Blue Boat of Youth and Young Adult MinistriesAnimated Answers to Your Campus Ministry Questions
Actionable Answers to Key Questions The Reverend Annie Gonzalez Milliken, the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Associate of the Unititarian Universalist Association Office of Youth and Young Adult Minisitries explains she has the answers you need to build or sustain vibrant Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry. Bonus: Many of the answers are shorter than the previous sentence! Like Campus UUs on Facebook to be notified when episodes of #CampusQs are released!
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A Bigger Picture for Campus Ministers
It’s not easy being a campus minister. This work of nurturing students spiritually and providing inclusive community on college campuses is crucial, and yet it is also taxing and can be isolating. That’s why it’s so important to find peer support! We Unitarian Universalists (UU) are a small movement and while we have roughly 60 campus ministries across the country, not all of them are currently active and many are led by rotating volunteers. To find wisdom, support, new ideas and a sense of connection, it’s wonderful to turn to our siblings in faith and get in touch with other religious professionals engaged in this work. One way to find such connection is through National Campus Ministry Association…
Spotlight: UUs of Wellesley College
Consistency is Key Rosemary Dodd is a student at Wellesley College and was very involved in youth leadership in her Unitarian Universalist(UU) community back home in California. She is part of the UU student group at Wellesley, supported by a UU chaplain, and she can see the difference it makes coming to a school with an active and supported UU group on campus. “I think it helps to keep me balanced and gives me an opportunity to stay connected to my spirituality, especially since being UU has been so key to my identity and focus before Wellesley; it creates some continuity, which so many of my other UU young adult friends have struggled to find.”…
Welcome Elizabeth Nguyen!
5 + 1 = Full Strength YaYA An Introduction, On Hope & Happy New Year! I’m excited to joining you all as the Leadership Development Associate for Youth and Young Adults of Color. I’m also a Unitarian Universalist minister – born and raised in the Midwest and South, a Vietnamese-American, lover of hot pot, college football and justice. I’m so glad to be building on the Rev. Dr. Monica Cummings’ powerful work supporting youth and young adults of color at our Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). One highlight of that is that the application for Multicultural Leadership School (MLS): A Gathering for UU Youth and Young Adults of Color is (LIVE NOW!) MLS this year is…
Becoming, the E-Book, is Here For All!
So what if Becoming is currently out of (paper) stock – Get it online! As previously noted, we have this really fabulous problem that a wonderful free resource created by Skinner House Books and the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministries is so widely desired that we are unable to immediately fulfill all the requests for copies. So maybe you are sitting around thinking “Gosh I wish I had a copy of Becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood. I would be so happy if for a mere 99 cents * I could acquire an Amazon Kindle version with the click of a button!” Well you, my friend (and your friend’s friends, and their…
What’s the Deal with “becoming”?
Your “becoming” is coming “becoming: A Spiritual Guide for Navigating Adulthood” is hot off the press and boy is it ever HOT! When we started promoting this book last week we had no idea just how quickly it would become so popular. We knew this collection of reflection and essays spoke to young adults, but we didn’t expect so many young adults would be so eager to hear! We weren’t caught unware, but turns out we’ve been caught short… Now we are grappling with a very, very enviable problem. The first amazing part of our enviable problem is that generous donors, John F. and Susan B. Smith, funded this project – including printing…
Look Forward, Not Back
Campus Ministry Kits from the UUA – the Perfect Antidote to End of Break Blues… Get your kit and get building, sustaining or energizing Unitarian Universalist Campus Ministry now that classes are back in….
2014 Top Ten on The Blue Boat
Re-read or Share the Ten Most-read stories on Blue Boat Presented in alphabetical order – A Prayer for Religious Educators Best Practices at Original Blessing How Am I, Anyway? Improve Young Adult Ministry at Your Congregation Religious Survey of a None Summer Seminary Was Awesome Sunday Assembly Has it Backwards The Hardest Thing I Ever Did Was… What Does “Young Adult” Mean? What’s Up with Millennials? Ask UUs.
Here is How to Grow Campus Ministry
Our Tools and Guides + Your Faith = Success! Whether you are starting, reviving or growing a campus ministry in your area, these items from the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) will help you on your journey. The start-up kit includes the following: UU Pocket Guide, an introduction to Unitarian Universalism; Voices from the Margins, a collection of reflections from voices that often go unheard; Rejoice Together, different pieces of writing designed for small group worship; Sonata for Voice and Silence, a collection of poetic prayers by Mark Belletini; a small candle holder and candle to serve as a chalice and Standing on the Side of Love stickers. Find it all at the UUA Bookstore here….
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