From UUA Vice President Rev. Harlan Limpert.-Ed. Dear Friend: Two to five minutes of your time answering this very brief survey will ensure your voice is heard by the President of the Unitarian Universalist Association and the UUA Board of Trustees. It was designed specifically for Youth & Young...

A.J. Bennett Young Adult from the Joseph Priestley District, reports on a a recent Young Adult Conference in Joseph Priestly District.–Ed. On the weekend of January 7th at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Rockville, 55 Young Adults (and an adult ally) from the Joseph Priestley District...

God Bless the Whole World is a free online educational resource that provides tools for personal and social transformation. The site feature hundreds of videos, audio files, articles and courses on social justice, spiritual activism, counter oppression, environmentalism and self care among many...

February Webinar: Pastoral Care for Young Adults Struggling with Addiction by Campus UUs on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 at 5:18pm February 14th is Valentines Day, and we'll be dedicating this time to prepare for how we properly provide love and support to the young adults in our campus ministry gro...

The Northern New England District (NNED) has put together a video capturing images from their 2011 GoldMine Youth Leadership School. 17 youth from 5 New England states came together for a week at Ferry Beach in Maine to enhance their leadership skills, explore their UU identity and have a great...

visit the site. Watch the videos, listen to the podcasts, and share your reactions. If you want to help shape the future of this journal, join us for a conversation on February 8th at 8pm (Eastern). Your voice matters. We're listening.

Best Practices of UU Campus Ministry at American University by Meredith Lukow I first experienced the power of the Standing on the Side of Love (SSL) campaign during my sophomore year of college. It was October 2009 and the National Equality March was taking over our nation’s capital....

This week a panel of Unitarian Universalists representing congregations, non-congregationally affiliated UU's, representatives of the Unitarian Universalist Association and UU's across the country (participating through the Unitarians Universalists Exploring Congregations and Beyond Facebook grou...

UU ministers can have a tremendous impact on relationships between young adults in our churches. At a recent gathering of First Year Ministers, our staff sat down over lunch to chat with a few of these ministers who wanted to talk about young adult issues in depth....

Taken from the December webinar on ministry with transracially adopted youth in UU congregations, the PowerPoint presentation with additional resource links and aud… file of the discussion are now available for download on the Resources for Youth of Color page at www.uua.orgMosaic Project – The...

New Suburban Congregation Tries a Different Approach The founders of Harmony UU asked themselves how to attract parents in their 30s and 40s with incredibly demanding schedules who still wanted the full UU experience. Read how their inquiry has grown into a vibrant new congregation. -Ed. Read the...

http://www.uua.org/uuagovernance/officers/president/moralespeter/192145… and Beyond," President Morales urges us to think of ourselves as a religious movement, beyond the definition of an association of congregations. He begins by noting his identity as a parish minister but points out that the...

Spirituality and Service Program, a Young Adult Service Trip Fundraising Manual is now available. The guide offers tips and strategies for young adults to fundraise and finance a service learning trip. Never raised $2000 before? No problem!...

The Young Adult Leaders Roundtable discussion is the newest venue for UU young adult leaders to support and connect with one another. Across the country, UU young adults are engaged in fascinating groups and projects, yet they often can feel isolated. Who, they wonder, is doing this work except me?

The following is an account of the first Unitarian Universalist-United Nations Organization Youth Conference by UU-UNO Youth Envoy Coordinator Kamila Jacob. - Ed....

The General Assembly Project for Youth and Young Adults has now been launched!...

This article by the Rev. Dan Harper that first appeared in his blog, "http://danielharper.org/yauu/2011/12/creating-a-sustainable-youth-minis… Another Unitarian Universalist", on December 1, 2011. -Ed....

We thank the Reverend Jude Geiger for this article. - Ed. I have found that even in the healthiest of congregations, young adult ministries can strongly benefit from the teachings we learn in Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression work to help mitigate ageism or generational bias. Let’s look at 2 myths...