Issues and Trends
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But Maybe Not Using 13 Reasons Why Netflix recently adapted Jay Asher’s young adult novel, 13 Reasons Why, into a 13-part series that has catapulted into pop culture, breaking social media and viewership records....
By Bart Frost | May 4, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Activism, Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, News -
Resources for Youth and Young Adult Ministry ...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | April 26, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Choice, Community, Education, Faith, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Congregational Action, UU Identity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Teaching Methods, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters -
In the April Webinar, Natalie Briscoe, Congregational Life Staff in the Southern Region, and Kim Sweeney, Congregational Life Staff in the New England Region, talked about new models and methods for stellar Youth Ministry that may challenge our assumptions about what ministry to and with Youth ca...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | April 14, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
From the staff of the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries UPDATED 3/31/17. [Since the publication of this post from our office, the President of the UUA has resigned (read the reporting of this event on UU World), and the...
By Ted Resnikoff | March 28, 2017 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Anti-Oppression, UU Identity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Faith Development, News, UUA Headquarters -
UPDATE: This webinar will be hosted live on April 12th at 1pm EST and it will be recorded. We are canceling the previously scheduled Thursday evening webinar to encourage attendance the #… webinar on Thursday, April 13 at 8 PM eastern. More information about that webinar available on the Black...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | March 24, 2017 | From Future of FaithTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
Cojourners* on the Spiritual Way The Unitarian Universalist Association Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries has two new discussion guides for youth based on Summer Seminary sermons: Annie Gonzalez Milliken for teaching me that one!)....
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | March 24, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Community, Connections, Education, Faith, Growth, Secular, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Beliefs & Principles, UU Identity, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
represent their congregation at General Assembly by serving as delegates and voting in General Session (aka "Previously Plenary" aka "GenSesh" aka the way we conduct the business of the association)? Talk to your congregation's leaders as soon as you can to start the process. They may be able to...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | March 16, 2017 | From Blue BoatTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Education, Growth, Leadership, Responsibility, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development, General Assembly, Governance for Congregations -
We are facing reality, as a faith, a nation, and individuals who may not have been as active as we should have been before the election results of November 8th. Those that lived-in fear before, now live in greater fear as families and communities are torn apart, on an even larger scale. Like many...
By Elissa McDavid | February 28, 2017 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Community, Education, Growth, Homecoming / Ingathering, Immigration Reform, Leadership, Secular, Truth, Unitarian Universalism, Anti-Oppression, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Multiculturalism, Teaching Methods, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), News -
Part of a successful youth ministry is creating and maintaining https://www.midamericauua.org/programs/leadership-development/webinar-v… systems and organizational tools, like calendaring, directories and templates, to keep the youth ministry program running as a vital part of the congregation an...
By Jennica Davis-Hockett | February 27, 2017 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Faith Development -
What is the role of spiritual community in these times? We’ve been asking that question over and over, particularly as we think about our upcoming Unitarian Universalist Association General Assembly. What is the point of gathering, especially a gathering that takes so many resources, when so many...
By Annie Gonzalez Milliken | February 21, 2017 | From Blue BoatTagged as: Business Meetings, Commitment, Community, Connections, Education, Faith, Growth, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Congregational Action, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Teaching Methods, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Faith Development, General Assembly, UUA Headquarters, Worship