General Assembly 2006 Event 3008 Presenters: Beth Dana, Megan Dowdell, Jesse Jaeger, and Julian Sharp Just under 100 people gathered to hear members of the task force overseeing the Consultation on Ministry to and with Youth report on the status of their research....

General Assembly 2006 Event 2076 Speaker: Dr.Wayne B. Clark, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Director of Congregational Fundraising Services Early in his workshop, UUA Director of Congregational Fundraising Services Dr. Wayne Clark, who has long experience in helping congregations manage...

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Speaker: Patricia Montley, author of In Nature's Honor: Myths and Rituals Celebrating the Earth (Skinner House, 2005). Patricia Montley co-chairs the Worship Committee at First Unitarian Church of Baltimore. She has a master's degree in theology and a doctorate in the theater arts. Prepared for...

Speakers: Dr. Toni Tollerud, the Rev. Linda Slabon, Dr. Diane Johns, & Dr. Lynn Fisher McCanne Prepared for UUA.org by Pat Emery, Reporter, and Jone Johnson Lewis, editor....

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Sponsored by the Office of International Relations, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Presenters: The Rev....

Presenter: Matt Kelley, founder of MAVIN Foundation Reported by KokHeong McNaughton; edited by Jone Johnson Lewis. This workshop, one of 23 sponsored by the General Assembly (GA) Planning Committee, was brought to GA through the hard work of the newly-formed MultiRac Caucus of the Diverse and...

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Sponsor: Young Religious Unitarian Universalists Prepared for UUA.org by: Meg Young and Emma Richards, Reporters; Margy Levine Young, Editor. With Plenary Session 6 just ending, a group from Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) took the stage for the annual youth-run all-GA worship...

Rev. Sarah Ivy Gibb and Dr. Tracey L. Hurd, Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Lifespan Faith Development Staff Group Prepared for UUA.org by: Margy Levine Young, Reporter; Jone Johnson Lewis, Editor Tapestry of Faith is a project to create a new set of Unitarian Universalist (UU) curricula...

Sponsor: Unirondack Speakers: Dr. Colin High, Eric Carlson Prepared for UUA.org by Pat Emery, Reporter, and Jone Johnson Lewis, Editor. Dr. Colin High, founder and chairman of Resource Systems Group in Vermont, is a scientist who has been involved in energy and/or climate research for decades. He...

Sponsor: General Assembly (GA) Planning Committee Special Featured Presentation; Co-sponsors: Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Advocacy & Witness, Congregational Services & Identity-Based Ministries Staff Groups, UU Service Committee, and UU Society of Community Ministries Presenter: Lind...

Speakers: Harlyn Aizley and Hillary Goodridge Prepared for UUA.org by Mike McNaughton, Reporter; Jone Johnson Lewis, Editor. Where is the guidebook for non-biological lesbian mothers?...

Presenter: Ann May, Chair of the Environmental Group of Emerson Unitarian Church in Houston, TX Prepared for UUA.org by: Bill Lewis, Reporter; Margy Levine Young, Editor Emerson Unitarian Church in Houston, Texas, was chartered in 1960....

Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Rebecca Parker, president of Starr King School for the Ministry "Only when the deepest questions are asked," President Rebecca Parker of the Starr King School of Ministry said, "do the deepest answers become available to us. Mercy, grace, and hope are found by moving through...

Speakers: Margot Adler Prepared for UUA.org by: Chris Sealy, Reporter, Margy Levine Young, Editor Margot Adler, NPR reporter and well-known Unitarian Universalist pagan, has just spent several months updating her 1979 book on paganism, Drawing Down the Moon....

Speaker: Kathy Wimett, Consultant from the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Planning for Growth Program "I want to describe a couple of particular challenges in mid-size churches," said Kathy Wimett, a consultant in the UUA Planning for Growth program for the past decade, "and I want to t...

Speakers: the Rev. Marta Valentin, minister of First Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of New Orleans; the Rev. Jim VanderWeele, minister of the Community Church UU of New Orleans Prepared for UUA.org by: Deborah Weiner, Reporter; Margy Levine Young, Editor The Rev. Marta Valentin, minister of...

General Assembly 2006 Event 3091 Sponsor: General Assembly Planning Committee Reported for UUA.org by Allan Stern; by Allan Stern; edited by Margy Levine Young The General Assembly 2006 Bridging Ceremony was held on Friday evening, June 23rd, in the main arena at the America's Center in St. Louis.