A heaping list of resources for supporting 18-24 year olds in UU congregations. Help your emerging adults connect to pastoral care, ministry tools, broader networks, and other EAs nationwide.

Melissa James, UUA Congregational Life Field Staff with the Pacific Western Region, invites us to notice and to re-imagine what thriving in RE / faith formation might mean in our own contexts, right now.

Religious education teams in our congregations are experiencing some significant challenges right now, and that’s partly because parents are having a particularly hard time right now. Knowing some of the larger patterns can help us feel less alone and also point to new ideas.

In many congregations, adults of different generations have different understandings of neurodiversity leading to gaps in expectations of children. To better welcome families, it's important for older adults to understand the expectations of adults currently parenting!

As UUA staff I get asked a lot of questions about parents and families from “where are the families?” to “how come parents aren’t volunteering in RE?” Parental stress is a big part of the answer to all of these questions.

Rev. Tandi Rogers wrote this blog almost fifteen years ago. Then, the idea seemed a good one for a break from the curriculum-focused Sunday School most congregations used. We are republishing it because this is one example of a religious education model that is working really well in a variety of...

You are member of the religious education community garden, too! Your congregation has a plot, and you have neighbors who are ready to support and share in the journey.

What’s Working in RE? A project of the New England Region: In the spring of 2024, we convened ministers and religious educators from congregations whose RE programs are vibrant and/or growing . This is our report on what we heard from these congregations.

What does “thriving” look like in these times for your religious education ministry? Use this collection of articles to help frame and plan your RE program

This guide helps illuminate the particular lenses we all wear, based on race, class, ability, gender, culture, place and the many other social identities that impact and define our experiences.

During troubled times, we are called to be prophetic, but we need to ground ourselves to keep our balance and foster resilience.

Parameters: works best for groups that have some experience in faith formation. Our covenants are sacred promises. By “sacred,'' we mean that which we hold aside as special, elevated, venerated; sacrosanct. A sacred promise is one dedicated to a divine purpose--a purpose of ultimate concern for you.

Parameters: even number of people, in person or online. Pair up and assume a similar stance accessible to the pair. Choose who is the actor and who is the reflection and discuss how touch, sight and sound will be used to communicate. The actor moves while the reflection mirrors their movement.

Parameters: good for groups who will be together over a longer period of time and are taking action together. A Temporary Autonomous Zone is a container where people try on liberating practices to create new worlds. Discussion questions included.

Parameters: good for groups for whom covenant making has become mechanic or boring. Take examples of statements that usually end up on a covenant. Then assign one phrase to each pair or small group and invite them to unpack it. Includes discussion questions.