Friends
By Sharon Dittmar
June 2024
Dear Friends,

The MidAmerica Region of the UUA provides congregational life services to 185 congregations and 9 covenanting communities across 13 states. These services include leadership development, faith formation, dismantling systemic white supremacy culture, support during the transition of religious professionals, as well as coaching about stewardship, change management, and conflict transformation. In the past year, money received from the Friends of MidAmerica UUA Program funded work done by
- Sharon Dittmar, Congregational Life Consultant, to support program sized congregations and offer stewardship webinars and consultations.
- Carol Gable, Budget Manager for Congregational Life and Financial Manager for the MidAmerica Region, to administer Regional financial operations and reporting.
- Chelsea Krafka, Regional Administrator, to provide Regional administrative support.
- Phil Lund, Congregational Life Consultant, to support small congregations in MidAmerica and the UUA.
- QuianaDenae Perkins,Learning Resident, to learn about the UUA and Congregational Life work, provide praxis and community engagement.
- Lisa Presley, Congregational Life Consultant, to create The Why of Behavioral Covenant on UU Institute, support pastoral sized congregations, and serve on the UUA Safe Congregations Team.
- David Pyle, Regional Lead, to manage Regional Assembly 2024, support MAR State Action Networks, serve our largest congregations and connect us to UU Institutions such as the Meadville Lombard Theological School in Chicago, Illinois.
- Nico Van Ostrand, Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry Specialist liaison from the Lifespan Faith Engagement Office, tosupport religious professionals and lay leaders in the work of religious education, and to create initiatives for BIPOC youth and emerging adults.
- Lauren Wyeth, Congregational Life Consultant, to support small pastoral sized congregations, serve as a Faith Development Specialist for the Region, and toco-lead the Faith Development Co-Lab (the UUA's cross-departmental staff team focused on supporting faith development programs in all our congregations).
Friends of MidAmerica Region UUA donations come in the form of $10, $50, and $500 or more. To donate online visit Friends of MidAmerica UUA, scroll down and select “Give to Friends of MidAmerica UUA” from the options menu. Or make a check payable to “MidAmerica Region of the UUA,” write "Friends of MidAmerica UUA" in the memo line and mail it to 2355 Fairview Ave. N. #312, Roseville, MN 55113. To those of you who have already given, thank you! We appreciate your generosity!
Sincerely,
Reverend Sharon K. Dittmar
MidAmerica Region Congregational Life Consultant
(513) 823-3535, sdittmar@uua.org
Friends of MidAmerica Region UUA Online Donation Form
On page 2, please also include your phone number and your Congregation's Full Name, City and State in the Comments field. (e.g. Second Unitarian Church of Chicago, IL)