General Assembly 2011 Event Coverage

Unitarian Universalists (UUs) gathered in Charlotte, NC, and online for the 50th annual General Assembly (GA), June 22-26, 2011.

Video was provided here and on our Livestream channel, where online attendees could RSVP for upcoming video events, participate in instant chat with other viewers, and read tweets from everyone using the #uuaga hashtag.

UU World Coverage of GA 2011

UU World provided timely reports and articles on their GA Blog, illustrated by some striking selections from their Photostream on Flickr. UU World on Twitter provided up-to-the-minute news during major GA events.

• Guide to UU World's 2011 General Assembly Coverage
   
• Video Reports from the 2011 General Assembly
   
• Photographs from the 2011 General Assembly

Event Video, Reports, and Handouts

Presenters may submit workshop materials for inclusion on this site.

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Association Business & Social Witness

For annual reports, detailed plenary agendas, vote results, and social justice statements, go to GA 2011 Business & Social Witness. Video, transcripts, and captioning are available for each plenary session.

• 1013 Opening Celebration and Plenary I
   
• 2002 Plenary II
   
• 3003 Plenary III
   
• 4003 Plenary IV
   
• 4020 Plenary V
   
• 5005 Plenary VI
   
• 5008 Plenary VII

Public Witness

• 3062 Standing on the Side of Love with LGBT People Everywhere!
  Video, Transcript, and Report

Worship & Music

• 2065 Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Worship Service
  Video and Transcript
   
• 2095 Service of the Living Tradition
  Video and Transcript
   
• 3002 Friday Morning Worship
  Video and Transcript
   
• 3044 Honoring Service: Worship with UUs in the Military
  Video, Transcript, and Order of Service
   
• 3063 New Epiphany Revival
  Video, Transcript, and Report
   
• 3063 Synergy Bridging Worship
  Video, Transcript, and Report
   
• 4002 Saturday Morning Worship
  Video and Transcript
   
• 4021 50 Years of UU Music
  Video and Transcript
   
• 5002 Morning Song
  Video and Transcript
   
• 5003 Sunday Morning Worship
  Video, Transcript, and Report
   
• 5009 Closing Celebration
  Video, Transcript, and Report

Ware Lecture

• 4022 Ware Lecture Delivered by Karen Armstrong
  Video and Transcript

Workshops

2012 Justice GA

• 2049 Looking Ahead to General Assembly 2012
  UU World Report
   
• 3050 UUA Board Conversation Space: Planning for Phoenix 2012
  UU World Report

Congregational Management

• Church Office: Staffing
  • 2054 Evaluating Ministry in Congregations
    Handouts
     
• Communications
  • 3048 Media Skills for Changemakers
    Video and Transcript
     
  • 4005 Friendly Presence: Social Media and Ministry
    UU World Report
     
• Disability & Accessibility
  • 2034 Hospitality Holds the Keys to Accessibility
    Slides
     
  • 2064 What Else Is In My ‘Invisible Knapsack’?
    Slides
     
• Finance
  • 2005 Breaking Through to Generosity
    Workshop Slides
     
• Governance
  • 2044 Covenanting: a Process for Your Spiritual Mission Statement
    Handouts
     
  • 3008 Redefining Congregations
    UU World Report and Video
     
  • 3032 Got Purpose? Rooting Our Missions in Certainty
    Slides and Handouts
     
  • 3059 Got Purpose? Defining Identity and Responding to Call
    Slides and Handouts
     
• Growing Your Membership
  • 2019 Growing Congregations: Recent Success Stories
    Slides
     
  • 2061 Leap of Faith: Congregations Learning Together
    Video and Transcript
     
  • 2073 The Unitarian Universalist Great Commission
    UU World Report
     
  • 3005 Church of the New Millennium: Scenario for Success
    UU World Report

Religious Education

• 2025 Bringing the Faith Formation 2020 Scenarios to Life
  UU World Report
   
• 3036 Fahs Lecture: Religious Education for People of Color
  UU World Interview
   
• Adults
  • 2014 “The Adventure of Becoming”—Dynamic RE for All
    Handout
     
• Campus Ministry
  • 2094 Conversations on UU Campus Ministry
    Question Prompts
     
• Multigenerational
  • 2053 Making Space in the Center: Creating Multigenerational Community
    Slides and Handout
     
  • 3054 How to Offer Successful Multi-Age Mission Projects
    Slides

Social Justice

• 2009 Moral Imagination: 50 Years of UU Social Justice
  Video and Transcript
   
• 2024 50 Years of UU Sexual Justice
  Video and Transcript
   
• 3029 UUA’s Standing on the Side of Love Campaign
  Video and Transcript
   
• Economic & Racial Justice
  • 2062 Roadmap to Racial Equity: Allies in Today’s World
    Video and Transcript
     
• Environmental Justice
  • 2088 Connecting Environmental Justice and Immigration
    Video, Transcript, and Handouts
     
  • 3046 The Welcome Table: Common Ground on Ethical Eating
    Video and Transcript
     
  • 4011 Greeley Award Sermon: Ethical Aspects of Climate Change
    Video and Transcript
     
• Immigration
  • 2026 Common Read, Common Reflection, Common Action on Immigration
    Video and Transcript
     
  • 2079 July 29: Standing on the Side of Love in Phoenix
    Video and Transcript
     
  • 4004 Love Has No Borders: Border Realities and Immigration Today
    Video and Transcript
     
• International Justice
  • 3004 A Spark of Freedom in the Muslim World
    Video and Transcript
     
• LGBT Welcome & Equality
  • 2018 Crossing Paths: Transgender Welcome and Ministry
    Handouts
     
  • 2082 Countering Religious Bullying Aimed at LGBT Youth
    Handouts
     
• Multiculturalism
  • 3009 Views from the Pews: Race and Unitarian Universalism
    UU World Report

Theology

• 2047 Whose Are We?—Spiritual Discernment and Theological Reflection
  UU World Report

UUA Governance

• 2030 Meet the UUA Presidents
  Video and Transcript

Ministry Days

• Berry Street Lecture
  UU World Report
   
• “25/50” Worship Service
  UU World Report

Audio and Video for Purchase

Audio recordings of almost all GA programs and DVDs of all major GA worships are available for purchase.

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