Join us for our annual Religious Education and Lifelong Learning weekend for all religious educators ...

Friday, March 2 — Saturday, March 3, 2012

5:30 - 9:00 pm and 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
First Unitarian Society
1342 N. Astor Street in Milwaukee, WI

Friday night begins with dinner followed by our evening program exploring new resources on Faith Formation for UU congregations through Lifelong Learning Networks.

After a morning worship service, participants will have a choice of workshops on Saturday including:

What Does a Multigenerational Congregation Really Look Like?
Pastoral Care for Religious Educators and RE Teachers
Shaping the Future of the MidAmerica Region
Creating Supportive Environments for Youth of Color

The registration fee is $45 for the first person from a congregation and $35 for each additional team member. This includes dinner on Friday and lunch on Saturday; vegetarian options will be included. Deadline for registration is February 24, 2012.

Worship for All Ages Renaissance Module

A workshop sponsored by the Heartland District Lifespan Religious Education Committee
Thursday, May 10, 2012 (begins at 6:00 pm) through
Saturday, May 12, 2012 (ends at 12:00 noon)

People's Church of Kalamazoo
1758 North 10th Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49009
www.peopleschurch.net

Goals:

To expand and deepen the understanding of multigenerational worship experiences.
To develop competence and confidence in leading multigenerational worship drawing upon insights from recent studies of human and faith development by providing examples of stories, songs, readings, and other resources.
To offer opportunities to design worship experiences by experiencing worship and celebration throughout this workshop.

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Dear Central Midwest Chalice Lighter,
We are very pleased to announce our Winter Chalice Lighter Call! Your donations for the Winter Call will go to a consortium of Chicago area congregations for continuation of “Food for the Soul,” a radio program featuring Chicago Unitarian Universalist ministers, recorded services and discussions on social justice issues. Rev. Brian Covell of Third Unitarian Church, Rev. Alan Taylor of Unity Temple, Oak Park and Rev. Emmy Lou Belcher, Dupage UU Church in Naperville, are working together to bring these programs to Chicago Progressive Radio.
They started a six-month pilot run of the program last March and it has resulted in almost 2,000 “hits” on the Facebook page during each of the past few months, in addition to an increasing number of listeners to the broadcast. There have also been a growing number of visitors to the three participating congregations for Sunday services who cite the broadcast as how they heard about Unitarian Universalism and the congregations.
The group sponsoring this is asking for $12,000 to cover half the cost of the broadcasts for the next year. Fourteen other Chicago congregations are planning to contribute, so the Chalice Lighter grant will keep the broadcasts going until the annual program is fully funded. For more information, visit either the radio website: www.chicagoprogressivetalk.com (under “programs” link) or their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/FoodfortheSoul.UURadio.