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Welcoming Raised UUs
The Rev. Christana Wille McKnight wrote a guest post on the uugrowth blog and presented a workshop on the subject at GA 2010.  I wasn't there, but I saw the slideshow from the presentation.  It inc...
Posted on The Journey (Site / Info) on Tuesday August 31, 2010
UU Variety Show Now on the Web!
Upper Midwestern Modest: A Pretty Good Revue is finally on the UUA's GA website! We waited two whole months for this to appear, so General Assembly is a distant memory for some. About 200 people sa...
Posted on exUUberance (Site / Info) on Wednesday August 25, 2010
Proposing a program for the 2011 General Assembly
New this year, there is a unified process to propose a program for the 2011 General Assembly. Beginning September 1, GA program proposals may be submitted by way of an online proposal form at uua.o...
Posted on UUA General Assembly (Site / Info) on Thursday August 12, 2010
Open Conversation on the Gulf Oil Leak
GULF OIL SPILL DISASTER:  A CRIME AGAINST THE EARTH?     A Conversation Among Friends SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 11:30     Fellowship Hall Come join an interesting conversation about the Gulf disaster that...
Posted on Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe (Site / Info) on Saturday July 31, 2010
Arizona and GA 2011
I was talking to someone today about the Arizona business resolution and what happened at GA 2010 surrounding it, and she mentioned that someone could propose a new business resolution about GA 201...
Posted on A Curious UU (Site / Info) on Monday July 19, 2010
Growth scheme
Andy Pakula's Growth Scheme is now endorsed by the GA and available on the Unitarian web site. Check it out and see what you could do to remove barriers to growth. Probably the least obvious barrie...
Posted on Unitarian Communications (Site / Info) on Monday July 19, 2010
Congregational Growth: a simple "how-to" guide
The growth scheme presented here some time ago is now endorsed by the EC and included on the UK Unitarian GA web site. We have also included all kinds of linked resources. Take a look if you think ...
Posted on Throw yourself like seed (Site / Info) on Tuesday July 13, 2010
Final texts of GA resolutions now available
Here are the final texts of the Actions of Immediate Witness, business resolutions, and responsive resolutions adopted by the UUA’s 2010 General Assembly. Actions of Immediate Witness Clean Up the ...
Posted on uuworld.org : General Assembly (Site / Info) on Monday July 12, 2010
Top Ten Best Things About GA 2010
10. Minneapolis--what a beautiful city! I loved it! 9. Scouting the city for gluten free food with good friends, and running into one of my very best friends on the planet at the gf bakery. How coo...
Posted on chalice spark (Site / Info) on Wednesday June 30, 2010
Upper Midwestern Modest: What a Hoot!
Wow! Everyone had a blast at our late evening performance at GA. This was my first time performing at GA rather than being a presenter of a workshop. Throughout the program, waves of love and posit...
Posted on exUUberance (Site / Info) on Tuesday June 29, 2010
GA
So I essentially stopped blogging because I got so overwhelmed with GA planning. So here are some thoughts on GA 2010, from the perspective of the Young Adult Caucus Co-Moderator: I am so, so, so e...
Posted on visions of ministry (Site / Info) on Tuesday June 29, 2010
GA 2010 (Louise)
I was unable to write daily reports this year because of the way GA was structured, so I'll try to summarize my thoughts from my chicken-scratch notes. Scheduling all the plenaries on Friday, Satur...
Posted on CLF Delegates' Notes (Site / Info) on Tuesday June 29, 2010
Human Rights Issues Dominate Annual Meeting
The 2010 General Assembly (GA) of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) closed last night in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with delegates making strong commitments to human rights and social justi...
Posted on Unitarian Universalist Association: Top Stories (Site / Info) on Tuesday June 29, 2010
A wild ride (Sean)
Yesterday was basically a full day of Plenary and I have much to report. Unfortunately, I must leave for today's service in just a few minutes, and so I must make this brief; I hope to catch up lat...
Posted on CLF Delegates' Notes (Site / Info) on Sunday June 27, 2010
Finding balance at GA
I arrived at General Assembly confident that I would find balance this week between rushing around at the convention center and having some time to read and be. Wrong! I also had grand hopes of blo...
Posted on source/REsource (Site / Info) on Saturday June 26, 2010
The Bridging
OK, I knew it was coming. When my son went to his first GA in St Louis in 2006, I saw that the 2010 GA was going to be in Minneapolis. "Oh good, his bridging GA can be in his childhood home town, h...
Posted on chalice spark (Site / Info) on Friday June 25, 2010
Peter Mayer = The Most Adorable Musician......ever!
All broken parts--healed. All doubts--answered. All music--sung. Thanks for the concert, Peter. You are the most amazing (and yes, adorable) musician who ever lived. I love that you cannot tune you...
