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by Jennica Davis-Hockett |The Summer Seminary program for Unitarian Universalist youthStarr King School for the Ministry. Minister in Residence, Kimberly Quinn JohnsonUnitarian Universalist congregation of the South Fork in Bridgehampton, Long Island. She serves on the Unitarian Universalist Association Appoi… Committee...Filed in: Stories and Voices, , Young Adults, Future of Faith, Guides and Tools, Future of Faith -
by Jennica Davis-Hockett |UUs are a theologically diverse spiritual community but have a shared belief that all souls are sacred, courageous love has the power to transform the world, and truth continues to be revealed.Filed in: Future of Faith, Events and Opportunities, Social Justice, Stories and Voices, UUA for Youth & Young Adults, , Young Adults -
by Jennica Davis-Hockett |We all know Unitarian Universalist youth ministry is not perfect. In fact, it’s often just a jumbled mess of individuals trying their best to transform the lives of teenagers. Here are the top 5 reasons proving my point. It's Not the Same Thing Every Week You can never count on this Sunday being...Filed in: Issues and Trends, Events and Opportunities, Guides and Tools, Stories and Voices, , Young Adults -
by Jennica Davis-Hockett |All year we in the Off… of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the Unitarian Universalist Association will be discussing the notion of DEEP FAITH and what it takes to do excellent youth ministry. Here's a preview of some of the things we'll be delving into. Check back tomorrow to read the first...Filed in: Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, , Young Adults, Stories and Voices, Events and Opportunities, Guides and Tools -
by Bart Frost |Leads for Keeping Youth in Your Congregation We started asking "How could your church better serve you?" after noting the responses to the magic-wand question were highly aspirational. Because they are qualitative instead of quantitative, measuring these two questions is more difficult than...Filed in: , Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Stories and Voices, Events and Opportunities, Guides and Tools
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by Bart Frost |A.K.A. 5 Things Your Congregation Will Thank You For Our survey of 351Unitarian… href="National Study for Youth and Religion have never shared a personal problem with a member of their ministry team. Now, our survey didn't ask that question so we don't have statistics about it in Unitarian...Filed in: Issues and Trends, Guides and Tools, -
by Bart Frost |Youth Perspective on What We Need to Do Better One of the questions we asked the youth who visited the Unitarian Universalist Association UUA was, "If you had a magic wand, what would you change about your church?" This question – although seemingly frivolous – was intended to see what needs...Filed in: , Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Stories and Voices, Events and Opportunities, Guides and Tools
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by Bart Frost |Youth's Favorite Parts of Church As you can see by the chart on the right, there is a very clear winner in terms of what youth enjoy the most about church. 44% of youth prefer youth group over every other aspect of congregational life. This isn't new information; we've known that youth prefer the...Filed in: , Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Stories and Voices, Events and Opportunities, Guides and Tools -
by Bart Frost |Youth Participation As mentioned in the previous post in this series, this survey has some flaws....Filed in: , Guides and Tools, Issues and Trends, Stories and Voices, Events and Opportunities, Guides and Tools
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by Jennica Davis-Hockett |At the time this post was published, there were a mere 270 days before thousands of Unitarian Universalists would gather from around the nation to learn, worship and do business together at General Assembly 2016 in OH.Youth Caucus experience yet. Please give them a hearty welcome! Bio: My name is...Filed in: , Young Adults, Stories and Voices, Guides and Tools, Future of Faith, General Assembly for Youth & Young Adults