Five years after a small group of youth and emerging adults across the country in collaboration with Lifespan Faith Engagement started the Young UU Project as a way to stay connected when they couldn’t be together in person, the LFE office has decided it’s time to sunset the program. The Young…

Across our congregations, we see both challenges and opportunities in engaging high school aged youth. We, your friendly Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry Regional Liaisons, recently collected data to understand what’s working and what needs attention, so that we are not relying on our own…

The Sunset of Tapestry of Faith: New Horizons in UU Faith Development and RE

Camp allows us to provide the most important part of being UU to our youth — a place where they can come as a whole person and be loved and cared for.

As we are striving for sacred inclusivity, prophetic justice, and meaning-making we are also wrestling with digital security, data management, and protecting vulnerable populations.

An overview of a holistic model of Faith Development for all ages embedded into the community life of the congregation, with Love at the Center.

Ember Kelley writes, “I’m a survivor of the youth leadership-to-seminary pipeline. In elementary school, I made a statement that would end up shaping the course of my entire life. When asked about what I wanted to be when I grew up, I dared to name “Pastor” …

In many congregations, adults of different generations have different understandings of neurodiversity leading to gaps in expectations of children. To better welcome families, it’s important for older adults to understand the expectations of adults currently parenting!

As we dig into a new congregational year of religious education (RE), you might find it useful to try out a metaphor. As a religious education professional or lay leader, imagine you belong to a community garden. By Lauren Wyeth, Congregational Life Consultant, Faith Development Specialist

From Karen Hering: “The old rules are breaking… We are living on the threshold, between what is no longer and what is not yet. It can be exhilarating. It is often unnerving or even frightening.”