From EKesting at uua.org Tue Nov 13 12:40:22 2007 From: EKesting at uua.org (Erik Kesting) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:40:22 -0500 Subject: [UU Young Adult News] Young Adult News - November 2007 - Issue 50 Message-ID: Young Adult News - November 2007 - Issue 50 WELCOME 1. Welcome from Erik Kesting, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant EVENTS and OPPORTUNITIES 2. Volunteer Job Opening for GA Young Adult Caucus Staff 3. Conference on Peacemaking INFORMATION 4. Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office Transitions 5. C*UUYAN Revisioning 6. Borrow from the CLF Library 7. The New ConnectUU.com 8. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts 1. Welcome Welcome to our 50th issue of Young Adult News! It's great to be back here in the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office in Boston after a summer away. I spent the summer working on a special project for the Interfaith Alliance Foundation in Washington, D.C. The UUA was gracious to allow me to take a leave of absence to work on this project. I had a wonderful time and learned a lot. Now I'm eager to reconnect with folks here in Boston and around the continent working on young adult and campus ministry. I hope you find some useful news and opportunities in this issue of Young Adult News. Next month our 51st issue will come from a new address. To more accurately reflect the purpose and management of the list, Young Adult News will transition to the domain name UUA.org. It will be the same newsletter, just a new name. If you have any questions about this transition, please let me know. I also recommend you read 4. Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office Transitions in this issue for an update on larger transitions around the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office. We'll be sure to keep you updated as these transitions unfold. Enjoy the fall weather and have a wonderful and joyous Thanksgiving! Yours in faith, Erik B. Kesting Back to Table of Contents 2. Volunteer Job Opening for GA Young Adult Caucus Staff Are you interested in an exiting leadership opportunity! Would you like to serve our community at the GA Young Adult Caucus? Volunteer for the 2007 General Assembly Young Adult Caucus. We are looking for a chaplain and a reporter to work with the two co-facilitators, Daniel Maitland and Drew Tripp. For job descriptions and online applications, please visit http://www25.uua.org/ya-cm/conferences/ga.html. Back to Table of Contents 3. Conference on Peacemaking The PTI will be taking place from January 3-10 at the Kirkridge Retreat Center, in Bangor, PA (Just outside of NY and Philly!), with a particular focus on connecting social justice organizers from across the country. Cost is $475-675 sliding scale, with scholarship and fundraising support available - don't let the cost keep you from applying!! Apply online by December 1, 2007 at http://youth.forusa.org Back to Table of Contents 4. Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office Transitions The Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry is currently undergoing several staff transitions and staff restructuring. Over the summer we bid a fond farewell to the Rev. Dr. Michael Tino as Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry and thanked him for his years of outstanding service to our office and to the cause of vibrant young adult and campus ministry within our movement. We wish Michael well in his newly settled parish ministry! Tracey Robinson-Harris, director of Congregational Services, will now be serving as Acting Director for the office. In addition to supervising the staff and overseeing the budget for the office, her responsibilities will include the grants programs, involvement in the planning for GA08, and leadership in the transition planning. Erik Kesting has returned to the office as part time Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant after his leave of absence over the summer during which he worked an internship in Washington, DC. Erik's responsibilities will continue to focus on resources and communications. Nancy DiGiovanni will serve as Young Adult and Campus Ministry Program Director. In this role, her priorities will include congregational connections/visits, YACM consultants and training programs, leadership development for volunteer leaders, and working with a new part time financial assistant. Nancy will also be providing increased support to our YACM District Staff as they work with congregations and with young adults in their districts. Joseph Santos-Lyons will be continuing in his role as Campus Ministry and Field Organizing Director until December 31, 2007. For the next six weeks, Joseph will be concentrating on a healthy departure from the various major programs he works with - Campus Ministry, Regional Organizing Consultants, Young Adult and Campus Ministry Professionals, Young Adults of Color, Groundwork Anti-Racism Program. Joseph will continue in this part time staff position working from Portland, Oregon. All of the Young Adult and Campus Ministry staff will be part of transition planning for our office. We have begun initial conversations and hope to complete the planning process early in 2008. For inquiries or comments on the transition, please contact Tracey Robinson-Harris at trobinsonharris at uua.org or 617-948-6462. Back to Table of Contents 5. C*UUYAN Revisioning In August 2007, the C*UUYAN Steering Committee decided to put the two summer conferences (ConCentric and Opus) on hold for the summer of 2008. The committee determined that, as one of two UUA sponsored organizations, it would be beneficial for them to revisit their purpose, vision, and long-term plans to meet the needs of young adults within our denomination. They will use this year, usually spent on conference staffing, logistics and planning, to have more communication amongst themselves and with the Office of Young Adult and Campus Ministry at the UUA. Please contact Steering Committee Facilitator Mary Manchester at marymanchester at riseup.net with any questions, concerns, or feedback that you wish to be shared. Back to Table of Contents 6. Borrow from the CLF Library You may know the Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) as the UU church in cyberspace, or you might have heard of the Church of the YOUNGER Fellowship (CYF), which is a part of the CLF. It's true that much of what we do at the CLF is done online, but we also have some other wonderful resources available to our members. The CLF Library, with UU books, video tapes, music, and worship services, is one of those resources. You can search the CLF Library at www.clfuu.org/library. If you are already a member of the Church of the Larger Fellowship or the Church of the Younger Fellowship, contact Librarian Beth Murray to borrow materials from the CLF Library: bmurray at uua.org or 617-948-6150. Back to Table of Contents 7. The NEW ConnectUU.com If you haven't yet visited the new ConnectUU.com, take just a moment to check it out. Added features include the ability to search for and anonymously email your long lost UU friends and colleagues. The new site offers faster searches for young adult and campus ministry groups and events and other improvements. Visit the new www.ConnectUU.com for your UU Young Adult networking needs! Back to Table of Contents 8. Young Adult & Campus Ministry Office Contacts Nancy DiGiovanni - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Program Director (617) 948-4629 ndigiovanni at uua.org Erik Kesting - Young Adult and Campus Ministry Assistant (617) 948-6463 ekesting at uua.org Rev. Dr. Tracey Robinson-Harris - Acting Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry (617) 948-6462 trobinsonharris at uua.org Joseph Santos-Lyons - Director of Campus Ministry & Field Organizing (503) 490-5639 jsantoslyons at uua.org Back to Table of Contents -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/cuuyan-announce/attachments/20071113/6bf915cd/attachment.html