This section of the Blue Boat blog includes links to training tools (including videos and webinars) and articles by the staff of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries for informing, building, sustaining and guiding ministry for Unitarian Universalist youth and young adults, youth and young adults of color, Campus Ministry, and those who serve them.
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By Ted Resnikoff | December 15, 2014 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Youth Sunday -
Young Adult Spiritual Growth and Community is Here Winter Escape 2015 Retreat (WE’15) is now open! Spend your Martin Luther King, Jr. Day weekend (Friday January 16 to Monday, January 19, 2015) engaged in social and spiritual activities, workshops, hiking, games, music, cooking, baking, and more!
By Ted Resnikoff | December 15, 2014 | From Young AdultsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Nourishing the Spirit, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
Spread Pluralism, Share Your Voice, Change the World! Youth LEAD (Youth Leaders Engaging Across Differences) – formerly Interfaith Action – is an organization that aims to reflect, connect, and act across differences. Each year we present the opportunity for youth to attend the annual Teenage…
By Ted Resnikoff | December 15, 2014 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
We re-post the monthly newsletter of our friends of the Office of Multicultural Growth and Witness of the Unitarian Universalist Association with a call to action – pledge your support to help end racial motivated acts of police brutality. – Ed. December 2014: Black Lives Matter—Are You Signed…
By Ted Resnikoff | December 9, 2014 | From Youth and Young Adults of ColorTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Education, Equity, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Purpose, Rights, Secular, Social Justice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters -
Revealed by Belief and Action growing number of people who have no particular religious affiliation with a religious faith – http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/03/07/millennials-in-adulthood/sdt-… particular Millennials – however this thought provoking discussion with Neil deGrasse Tyson on…
By Ted Resnikoff | December 9, 2014 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Education, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Secular, Spirituality, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism -
Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDALREDAUnitarian Universalist religious educators and the field of religious education. Projects funded include (but are not limited to) innovative programs, training opportunities, publications, electronic networks, and services for religious educators.
By Ted Resnikoff | December 9, 2014 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Congregational Action, Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism -
Witness – and Make History in March, 2015 Living Legacy Project is hosting a conference, Marching in the Arc of Justice, in Birmingham, AL on March 5-8, 2015. It is open to people of all ages, and we would love to see a contingent of Unitarian Universalist…
By Bart Frost | December 5, 2014 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Civil Rights & Religious Liberty, Community, Due Process & Civil Liberties, Equity, Growth, Interdependence, Justice, Leadership, Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, Purpose, Racial Justice, Rights, Secular, Social Justice, Unitarian Universalism, UU History, Youth Sunday -
For those of us who follow the Christian tradition, now is the season of Adventwho proudly proclaims that all generations will call her blessed. If you too, know oppression in our current society, remember how very sacred you are. Remember that you are co-creating divinity itself with your life.
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | December 4, 2014 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Advent, Anti-Oppression, Christianity, Community, Discernment, Equity, Homecoming / Ingathering, Multiculturalism, Prayer Practices, Religious & Civil Liberties, Secular, Social Justice, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Worship -
Every December, the same old argument flares up on Facebook. Before Facebook, it would blow up on Livejournal and before Livejournal it would blow up on listservs. Maybe next year, it will flare up on Instagram or we’ll be having Snapchat arguments about it….
By Bart Frost | December 3, 2014 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Belief, Chalica, Christianity, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Judaism, Prayer Practices, Religion, Religious Pluralism, Spiritual Practice, Tradition, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Worship -
400 Years of Systemic Racism in One Decision Unitarian Universalist Association fights for Racial Justice, for ending Mass Incarceration and for stopping the systematic dehumanizing of people all over America. Join us in this cause….
By Carey McDonald | December 2, 2014 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Beliefs & Principles, Community, Connections, Equity, Faith, Faith Development, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Multiculturalism, News, Purpose, Secular, Social Justice, Spirituality, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, UUA Headquarters, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)