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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I’m excited to announce that this fall we will transition away from the ConnectUU site towards new ways of connecting UU young adults. The features of ConnectUU are now available through other open source platforms that better integrate with websites and social media networks….
By Carey McDonald | August 31, 2012 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multigenerational Faith Development, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
This article by Mark Oppenheimer originally appeared the August 17, 2012 edition of the New York Times. — Ed. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/18/us/unitarians-shift-away-from-extende… Break With Tradition of Extended Time Off in Summer “If you phone a Unitarian Church between the middle of June…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 27, 2012 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Faith Development, Growth, Identity, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity -
Participate in the Bridge Connections program keeps you connected to UU community. Maybe you’re going off to college, getting your own apartment, or starting a new job. Maybe you’ve joined AmeriCorps, the military or other lifestyle that would make it hard to access religious community. However…
By Deborah Neisel-Sanders | August 24, 2012 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Campus Ministry, Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday -
Reposted from www.uuyan.org:>>… here to register We need all of our voices to guide our organization!
By Ted Resnikoff | August 20, 2012 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Campus Ministry, Community, Congregational Action, Growth, Leadership, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
“Questions We Must Ask” is reposted from the blog of the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice. – Ed. The following post was written by Rowan Van Ness, a UUCSJ trip leader currently on the 2012 Civil Rights Journey. When we visited Selma and marched silently across the Edmund Pettus…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 17, 2012 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Connections, Faith Development, Growth, Identity, Multigenerational Faith Development, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT AT THE UNITED NATIONS Unitarian Universalist Association United Nations Office (UUA-UNO) was established, and with it, the envoy program. Ideas of a United Nations Sunday Service. Congregants of all ages are brought together through attendance of our annual S… Seminar as they…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 15, 2012 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
WebsiteTwitterDonate…; Here we repost the current RCRR newsletter and invite you to follw them as well. — Ed. Dear Reader, their Facebook page and reading their blog. This is just a sample of current blog posts: http://seminariansforreproductivejustice.org/2012/07/26/if-youre-hoping… seminary…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 11, 2012 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Congregational Action, Growth, Leadership, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
By Ted Resnikoff | August 10, 2012 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Campus Ministry, Community, Congregational Action, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
UUA President Responds to Shooting at Sikh Temple August 6, 2012 BOSTON – In response to the tragic shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Creek, WI, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) President the Reverend Peter Morales has released the following statement: “I am shocked, saddened and appalled…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 10, 2012 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Discernment, Identity, Multigenerational Faith Development, Prayer Practices, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Worship -
Buckman Bridge Unitarian Universalist Church in Jacksonville, FL is one of the two congregations awarded Anchor Congregation status in 2012. The other is the Unitarian Universalist Church of Davis, CA. The only adjective that I can find to properly describe Buckman Bridge Unitarian Universalist…
By Kayla Parker | August 9, 2012 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Campus Ministry, Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Education, Faith Development, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Vision, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)