The UUA Office of Youth Ministries
The Unitarian Universalist Association's (UUA) Office of Youth Ministries supports all Unitarian Universalist youth in the United States and Canada, and provides support for Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU). The Office of Youth Ministries is part of the Lifespan Faith Development staff group, and helps support the development of curricula and resources for lay and professional religious educators, including the Our Whole Lives sexuality education curriculum.
The Office of Youth Ministries consists of five full-time staff. The Youth Ministry Associates (YMAs) serve on UUA staff for one year as full-time staff in the Office of Youth Ministries at the UUA. They are generally youth bridging into young adulthood (16-22). The Youth Ministries Director oversees the long-term work of the office, and the implementation of the Consultation on Ministry to and with Youth. The Assistant Youth Ministries Director supports and oversees the day-to-day work of the office. They are all supported by the Youth Office Assistant.
The Office of Youth Ministries carries out the directives of the YRUU Youth Council and the UUA, creates resources, manages the many YRUU-related email lists and the YRUU website, publishes a newsletter about Youth Ministry, advocates for youth in the UUA, supports the training of trainers for the Chrysalis Training Program, and plans continental events such as General Assembly Youth Caucus. The Office of Youth Ministries also collaborates on social justice work with the Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministries, and the UUA Washington Office for Advocacy.
Meet the staff of the Office of Youth Ministries, and learn more about what each of them does!
Youth Ministry
Jesse JaegerYouth Ministries Director
(617) 948-4359
jjaeger @ uua.org
Sara Eskrich
Youth Ministry Associate
(617) 948-4352
seskrich @ uua.org
Darrick Jackson
Assistant Youth Ministries Director
(617) 948-4356
djackson @ uua.org
India McKnight
Youth Ministry Associate
(617) 948-4352
imcknight @ uua.org
Sarah Prager
Youth and Young Adult Ministries Office Administrator
(617) 948-4355
sprager @ uua.org
For more information contact youth @ uua.org.
Last updated on Friday, November 30, 2007.
