Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly 2007

Unitarian Universalists (UUs) congregated in Portland Oregon to enjoy the 2nd annual UU University and the 46th annual General Assembly (GA). This year's General Assembly explored the theme "Choices That Matter" in a unique way. For the first time, GA attendees used a process called Open Space Technology to consider the mission of Unitarian Universalists as a faith community. This was, we believe, the largest ever use of Open Space Technology.

Through our website reports, images, and streaming media, we hope you will soak up what is being presented. Share this information with your congregation to help shape their programs and activities. General Assembly—live or online—is a wonderful place to absorb the essence and diversity of our Unitarian Universalist faith. Enjoy!

GA on Streaming Media

General Assembly can come to your computer via streaming media! Our GA web staff has brought more than twenty hours of video to you. Audio CDs and DVDs of many GA events are also available for purchase through the company Content Management.

Event Coverage by Day

• Complete Program of Events (PDF, 128 pages)
   
• UU University
   
• GA Journal

Wednesday, June 20

• 1015 Massachusetts Bay District Ingathering
   
• 1030 Opening Ceremony

Thursday, June 21

• 2002 Thursday Morning Worship: A Faithful Conversation
   
• 2004 Plenary II and Open Space Orientation
   
• 2007 Who's Stewarding Your Congregation's Stewards?
   
• 2018 Nuts and Bolts of Healthy Youth Groups
   
• 2022 Linking Governance and Emotional Systems
   
• 2033 U.S. Sponsored Torture: A Religious Call To Action
   
• 2034 Church Personnel Management: Philosophy, Policy, Practice
   
• 2043 Emerging Models of Small Group Ministry
   
• 2046 Transforming Despair into Action for Darfur
   
• 2054 Dismantling Chaos #1: Anti-Racism/ Anti-Oppression Workshop
   
• 2055 Open Space Technology Workshop 1
   
• 2058 Property Crisis: Too Much Property, Too Little Money
   
• 2062 The John Murray Distinguished Lecture
   
• 2070 Will They Come Back? Radical Spiritual Hospitality
   
• 2071 Breakthrough Congregation: Davies Memorial UU Church
   
• 2074 Open Space Technology—Early Days
   
• 2078 Our Faith in the World
   
• 2093 Service of the Living Tradition

Friday, June 22

• 3002 Friday Morning Worship
   
• 3004 Plenary III
   
• 3006 Transforming the Gap into a Growth Engine via UU Campus Centers
   
• 3010 Cosmic Race, Rainbow People, and Other Myths
   
• 3011 Re-envisioning International Relations
   
• 3012 Congregations Count
   
• 3014 Islam and Gender
   
• 3016 Building the Intergenerational Beloved Community
   
• 3017 Dynamic Youth Ministry—UUA Consultation
   
• 3018 Making Music Together: Musical Ways to Build Community
   
• 3019 Breaking the Silence: Confronting the Legacy of Lynching
   
• 3028 Toward a Safer Congregation
   
• 3029 Building a UU Global Social Justice Movement
   
• 3033 Anxiety, Change, and Leadership in Congregations
   
• 3036 Why Liberal Churches Are Growing
   
• 3037 Welcoming the Stranger: A Just Immigration Policy
   
• 3043 Unitarian Universalist (UU) Paganism in Liberal Religious Thought
   
• 3047 Fahs Lecture: Home Grown Religion
   
• 3048 What in God's Name Am I Doing?
   
• 3052 Genocide in Darfur: A Call to Action
   
• 3055 Using the Web to Nurture the Spirit
   
• 3057 Navigating the Great Turning
   
• 3064 Blogs: A New Generation in Communications
   
• 3065 Race & Class: Who Is Worthy of Our Efforts?
   
• 3079 Plenary IV/Candidates Forum
   
• 3080 Bridging Ceremony
   
• 3082 Traces of the Trade

Saturday, June 23

• 4002 Worshipping Together, Witnessing Together
   
• 4004 Plenary V
   
• 4007 Revisiting Our Principles and Purposes
   
• 4009 Stirring the Oatmeal: Serving All Families
   
• 4013 Let's Worship! Celebrating Ten Years on the Journey
   
• 4019 Campus Ministry: A Keystone Ministry
   
• 4020 The Theology of Peacemaking
   
• 4021 Organizing for a Just Recovery in the Gulf Coast
   
• 4023 Military and Unitarian Universalism: Respecting Inherent Worth?
   
• 4025 Witness for Earth Community
   
• 4026 Open Space Technology, Domain Convergence #2
   
• 4036 Acting Locally: Public Policies to Reduce Global Climate Change
   
• 4038 Revolution by Resolution: Celebrating 30 Years of Women & Religion
   
• 4039 The Culture of Celebratory Worship
   
• 4049 The Pentagon Papers Then and Now: UUs Confronting Government Secrecy
   
• 4057 Weaving Strands:  Growing our Faith
   
• 4065 Plenary VI
   
• 4066 All General Assembly Worship
   
• 4070 Ware Lecture: Rashid Khalidi

Sunday, June 24

• 5002 Hymn Sing
   
• 5004 Plenary VII
   
• 5006 Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Worship Service
   
• 5019 The Membership Journey Will They Come Back?
   
• 5021a Public Witness: Immigration Rights
   
• 5022 GA Choir Concert
   
• 5023 Plenary VIII
   
• 5024 Sunday Closing Worship: On Becoming an Ancestor