Is the fire going out? Not in your belly, for you are still alive, but in your soul, that place where dreams fuel commitment where longings shape action where meaning flames purpose where passion ignites and rekindles your life fire. If your soul smolders dream on till you flame like a chalice of...

Here we are: children at the Big Party, having our moment in the sun, our piece of the action, till our bodies give way and we are called home. We’re one big, not-always-happy family, given life and breath by an eternal parent we dearly long to know....

In His Own Words Unitarian Universalist (UU) faith offers a unique community that makes profound impacts on how people think and act. Growing up, I went through many different Religious Education curricula and with each class learned more about what I believe....

Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) are doing just that. The framework of the UUA’s new emerging ministries initiative is simultaneously more religious and less church-y than previous incarnations of support for emerging congregations. With a stronger focus on covenant, mission and spiritual...

Your one stop guide to all YA@GA programming This post is brought to you by your senior YA@GA co-facilitator Rev. Jonathan Rogers - ed. GA is coming! “It won’t be long now…” said the monkey as he backed into the fan. Let’s make a list of what precisely is going on at General Assembly for...

In Her Own Words Unitarian Universalist, I felt a lot of pressure to figure out what my beliefs were. The adults in my life would always tell me that I could believe anything I wanted to believe. I felt like that message carried a hidden one: I had to believe something and I had to know what I...

Ever since I graduated from college, I have had a recurring dream. My wife has had it, too, as well as a lot of other people I know. In my dream, it is time to take an exam and I am unprepared. I have not gone to classes all semester. I failed to do the reading....

I am frequently astonished by monarch butterflies. Delicate beyond belief, they fly thousands of miles each year from all parts of the continent to settle in the forests of South America. To my delight, their migratory route takes them along a bridge near my home. A few days ago, I was driving on...

Youth Caucus Staff is Building Sacred Community to Refocus Our Faith! Los Angeles, CA and is a life-long UU. Currently a Junior in high school, Unitarian Universalist Leadership is her main priority. She also enjoys Mock Trial and photography. As Sr. Dean, Olivia is charged with mentoring our Jr.

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… the daily programming PDF or even the Download the GA App for a digital copy of the Program Book content, as well as a number of other tools. http://blueboat.blogs.uua.org/files/2015/05/GA15-Blank-Program-Grid-She… a blank schedule to plan out your week! Youth Caucus Highlights See the whole...

Apply to be the Jr. Dean of Youth Caucus Staff. An opportunity like this only comes along...well, once a year. But you have to be in high school for both years of the two year term to take advantage of it so it's really only 3 times in a lifetime! If you are selected, you will co-plan and attend...

We’re your FUNTIMES Business Managers, Kara and Isabelle, and here are a few ways that anyone can get dig deeper to be a youth leader at General Assembly. Getting involved at GA is way easier than you think; in fact, one way you can get involved is by going to one single workshop. At the...

Youth Caucus 2015 on Facebook: a private group for those interested in the GA Youth Caucus. Share links, have discussions and keep in touch after GA is over. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Youth-Caucus-Palm-Tree/1612031139012351?… Caucus Palm Tree on Facebook: This is a Facebook page that you can...

Right Relationship Team is to help GA attendees who feel out of relationship with others. This helps us align our actions with our UU Principles and with the covenants that we make with one another. You’ll see Right Relationship Team members (including Colleen and Hope!) in brightly colored...

Jay Julius and Lummi Elder, international climate justice activist, and totem pole carver http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nativevoices/exhibition/healing-totem/about-the-… Praying Wolf James. Climate change threatens the ecosystems and way of life of Original Peoples of the Western Hemisphere, and the...

Youth Caucus Forms? If your forms are not submitted, you will be unable to pick up your name badge when you arrive at General Assembly until completed forms are provided. Without your name badge, you are unable to attend GA events. Don’t miss out! Submit your forms today....