Fall Rally Set for Saturday, November 7, 2009 SAVE THE DATE! This year's Fall Rally will be on Saturday, November 7 at Nichols College in Dudley, MA. Lessons in Leadership is the theme and we will follow last year's successful Leading in Congregations approach, offering 2-part workshop tracks for a more indepth exploration of each content area. Tentative workshop tracks: (Not all workshops are confirmed at this early date.)
- Conflict Management
- Multigenerational Perspective for Prophetic Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Systems Theory for Congregations
- Intergenerational Non-Competitive Games
- Leading Staff Team (for ministers only)
- Nonviolent Communication
- Developing Pastoral Care Teams
- Restorative Justice
Leadership Development is a must for healthy congregations. Please make attending the Fall Rally a high priority for your congregation. Mark your calendars now and talk it up at church. More information can be found in the next issue of this newsletter and on the CBD website: www.cbd.uua.org as it becomes available. |
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District Staff Part of New UUA Staff Group As co-employed staff, responsible to both the CBD Board of Trustees and the UUA, District Executive Lynn Thomas and Program Consultant Deborah Levering have been part of the District Services Staff Group of the UUA. As of July 1, the District Services Staff Group has been renamed the Congregational Growth and Vitality Staff Group, to more accurately reflect the enhanced work and structure of the group in serving and supporting our congregations. The Congregational Growth and Vitality group now includes UUA Districts' staff, as well as Congregational Stewardship Services, Services to Large Congregations, and Growth Services. Up until now, each of these service groups resided in the Congregational Services Staff Group which is now dissolved. More complete details of this change and others can be found at http://lists.uua.org/pipermail/uua-l-Week-of-Mon-20090525/001310.html.
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General Assembly 2009 Highlights
Reverend Peter Morales is elected the 8th President of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Please see:
CBD GA Workshop:
Leadership and Organic Congregational Growth
Organic growth with depth and sustainablilty depends on a solid foundation of intentional leadership development. What are the structures and institutional building blocks that lead to a deep pool of skilled and committed volunteers? This workshop included both theory and practical initiatives for supporting organic growth. The PowerPoint and the workshop exercise sheet will be posted on the CBD website: www.cbd.uua.org.
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Name Our Newsletter!
This newsletter needs a name and we would love YOU to help name it. If you have a creative suggestion for the newsletter name, send it to clarabartondist@verizon.net before November 1, 2009. Please include "newsletter name" in the subject line. If your suggestion becomes the newsletter name, you will recieve free registration for any one CBD event or training this year. Multiple suggestions are welcome. The editorial team will make the final decision.
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Religious Educator wins UUSC Bright Light Challenge Congratulations to Nathan Pawelek, Director of Religious Education at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Congregation in New London, CT for being selected as one of three winners of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee's Bright Light Challenge. The Challenge encourages religious educators to explore and teach the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and its enduring relevance to the international movement for human rights, in their congregations and communities. Nathan was interested in how one maintains a sense of dignity and self-worth as one ages and whether engagement with youth could help.
"I propose(d) a project where youth teach elderly. The subject is a writing short-course. The youth gain practical leadership and teaching skills, self-confidence, and unexpected friendships, while also participating in the cultural life of a community," explained Nathan. "The elderly gain validation and spiritual wholeness by being reminded of those experiences that defined an identity of a younger age. They may well see themselves in their youth teachers, creating a reinvigorated enthusiasm that naturally occurs when spending time under the spell of youthful energy. Writing about memories is a powerful tool to achieve a symbiotic relationship between old and young."
As a winner, Nate will receive a $500 scholarship to be used toward the costs of any UUSC- or LREDA-sponsored activity or event. Congratulations, Nathan!
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