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.

MidAmerica Youth Advisor Webinars

Inspired by the good work of Anne-Marie Davidson, Youth Coordinator in the Pacific Northwest District of the UUA, who had the notion to offer a series of youth advisor virtual webinar sessions, we will now be offering our own series here in MidAmerica. The hour-long evening sessions will include resource sharing and coaching for new and continuing youth advisors and youth coordinators. Please let me know if this is something you might want to take part in, at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . -- Nancy Combs-Morgan

The dates for the MidAmerica Youth Advisor webinar series are:

Tuesday, February 21
Thursday, March 15
Tuesday, April 17

www.midwestuuleadership.org

Submissions for the
2012 CMWD District Assembly Annual Sermon Contest

Deadline is Tuesday, February 28th

Join hundreds of fellow UU’s in Chicago the weekend of April 27-29 for a weekend of shared faith and fresh perspectives on leadership and spiritual growth. We will gather at the Marriot Oak Brook Hills Resort for an opening ceremony led by the Rev. Bill Schulz, President of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, and former UUA President. The Rev. Marilyn Sewell, an accomplished Unitarian Universalist minister, writer, activist and spiritual leader is our keynote speaker for Saturday, speaking on the topic of “Leadership with a Spiritual Core.” The weekend will draw to a close on Sunday with a moving worship service featuring a specially selected sermon for which the presenter could be you!

We’re looking for your best sermon on our theme of spiritually centered leadership.

Here are some questions to consider: