Events and Opportunities
This section of Blue Boat blog has information, links to applications, grants and scholarships, and application deadlines of interest to Unitarian Universalist youth and young adults and those who serve their ministry.
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Pastoral Care To and With Youth Let’s be frank. The world changed on November 9th, 2016 (the day Donald Trump was elected president of the United States). For many of us our day-to-day experiences may not be much different, we still move through the world with varying levels of privilege and...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | November 28, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
by Jaidyn Bryant and the 2017 General Assembly Youth Caucus Staff So, Trump was elected president. Black, Latinx, Muslim, Native, LGBTQ communities are under continued attacks. What does that mean for … Rock? It means that the threat to … sovereignty will continue. That degradation of our...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | November 16, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Education, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Anti-Oppression, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, General Assembly, News, Social Justice -
#UUCampusQ's Episode Four Students on campus need your community now, so get the word out! The Reverend Annie Gonzalez Milliken, the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Associate of the Unititarian Universalist Association Like Campus UUs on Facebook to be notified when episodes of UUCampusQs are...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | November 10, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Children's / Religious Education Sunday, Connections, Creating a Home, Education, Faith, Growth, Identity, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adults, Youth/Teens, Campus Ministry, UU Identity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Sexuality Education, Multiculturalism, Teaching Methods, Faith Development, Vision for UUism -
Learn more about protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, answered the call of protest leaders for clergy of all denominations to join peaceful interfaith witness with the indigenous peoples who are protecting the...
By Ted Resnikoff | November 4, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Community, Education, Faith, Homecoming / Ingathering, Indigenous Peoples Day, Leadership, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Indigenous Rights, Multiculturalism, News -
Kim Sweeney, Lead for Faith Formation and Safe Congregations, works in New England and loves rules. She says “I love rules, structure, routine and clarity. Maybe it stems from my time spent serving in the military, but I imagine my own comfort with rules and structure existed before that, and...
By Ted Resnikoff | November 1, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
ado… became a transnational market. Globalization has expanded our interconnectedness and worldview—and oppressive systems within this web of connection are being exposed by many voices in a variety of public forums. From the Arab Spring to Black Lives Matter, the status quo is being challenged...
By Ted Resnikoff | October 12, 2016 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Connections, Discernment, Faith, Growth, Leadership, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Beliefs & Principles, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Faith Development, News, Worship -
This homily was delivered by intern minister and UU young adult Joseph Boyd after the murder of All Souls Unitarian Church, in TulsaOklahomaAll Souls. For many of us, these last couple weeks have felt very heavy, even exhausting. You may be thinking: I’d love to be more involved, but I’m already...
By Elizabeth Nguyen | October 4, 2016 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Choice, Discernment, Education, Faith, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Identity, Prayer Practices, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, Congregational Action, UU History, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), News, Worship -
What does a Healthy Youth/Adult Relationship Actually Look Like?...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | September 21, 2016 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
Lend Your Faith to Spring Seminar 2017 The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office has extended the application deadline for Youth Chaplains to serve at the 2017 Intergenerational Spring Seminar "Interfaith Action to End Armed Violence", April 6-8, 2017 in New York City. The chaplain team of...
By Ted Resnikoff | September 13, 2016 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development -
Have you ever asked a Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) staff person for an advisor training and been told some form of, “We don’t do advisor training anymore,” or, “There’s one weekend training on the other side of your region a couple of months from now”, and wondered to...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | August 30, 2016 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Education, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters