet together to conduct business which impacts the staff of the Association.
Leadership Development Conference (LDC): Part of the Chrysalis Training Program. A training put on for both youth and adults for the teaching of leadership skills and ideas.
LFD (Lifespan Faith Development): The UUA staff group formerly known as Religious Education (RE) became Lifespan Faith Development. This group is charged with conceptualizing and overseeing the development of, consultation regarding, and maintenance of, all denominational UU religious education programs and curricula.
Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA): A professional organization of the UUA, LREDA furthers the interest of liberal religious education by advocating for high professional standards for lay and ordained religious educators.
Liberal Religious Youth (LRY): This name identified the continental affiliate organization which served UU youth up until 1982 when it was dissolved and Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) was created. See also Common Ground, the conferences which led to this change.
Lifespan Faith Development (LFD): The UUA staff group formerly known as Religious Education (RE) became Lifespan Faith Development. This group is charged with conceptualizing and overseeing the development of, consultation regarding, and maintenance of, all denominational UU religious education programs and curricula.
Long Range Planning Meeting (LRP): January 2003. Initiated by YRUU and the UUA. Youth and adults gathered to make recommendations in six areas – Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression, Curriculum/Resources/Transitional Age Range Programs, Geography and Canadian Concerns, Governance/Structure, Communication/Outreach, and Spirituality/UU Identity
LREDA (Liberal Religious Educators Association): A professional organization of the UUA, LREDA furthers the interest of liberal religious education by advocating for high professional standards for lay and ordained religious educators.
LRP (Long Range Planning Meeting): January 2003. Initiated by YRUU and the UUA. Youth and adults gathered to make recommendations in six areas – Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression, Curriculum/Resources/Transitional Age Range Programs, Geography and Canadian Concerns, Governance/Structure, Communication/Outreach, and Spirituality/UU Identity
LRY (Liberal Religious Youth): This name identified the continental affiliate organization which served UU youth up until 1982 when it was dissolved and Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) was created. See also Common Ground, the conferences which led to this change.
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
