Bart Frost

Bart Frost is the former Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the Unitarian Universalist Association. Previously he served as Director of Religious Education at First Church of New Orleans. A lifelong Unitarian Universalist, Frost has served the Association in leadership roles since he was fifteen.

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Unitarian Universalism (UU), specifically Summer Seminary. Summer Seminary is a week-long introduction to what being a religious professional could look like for a group of 15-20 youth....

By Bart Frost | January 12, 2016 | From Future of Faith
Tagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Connections, Education, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Congregational Action, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters
FUUNO Labyrinth

One of the best things about church is that it is an intentional community where you can live your values. In a world where almost everything is based on a transactional "fee-for-service" system, church is one place where things operate differently. A church shares its services with you joyfully,...

By Bart Frost | December 18, 2015 | From Future of Faith
Tagged as: Abundance, Annual Program Fund, Canvass/Pledge, Faith, Generosity, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Secular, Stewardship, Unitarian Universalism, Vision, Youth Sunday, Economic Justice
Gregory Boyd

How Smart Congregations Grow Members This summer at the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) General Assembly, our Youth Media Volunteers interviewed a number of youth about their personal histories with Unitarian Universalism. As I reviewed their footage, something stuck out to me....

By Bart Frost | November 25, 2015 | From Future of Faith
Tagged as: Belief, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Membership in Congregations, Spiritual Practice, Unitarian Universalism, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday

Leads for Keeping Youth in Your Congregation We started asking "How could your church better serve you?" after noting the responses to the magic-wand question were highly aspirational. Because they are qualitative instead of quantitative, measuring these two questions is more difficult than...

By Bart Frost | October 1, 2015 | From Guides and Tools
Tagged as: Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Worship
Emma bliss

A.K.A. 5 Things Your Congregation Will Thank You For Our survey of 351Unitarian… href="National Study for Youth and Religion have never shared a personal problem with a member of their ministry team. Now, our survey didn't ask that question so we don't have statistics about it in Unitarian...

By Bart Frost | October 1, 2015 | From Guides and Tools
Tagged as: Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Worship

Youth Perspective on What We Need to Do Better One of the questions we asked the youth who visited the Unitarian Universalist Association UUA was, "If you had a magic wand, what would you change about your church?" This question – although seemingly frivolous – was intended to see what needs...

By Bart Frost | October 1, 2015 | From Guides and Tools
Tagged as: Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Worship
FavoritePartofChurch

Youth's Favorite Parts of Church As you can see by the chart on the right, there is a very clear winner in terms of what youth enjoy the most about church. 44% of youth prefer youth group over every other aspect of congregational life. This isn't new information; we've known that youth prefer the...

By Bart Frost | October 1, 2015 | From Guides and Tools
Tagged as: Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Worship

Youth Participation As mentioned in the previous post in this series, this survey has some flaws....

By Bart Frost | October 1, 2015 | From Guides and Tools
Tagged as: Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Worship
CS 2014-2015 Grades

The Results are in! Last year, we asked youthUnitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in BostonMAComing of Age? Our Whole Lives? How could your church serve you better? How would you change it? What is your favorite part of church? Why?...

By Bart Frost | September 29, 2015 | From Guides and Tools
Tagged as: Education, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Interdependence, Leadership, Purpose, Secular, Teaching Methods, Unitarian Universalism, Youth Sunday, Faith Development, UUA Headquarters, Vision for UUism, Worship
St-Vincent

Bro! Listen to the kids! On Sunday, August 30th, Kanye West gave a speech at the MTV Video Music Awards. I know, I know, that happened a week ago, but I was listening to his speech the other day and realized Kanye West was talking about and creating church that night....

By Bart Frost | September 4, 2015 | From Future of Faith
Tagged as: Beliefs & Principles, Choice, Connections, Faith, Growth, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Leadership, Meaning, Multigenerational Faith Development, Secular, Spiritual Practice, Spirituality, Unitarian Universalism, Unity, UU Identity, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Youth Sunday, Congregational Action, Faith Development, News, Personal Inspiration

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Bart Frost speaking at General Assembly 2015