Congregations and groups across the country will soon be meeting recently bridged young adults moving into their area. Youth who registered for the http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/2013/05/02/be-a-bridge-keeper-for-youth-f… Connections program last spring have now moved on from high school and are…

A Weekend of Communion and Exploration … Seminary, as it came to be called, was a weekend program in Boston for UU youth considering ministry and other forms of religious leadership. There was an application process from which 16 amazing UU high school students were selected from all over the…

2013 Life on Fire un-conference for missional Unitarian Universalists is happening September 13-15 at the Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. If you don’t know the word “http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=arxfLK_sd68“…; then you may not know about…

Remembering the Civil Rights Movement Wednesday August 28, 2013 will be – day for day – the 50th anniversary of what was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in the United States. On Wednesday August 28, 1963 between 200,000 – 300,000 people of good will and purpose gathered…

C*UUYAN’s annual business meeting, ConCentric, is coming up! Join online: Saturday, September 07, from 2:00 – 4:00 PM Pacific Time (5:00 — 7:00 PM Eastern). This discussion will be an important one about the future of C*UUYAN, and its outreach to emerging young adults….

We share this reflection on the value of openness and trust in the face of uncertainty borne upon past experience by the Rev. Erik Wikstrom from his blog, A Minister’s Musings. Follow Rev. Wikstrom on his blog. – Ed. http://a-ministers-musings.blogspot.com/2013/08/to-believe-or-not-to-be……

Teaching with the Tools. distance learning course from October 2013 through May 2014 on using Social Media to conduct ministry. Curriculum begins October 1, 2013. Meeting time is 1:00 – 3:00 pm (Eastern Time). The course is divided into two learning formats: Large group learning (1-­3 PM, ET,…

The weekend of August 9-11, sixteen incredible Unitarian Universalist high school students came from across the country to explore a calling to professional ministry in our faith….

Why do we Unitarian Universalists talk about “young adults?” We have used it to refer to people age 18-35 in our congregations and faith communities since the 1980’s, when that age range was identified as being a particularly underserved group in our faith. Some of this was due to the change away…

DoJ vs Mass Incarceration Huffington Post: The Justice Department will avoid charging certain low-level and nonviolent drug offenders with crimes that carry mandatory minimums, Attorney General Eric Holder will announce Monday….