It was just over five years ago when the pandemic came to my community. I was two years into serving as a religious educator in a UU congregation, and I had no road map for what to do next.

One thing we're hearing from congregations recently is that they would opportunities to gather together, preferably in person, but online if necessary, to be in community.

We are getting closer to Summer Institute 2025 at Oberlin College. Registration is set to open in Mid-April, which is later than usual, but we know the wait will be worth it. Between July 6-12, 2025, SI will be gathering at Oberlin College in Oberlin, OH. For many, this will be their first time...

Is your congregation small? No more than 125 members? This series of webinars is for you!

The Central East Region is very pleased to introduce our congregations to Cassandra Montenegro, our newest CER Congregational Life staff member.

We are living in extraordinary times. How will Unitarian Universalists respond? To help us all respond, the CER staff is offering the CER Learning, Transformation and Community Networking Days: Leading with Love at the Center.

Your Congregational Life staff has recently returned with new skills, connections, and conversations from a gathering known as CLEAR: Congregational Life Education And Renewal.

The New Year can a be time to take stock of our lives and make adjustments to old habits, or set new goals in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. It’s hard enough to do this as individuals – it’s even harder to do as congregations.

Happy Holidays from the Central East Region! Your team at the UUA wish you a season of joy, peace, love and connection.

If you have seen this lovely meerkat pop up in some of our staff photos and wondered why it was there, the CER Staff has a mascot. But our mascot is more than just a symbol.