Posted on chalice spark (Site / Info) on Friday June 25, 2010
Arizona GA Game Changer
The letter sent from UUA President Morales and the national Boycott Arizona movement asking us to come to Phoenix in 2012 for our regularly scheduled, business-as-usual GA and go through a “transfo...
Posted on Radicalhapa (Site / Info) on Saturday June 19, 2010
Labyrinth walk at GA
The room was silent, the lighting subdued. Barefoot people waited meditatively to enter the labyrinth, which was surrounded by electric tealights. They stood on the threshold for a moment before em...
Posted on the dance of the elements (Site / Info) on Friday June 18, 2010
Extra Extra! Get your GA Newsletter!
The GA Newsletter that will be available to GA attendees onsite is now online! Get a preview of: GA programming updates GA exhibitors that were added after the program went to print An updated list...
Posted on UUA General Assembly (Site / Info) on Monday June 14, 2010
Push to Keep GA in Arizona
I continue to oppose having the regular general business of the UUA in Phoenix.  I strongly support re-investing the $600,000 in minimum reservation fees for the 2012 to be directed to a UUA respon...
Posted on Radicalhapa (Site / Info) on Saturday June 12, 2010
Rhetoric and reality: Phoenix 2012
The rhetoric is starting to get a little heated, and one blogger has already apologized for stepping over the line.  There’s going to be more and more temptation to bring out weapons of rhetorical ...
Posted on Making Chutney (Site / Info) on Saturday June 12, 2010
A More Appropriate Tone, I Hope (re: GA 2012)
All- In my last post, I struck a tone that came across to many as "snotty" and "holier-than-thou."  I guess I can get that way when I'm worked up. I want to be very clear that I apologize for this ...
Posted on The Arc of the Universe (Site / Info) on Friday June 11, 2010
A Convenient Fantasy (General Assembly as Witness Event)
Yesterday, the Rev. Peter Morales, President of the Unitarian Universalist Association, released a message containing his views on the debate over holding our 2012 General Assembly (GA) in Phoenix,...
Posted on The Arc of the Universe (Site / Info) on Friday June 11, 2010
Magdelen Hsu-Li
On Friday, June 25 at 4:30 pm - 5:45 pm,  we will have a special Self-Identity workshop featuring guest-speaker Magdelen Hsu-Li (magdalenhsuli.com).  I have attached the flyer.  Please do not miss ...
Posted on DRUUMM DRUUMM Blog (Site / Info) on Thursday May 27, 2010
Mount Lebanon Village Intergenerational Games
From: Larry Evans Here's the skinny on a unique Mount Lebanon Village Intergenerational Games set for Saturday, August 14 at Mount Lebanon Park and the Cedar Blvd fields. The softball games will be...
Posted on Sunnyhill-Dot-Org (Site / Info) on Tuesday May 25, 2010
GA Program Book and Final Agenda Now Online
You can now view or download PDFs of the GA Program Book and the Final Business Agenda. The Program has a very useful Program Guide by Topic that will help you plan your personal GA schedule. There...
Posted on UUA General Assembly (Site / Info) on Friday May 21, 2010
40 Days to GA!
A great way to meet 40/40/40 participants from around the country is by attending the UUA General Assembly, set to launch in Minneapolis on June 23. You and other members of your congregation devot...
Posted on 40/40/40 for the Earth! (Site / Info) on Friday May 14, 2010
The Enlightenment
A motion was proposed at the UK GA in defence of the Enlightenment. The author of the motion was sitting in front of me, and said that he just wanted to start a conversation about it. What a good i...
Posted on the dance of the elements (Site / Info) on Sunday April 18, 2010
Creating Change
I hadn’t been in 15 years! But last week I packed up and headed for Dallas to the Creating Change Conference, an annual gathering of the glbtq clan. My 13 year old said, “I don’t get it. What is it...
Posted on Inspired Faith, Effective Action (Site / Info) on Wednesday February 10, 2010
The Chaliceblog: The usual UU excuses for listening to Garrison Keillor
At every GA, someone says "Do you know who would be the perfect Ware Lecturer?" About half of the time, the suggestion is Garrison Keillor. I'm just dumbfounded. I point out that he's not laughing ...
Posted on Just Gini (Site / Info) on Sunday December 20, 2009
President Peter Morales
I was a little surprised, but pleased, that Rev. Peter Morales was elected President of the UUA.  I didn’t attend GA this year and so missed out on the ‘election fervor’ that I’m sure was there in ...
Posted on All Carrot, No Stick (Site / Info) on Tuesday July 7, 2009
July 6, 2009
Views from General Assembly 2009 Let me just hit some of the high points of GA for you and let you know where you can get more information and details. Of course by now you probably know that Rev. ...
Posted on Tom Loughrey UUA Trustee (Site / Info) on Monday July 6, 2009
Moderator Gone Missing
The news: on Saturday (two days ago) the congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association elected our eighth President, the Reverend Peter Morales. Peter is energetic and visionary and coura...
