Stories and Voices
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Share What’s Special! Visit the CGUUS website for information on schedule, venue, cost, fundraising opportunities and to REGISTER. http://cguus.org/…
By Carey McDonald | September 5, 2013 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Community, Congregational Action, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Secular, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
We repost an excerpt of this story that appears on the Common Dreams blog about the work the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles is doing to protect the personal liberties of people in the United States. Read the full post hereSonali Kolhatkar When I first met Reverend Rick Hoyt he said, “You…
By Ted Resnikoff | September 3, 2013 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Activism, Anti-Oppression, Choice, Congregational Action, Homecoming / Ingathering, News, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Truth, Unitarian Universalism -
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…
By Carey McDonald | August 27, 2013 | From Guides and ToolsTagged as: Bridging Ceremony, Choice, Congregational Action, Growth, Multigenerational Faith Development, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Unity -
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…
By Carey McDonald | August 27, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday -
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…
By Carey McDonald | August 26, 2013 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, Nourishing the Spirit, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
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….
By Ted Resnikoff | August 19, 2013 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Education, Growth, Leadership, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
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……
By Ted Resnikoff | August 16, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Activism, Choice, Community, Congregational Action, Discernment, Equity, Multiculturalism, Prayer Practices, Secular, Social Justice, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Worship -
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….
By Carey McDonald | August 14, 2013 | From Events and OpportunitiesTagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Connections, Faith, Faith Development, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Worship -
We re-post an excerpt of this story by Christine from her blog At the Super Bowl, some of us were having conversations about what constitutes becoming “middle age”. It was mostly folks from my church’s Young Adult group in attendance. My husband and I were on the young end of the age…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 9, 2013 | From Stories and VoicesTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Connections, Faith Development, Growth, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35) -
We re-post a hypertext annotated edition of an opinion by Rachel Held Evans from her blog at Belief Blog on cnn.com Opinion by Rachel Held Evans At 32, I barely qualify as a millennial. I wrote my first essay with a pen and paper, but by the time I graduated from college, I owned a cell phone and…
By Ted Resnikoff | August 8, 2013 | From Issues and TrendsTagged as: Choice, Congregational Action, Education, Growth, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)