Often people say that they love coming to a place with so many like-minded people. I know just what they are getting at -- and I know that they aren’t getting it quite right. I don’t want to be with a bunch of people who think just like me. I want to be in a beloved community where I don’t...

Please respond to this call to worship with the words: We travel this road together. From the busy-ness of everyday we gather once a week to remember who we are, to dream of who we might become. We travel this road together. As companions on this journey, we share the milestones we meet along the...

General Assembly is jam packed with tons of amazing programing. There’s no way you could do it all, so be strategic in how you plan out your own schedule. Use this blank grid to fill in your schedule. Check out these highlights in the GA Youth Caucus room and throughout General Assembly. If you...

Youth Caucus Staff : bringing covenant wherever they go!...

General Assembly like a pro. The hardest part of doing anything is starting it, and the first thing you can do to get involved at GA is simply show up to some workshops! The Business team hosts two Involved Youth Strategy sessions during program slot #3 and #4....

Program Book or in our Program… Highlights is a great way to meet people. Beyond that, there are several ways to connect around shared interests, shared geography, or shared identity. Reminders of events will be posted in the Youth Caucus Room. Meet-Up Board: The Youth Caucus room will host a...

Youth Caucus peer chaplains, Caleb and Elesa, and we can’t wait to meet you all in Columbus…; in June! We, along with the rest of the Youth Caucus staff, are looking forward to working with all of you to provide logistical and spiritual support for you to grow and become more involved in...

Join Unitarian Universalists, in collaboration with the Ohio Student Association, the Peo…’s Justice Project, UU Justice Ohio and our multi-faith partners, for an interfaith event focusing on truth-telling, fortification and commitment to boldly work for Black liberation. A mass movement for...

General Assembly 2016 in Columbus…;, OhioYouth Caucus 2016 experience YUGE! What should you do before you arrive? What should you bring with you to General Assembly? Before your arrival: Did you submit your Participant Policies and Covenant (Form 1) and Parent Permission and Sponsor...

Let us call each other to this time and place, as we seek the Ground of our Being. When invited, please respond: “I am arriving. Together, we arrive.” We are here in body, and yet we are still arriving. When we left our homes this morning, we left behind to-do lists, coffee, household tasks,...

Isabelle McCurdy explains the difference you will make... Isabelle McCurdy, Senior Business Manager for the General Assembly 2016 Youth Caucus, was one of the driving forces behind the successful 2015 Youth Caucus Acti… of Immediate Witness, "Support the Black Lives Matter Movement"...

The ritual of welcoming and honoring ancestors is an ancient spiritual practice found in many cultures and traditions. Thus we begin this ceremony with paying tribute and expressing gratitude to our ancestors. From our histories our ancestors call to us, asking “whence we come, and how and...

Breathe with me Breathe with me—the breath of life Inhale, Inspire, Inspiration, Ruacḥ, Pneuma, Spiritus, the Holy Spirit the many names for breath. Breathe with me. Know that with each breath we take in molecules of air that were breathed by every person that ever lived. Breathe with me, and...

Bruises are a part of roller derby — a celebrated part. It’s not uncommon for players to take pictures of their biggest, most colorful shaped bruises: bruises that go deep into your tissue, and come out in amazing blues, purples, and blacks that eventually fade to greens, browns and yellows. A...

There is too much hardship in this world to not find joy, every day There is too much injustice in this world to not right the balance, every day There is too much pain in this world to not heal, every day Each of us ministers to a weary world....

Today, you join in membership. This is a moment of excitement and possibility. And although I don’t wish to pull you out of this moment, I need to talk to you for a bit about a moment in your future....

Youth Caucus Staff : bringing covenant wherever they go General Assembly (GA) 2016 is bound to be a phenomenal experience thanks in part to the 2016 Youth Caucus staff who promise you interfaith exploration, lots of singing, fun and games, ways to tap into important social justice movements and t...