Posted on Just Gini (Site / Info) on Monday June 29, 2009
Final impressions of GA 2009
I’m about to go to bed, because I have to get up at three in the morning (heaven help me) to catch my train back east. Before I do, though, here are a few impressions of General Assembly 2009: – Th...
Posted on General Assembly 2009 (Site / Info) on Sunday June 28, 2009
Confessions of a Virgin Delegate
As I said in my first post, this was the first year I came to GA as a delegate. Don’t tell my congregation, but I have not been a very good delegate. Over-committed as usual, I let some of the plen...
Posted on General Assembly 2009 (Site / Info) on Sunday June 28, 2009
TGIF: Morales Rally 10 pm – midnight Friday at GA
Don’t miss the Friday night Morales Rockin’ Rally – live music, dancing, munchies and more! St Mark’s Cathedral, 231 East 100 South, only a three-block walk from the Salt Palace. If you need a lift...
Posted on Morales for UUA President (Site / Info) on Friday June 26, 2009
Morales Answers FAQ
At the Morales booth at GA we’re having a blast meeting UUs from everywhere! In response to some Frequently Asked Questions, we’ve updated the FAQ page of Peter’s web site with some important answe...
Posted on Morales for UUA President (Site / Info) on Thursday June 25, 2009
Don’t Miss the Candidate’s Forum Tonight
The UUA Candidates Forum, 7:00 – 8:15 pm Thursday June 26, will be the only opportunity at General Assembly to see the candidates side by side, answering questions about the issues that confront ou...
Posted on Morales for UUA President (Site / Info) on Thursday June 25, 2009
Before GA!
It's 5am in Arizona (they do not follow daylight savings time) - and I and a colleague are on our way to the Grand Canyon before driving to Salt Lake City today. I'm excited to see my fellow religi...
Posted on iChalice: Unitarian Universalism meets Web 2.0 (Site / Info) on Monday June 22, 2009
The UU Presidency Campaign I Would Like To Have Seen
Robin Edgar asks me who would I like to have seen running that is not running. I think that's a great question. After GA in 2006, a really well-connected UU friend told me that they thought that a ...
Posted on It's 5 O'Clock Somewhere (Site / Info) on Wednesday June 10, 2009
May 12, 2009
See You At General Assembly! As I write this we are just about six weeks out from the start of General Assembly in Salt Lake City. I for one am really looking forward to returning to Utah. We have ...
Posted on Tom Loughrey UUA Trustee (Site / Info) on Tuesday May 12, 2009
WHY WORRY?
How will the world change in the next ten years? It’s not easy to know. But consider this: In 2000 gas cost $1.50, there were no iPods, no YouTube, no Facebook, 9-11 hadn’t been seared into our mem...
Posted on Johnmorehouse's Weblog (Site / Info) on Thursday April 16, 2009
Elevator Speeches
For years, I’ve been told I need an Elevator Speech, something I could say about what I believe as a Unitarian Universalist in the time it took for a short ride in an elevator. This has been one of...
Posted on Cedars UU Church Blog (Site / Info) on Sunday April 5, 2009
Elevator Speeches
For years, I’ve been told I need an Elevator Speech, something I could say about what I believe as a Unitarian Universalist in the time it took for a short ride in an elevator.  This has been one o...
Posted on All Carrot, No Stick (Site / Info) on Sunday April 5, 2009
March 27, 2009
Annual Report to the PSWD This is an advance copy of my report for the Annual meeting on May 2nd. Annual Report of The UUA Trustee – Tom Loughrey This will be quite a year for change at the UUA. In...
Posted on Tom Loughrey UUA Trustee (Site / Info) on Friday March 27, 2009
Qu. to UUA candidates Hallman, Morales on purpose & future of General Assembly (GA
The following are the (belated) answers to a monthly question posed to both candidates by the UUA elections commission on their official election page under Questions: http://www.uua.org/aboutus/go...
Posted on A Fact Driven Forum to Compare the UUA Presidential Candidates (Site / Info) on Friday March 20, 2009
URGENT: Committed youth advocates needed!
Hello All, I have just returned from General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the UUA's annual business meeting. The Youth and Young Adult Empowerment Resolution which you may have heard of was pas...
Posted on YRUU UUlogy (Site / Info) on Thursday July 3, 2008
Florida is so hot... and not in the paris hilton way
Writing from GA, and over the next 2 weeks or so I plan on catching you up on what all has been happening with work and life, but briefly: my son has recovered fully from the car wreck; Boone was c...
Posted on Sherry's Home on the Range (Site / Info) on Wednesday June 25, 2008
General Assembly update
Below is an update on the UU SGM Network's GA programming. The Small Group Ministry Network is planning the following activities at General Assembly in Fort Lauderdale, June 25-29, 2008. Check at t...
Posted on Covenant Group News (Site / Info) on Sunday May 18, 2008
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