We had a great Summer Institute 2025 and planning for Summer Institute 2026 is well underway.
Summer Institute (SI) 2026 Theme Speaker
The Summer Institute Planning Committee is pleased to announce that the 2026 theme speaker will be Rev. Susan Ritchie, minister of the North Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Lewis Center, Ohio, and the director of the Unitarian Universalist House of Studies at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio. She is the author of Children of the Same God: The Historical Relationship Between Unitarianism, Judaism, and Islam.
The theme of the week will be announced later in the year.
Contribute to SI 2026
Do you have a great idea for a workshop for Summer Institute? Interested in leading a morning or afternoon workshop at CERSI next year? Please apply and share your proposal. Deadline Oct 31, 2025.
Morning seminars are classes designed for adults to learn a new skill, get creative, move and meditate or contemplate a deep topic in the company of others who share a similar interest. Details are on the form.
Early-afternoon workshops tend to be intergenerational & open to all ages (though adult supervision may be required for younger children). Late-afternoon workshops tend to be age-segregated and usually more adult-oriented, with child-care offered. Details are on the form.
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