Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly 2008

Unitarian Universalists (UUs) enjoyed the 3rd annual UU University and the 47th annual General Assembly (GA) in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, exploring the theme "Common Threads."

Through our coverage, we hope you will soak up (and share) the programs and activities presented. General Assembly—live or online—is a wonderful place to absorb the essence and diversity of our 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.

Event Coverage by Day

• GA Journal: Doug Muder brings the first-hand experience of General Assembly to you through his daily blog, "GAdding About."
   
• UU University
   
• Association Business

Wednesday, June 25

• 1030 Opening Ceremony: Plenary I; Worship Celebration

Thursday, June 26

• 2002 Thursday Morning Worship
   
• 2004 Plenary II
   
• 2009 Beyond Darwin and Lincoln
   
• 2013 Founding and Sustaining a UU Military Support Group
   
• 2014 A Ministry of Love in Fearful Times
   
• 2019 Beyond Just War and Pacifism
   
• 2020 Ministry for Earth and Green Sanctuary
   
• 2026 Theology of Immigration
   
• 2038 Spreading UUism Using New Media
   
• 2041 John Murray Lecture: The Future of Human Rights
   
• 2042 Update on the Congregations Come First Initiative
   
• 2046 Justice in the Tomato Fields: Coalition of Immokalee Workers
   
• 2047 Music Matters
   
• 2052 Appreciative Enquiry on Unitarian Universalism: Making a Meaningful, Relevant Difference
   
• 2055 Exploring the Gifts Among Us
   
• 2056 Growing Your Congregation: Marketing and Membership
   
• 2057 OWL: Everything You Need to Know
   
• 2063 Facebook, YouTube, Podcasting, Second Life: Exploring New Media
   
• 2067 It's Not Rocket Science
   
• 2073 Service of the Living Tradition

Friday, June 27

• 3002 Friday Morning Worship: Problem or Mystery?
   
• 3004 Plenary III
   
• 3006 Peacemaking: What Are Congregations Thinking and Doing?
   
• 3007 Gathering with Congregational Presidents
   
• 3012 Love and Death: My Journey Through the Valley of the Shadow
   
• 3013 Second Life: Connecting the Global Fellowship in Cyberspace
   
• 3018 Boundaries and Healthy Congregational Work Environments
   
• 3021 Preparing for Multicultural Ministries
   
• 3025 Wrestling with Adulthood: UU Men Talk About Growing Up
   
• 3033 The Theology of Peacemaking
   
• 3034 Welcoming All: When Ex-Prisoners Join Our Congregations
   
• 3035 Creating Congregational Covenants
   
• 3039 Meg Barnhouse's Mango Thoughts in a Meatloaf Town
   
• 3042 Listening to Experience: 12 Ministers Discuss Growing Congregations
   
• 3043 Welcoming the Stranger
   
• 3046 Gulf Coast Recovery & Advocacy
   
• 3055 Generation to Generation
   
• 3057 Orchestrating the Rhythm of Worship: Annual Worship Planning
   
• 3064 Breakthrough Congregation: Pacific Unitarian Church
   
• 3070 Youth and Adult Partnerships: Comprehensive Sex Education
   
• 3072 Valuing ALL Families—An Interfaith Community Witness
   
• 3073 Synergy: A Multigenerational Celebration of Bridging and Collaboration

Saturday, June 28

• 4002 Worshipping Together, Witnessing Together
   
• 4004 Plenary IV
   
• 4011 Truth, Repair, and Reconciliation
   
• 4013 Weaving Our Stories of Change
   
• 4019 Civil Liberties and the "War on Terror"
   
• 4022 A Family of Slave Traders
   
• 4026 Worship That Works
   
• 4028 Cutting Across Oppression
   
• 4038 Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Worship Service
   
• 4039 A Voice of Economic Populism
   
• 4041 Compassionate Communication Consciousness Congregational Spiritual Practice for Peace
   
• 4042 Self and Society in American Transcendentalism
   
• 4059 UUA Presidential Candidates' Forum
   
• 4061 Ware Lecture by Van Jones

Sunday, June 29

• 5003 Sunday Worship
   
• 5005 Plenary V
   
• 5008 Empowering Children as Peace-Makers with Compassionate Communication
   
• 5009 Peacemaking and the Questions of Jesus
   
• 5018 Greater New Orleans Unitarian Universalists: Cluster for Social Justice
   
• 5021 Grassroots Organizing for a New Century
   
• 5028 Plenary VI
   
• 5029 Closing Worship