In Spring 2025, the UUA Wave Cohort called “Caring for Parents as Whole Beings” gathered UUs who are parents currently raising children to learn more about the challenges their families face and what kinds of support they want from their congregations. This is a report from the conveners.

Overwhelmed parents, caregivers, and families “need us desperately, they need ministry and community,” says Rev. Erica Baron from the UUA’s Congregational Life team.

The faith formation model centers justice, ethics, and spirituality as lifelong, collective practices.

You cannot protect children from financial anxiety in the home, and it may be harmful to try. Children will sense adults’ worries and become worried themselves...

An invaluable resource to help interfaith families discover their unique interfaith practice and identity with interactive exercises and activities.

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.

Summer Institute 2025 is please to announce that our theme speaker this year is Rev. Joanna Fontaine Crawford.

While all churches often struggle with summer attendance and engagement, small congregations often find this to be a particular challenge. Here is an innovative way that two small congregations outside of Toledo, OH found to engage their members over the summer.

This session introduces relationships that are ethically non-monogamous or polyamorous. These terms refer to having consensual romantic relationships with more than one person at the same time. Participants will develop knowledge about polyamory and gain skills to discuss ethical non-monogamous...

This session opens room for conversation around adolescent unintended pregnancy. While some parents and caregivers in this workshop may consider their children too young to face an unintended pregnancy, they, too, will benefit from a review of the options and the opportunity to prepare to support...

Congregations continue to evolve to foster faith and worship online.

Just because we're social distancing doesn't mean we can't have fun! This webinar gives you all the information you need to host a Virtual Game Night for your congregation. Topics include: using Zoom video conferencing features like polling and break out rooms and the best games to play online.