MidAmerica Region Newsletter

The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) announces the appointment of Rev. Ashley Horan as the Organizing Strategy Director. The Organizing Director is called to strengthen the resilience of Unitarian Universalists, to organize for justice, and express our faith through...

Volume 7 Issue 1 of the MidAmerica Messenger will fill you in on some of the latest opportunities for small congregations, congregational presidents, Our Whole Lives facilitators, UU people of color, and any congregational leader seeking sources for funding and/or inspiration...

DRUUMM invites UU People of Color in the Greater Chicago area to gather for dinner and facilitated meeting at Meadville-Lombard August 19. We will have a worship led by local UU Religious Professionals of Color.

We know that small congregations are sharing the Love and Grace of Unitarian Universalism with their people and their communities every day. We also know that small churches can be faced with big challenges. Together we can help small congregations reach toward their greatest...

Did you know that there are a variety of funds available for MidAmerica congregations to help with anything from new buildings and new staff to social justice initiatives and establishing new congregations?

Our transformative Midwest Leadership School, for youth, young adults, and adults, went through a significant change this year with engaging multigenerational group spiritual practices, focusing on worship as THE spiritual practice.

Lisa Presley will be hosting a webinar series for Congregational Presidents and Congregational Presidents-Elect. Held monthly, these one hour conversation will provide a chance to meet other presidents and talk about pressing issues in your congregations and leadership.

The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and the United Church of Christ in Midland, Michigan, are jointly offering a training in Midland for those wanting to teach Our Whole Lives (OWL) classes on September 27, 28, and 29, 2019.

For this month we encourage you and your congregants to watch some of the best moments of General Assembly (GA) 2019 in Spokane, WA. As program staff we recommend the Sunday morning worship service with a mighty and moving sermon, It is Time Now, by Reverend Marta I. Valentín.

Welcome to our June/July issue of the MidAmerica Messenger! This summer we will be hosting Midwest Leadership School in Decorah, Iowa (July 14-20) and a Spiritual Leadership Retreat in Cincinnati, Ohio (August 3-8). We hope to see you there.

After many successful summers at its Wisconsin location on the campus of Beloit College, MidWest Leadership School (MWLS) will take place this coming summer on the campus of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, from July 14-20, 2019.

This past month has brought a number of floods and tornadoes to our Region. Almost half of the states in our Region have seen major flooding and several other states are in danger of moderate flooding. In the last few weeks, tornadoes touched down in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,...

General Assembly is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process.

How confident do you feel in the areas of clergy tax provisions, benefits administration, and payroll basics? It’s all important stuff…and we know it can feel overwhelming. We want you to start your new ministry comfortable with the fundamentals and be knowledgeable about how to...

After many rounds of editing and review, the UUA Office of Church Staff Finances is pleased to present an updated Sample Personnel Policy Manual.

Throughout history UUs have made a difference by living their UU faith. We know some of their stories. There is a lot written about “famous UUs.” But what about people in our congregations, past and present, who live this faith every day? What do we know about them? Has your...

Delegates at the 2018 General Assembly in Kansas City, MO, selected "Undoing Intersectional White Supremacy" to be the 2018-2021 CSAI of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

This month’s MidAmerica Messenger celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Youth Midwest Leadership School! We’re also sharing a great resource that we used during last month’s Regional Assembly in Saint Louis: a TED talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw entitled “The Urgency of...

For many of us, one of the highlights at last month’s Regional Assembly in Saint Louis was the Saturday evening viewing of a TED talk by Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory, known for the introduction and...

This summer will be the 10th year of the Youth MidWest Leadership School, and we are very proud of the amazing youth and adults who have participated and served on our staff.