NNED ePac - FEB 2012

The workshop will not be held unless we have a minimum of 5 congregations participating. Please register your teams today! *You are welcome to bring other members of your congregation in addition to your RPM team (Religious Educators, Presidents, Ministers) for this very important workshop.

Teams are needed for congregational leaders to get information in each area of concern. Bring leaders of neighboring non-UU congregation for free.

Mental Health Crisis on a Sunday morning or between Sundays over time is a recurring nightmare for congregational leaders because it has happened and it is likely to happen again. Last year at least six of our congregations in the NNED struggled to figure out how best to walk with all of our needs.

Come learn from fellow UU leaders who have been through it and experts who can help guide us toward reasonable ways to prepare and be strong and clear.

Fire, acts of violence, and natural disasters have impacted many of our congregations and even more, the communities in which our congregations are embedded. Learn from UUs who have been survivors or supports in these crises and experts what reasonable things can be done to increase the potential for strength, equity, and love in response when crisis does happen.

Crisis unfolds when there is abuse of power in a congregation such as financial fraud or sexual misconduct between parishioners or between minister and member(s) of the congregation. Learn from UU leaders who have been through it and from experts who can guide our congregations toward wholeness and health.

Cost: $30 per Team of 4 Congregational Leaders, $15 for each additional person. Bring a 3-person team from a neighboring non-UU congregation for free!

Information Flyer and Registration Forms

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DRE Conference Call

Topic: Our Whole Lives (OWL)

Wednesday, March 7

7:00-8:30 pm

Cindy Beal will join us on the call to answer all of your OWL questions. A DRE and OWL trainer, Cindy can answer questions about curriculum, rationale, training and more. Cindy will be co-faciliating our

K-1/4-6 OWL Teacher training this August in Montpelier, VT.

Hosted by Kim Paquette, Multigenerational Ministry Director. To participate, send email to Joy at nned-uua@comcast.net. She will send you the call-in instructions.

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Heart of the Matter: Living our Covenants of Right Relations (Condensed*)

Friday, March 23, 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

UU Church of Saco and Biddeford, ME

*This workshop was originally offered

in November, 2010

Registration Deadline is March 14

Attendance at this workshop is required before attending the follow-up workshop Heart of the Covenant scheduled for March 24. This condensed version is offered for those who did not attend the 2010 workshop, but wish to attend March 24 event.

The focus of the workshop is the historical foundation in covenantal relationships, why covenants are important in our congregations, how to live with our covenants of right relations and how living covenants can help us be our best selves everywhere.

Lodging: There has been a block of rooms made available at a discount rate to participants of this workshop. Read more on the registration form:

Workshop Information & Registration

NNED Annual Spring Conference

Information and Registration forms

Are You Bringing Your Youth Group to the NNED Spring Conference?

We are so excited by the response to our expanded youth program this year. Many DRE's and ministers have shared that they will be bringing their entire youth group. HOORAY!

Please let us know ASAP if you are one of them. Reservations for the open youth space are limited and will be filled on a first come first served basis.

Kimberly Paquette
NNED Multigenerational Ministry Director
Blog: www.multigenministry.wordpress.com
Follow me on Twitter: @uumultigen

Spirituality of Grandparenting Workshop March 31, 2012

Cancelled

This workshop has been cancelled while we reasess the way we offer workshops in NNED.

Augusta

The Unitarian Universalist Community Church (UUCC) of Augusta, Maine is seeking a full-time Director of Religious Exploration (DRE) to lead a vibrant RE Program that serves as a cornerstone of our religious community.

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NNED UU Ministers Association

Annual Spring Meeting

Wednesday, April 11 (noon) to

Friday, April 13 (noon)

AMC Highland Center, Crawford Notch, NH

More information will be available soon

'Gathered Here' helps UUs share experiences, hopes UUA initiative encourages community conversations to strengthen denomination.

By Donald E. Skinner

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As a founding member of the NH Council of Churches, the Northern New England District of the UUA supports this interfaith endeavor! Here is an opportunity for your junior or senior youth group or Coming of Age class.

New Adult Curriculum is Online!

In ten workshops, What We Choose: Ethics for Unitarian Universalists by Rev. Amber Beland and Rev. Manish Mishra-Marzetti explores how we do and could make choices grounded in our "deed over creed" UU faith.

Examine frameworks for ethical decision making, from Kant's categorical imperative to personal experiences one has lived in one's social/political place in the dominant society.

Gail Forsyth-Vail
Adult Programs Director, Ministries and Faith Development - UUA

New Congregational Resources

UUA Offers New Discussion Guide on Doctrine of Discovery

At the January meeting of the UUA Board of Trustees, the Trustees voted to place a responsive resolution to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery on the business agenda for the 2012 Justice General Assembly. What is the Doctrine of Discovery? Why have our partner organizations in Arizona called for its repudiation? How are we as Unitarian Universalist people of faith called to respond? Download a new three-session discussion guide suitable for in-person and online conversations, individual reflection, and journaling.

Top Ten Ways to Help Youth Prepare for Justice General Assembly

Does your congregation have youth going to Phoenix? Are you a youth advisor or sponsor for one or more youth at Justice GA? This is for you and for your youth!

Gail Forsyth-Vail

Adult Programs Director, Ministries and Faith Development

Unitarian Universalist Association

Universalist Heritage Foundation

New England in Autumn

September 24 - 30, 2012

For a full week, travel through areas of New England that are rich with Universalist history. At most sites informative guides will be on hand to share their expertise and to engage participants in lively discussions of the significance of our history to our lived Universalism today.

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