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Behind the magic curtain! Meet the team behind GA video

By Peter Bowden
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 5:35 pm

Behind the magic curtain! from UU World on Vimeo.

This General Assembly I’ve had the pleasure of working with UU World and other UUA staff, and some of the volunteers who make the technology powering GA work. I conclude this our video blog experiment—14 videos over 4 days—with a tip of the hat to [...]

Addictions ministry: Resources for congregations to aid recovery

By Peter Bowden
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 4:05 pm

UUA Addiction Ministry Team from UU World on Vimeo.

You may have heard about The Addiction Ministry Handbook published by Skinner House books, but did you know the UUA has an Addiction Ministry Team? Therissa Libby, a member of this team, explains their work and ministry and how to find [...]

Growth tips from Vero Beach

By Peter Bowden
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:40 pm

Growth Tips from Vero Beach, Fla. from UU World on Vimeo.

It was hard to miss the team from the Vero Beach, Fla., congregation in their bright pink shirts. In this segment I learned why this growing, entrepreneurial congregation gives away the offering plate and uses a “celebrated speaker series” to cover [...]

Approved: Amendment to update Ministerial Fellowship Committee Rules

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:24 pm

GA delegates voted Sunday afternoon without debate to approve a bylaw change to Sections 4.8 of Article IV and C-10.9 of Article X. These changes reflect new Ministerial Fellowship Committee Rules that eliminated the category of “Associate Ministerial Fellowship.”

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Approved: Amendments pertaining to RE Credentialing Committee

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:18 pm

Delegates at Sunday morning’s plenary session approved a series of bylaw changes that clarify the procedures for the Religious Education Credentialing Committee in either revoking or suspending the credentialed status of a religious educator, as well as several other minor administrative changes.

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Approved: References to obsolete staff groups removed

By Sonja L. Cohen
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 2:16 pm

General Assembly delegates have voted to approve a bylaw change to Section 4.12 (UUA Statements of Conscience) of Article IV. The amendment replaces the name of a now-nonexistent staff group with “UUA staff” to reflect the change and allow for future flexibility in staffing structures.

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‘Two Who Dared’: New film shares UUSC founders’ story

By Peter Bowden
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 11:59 am

Bringing UUSC founders back to life from UU World on Vimeo.

UUSC founders Martha Sharp and the Rev. Waitstill Sharp are being brought to back to life to tell their story via archival photos and audio and video footage. In the new film Two Who Dared, audio recordings of the Sharps are used [...]

‘Virtual volunteers’: Team supports off-site delegates

By Peter Bowden
in General Assembly 2011
June 26, 2011 at 10:55 am

UUA General Assembly Offsite Delegates from UU World on Vimeo.

At this General Assembly the UUA is experimenting with delegates participating off-site. In this segment UUA Moderator Gini Courter introduces us to some of the “virtual volunteers” who are helping to make [...]

Music and cultural change in UUism

By Dan Harper
in General Assembly 2011
June 25, 2011 at 11:50 pm

Late Saturday evening, I sat down with Nick Page and Jeannie Gagne, and asked them what they saw as the major cultural changes facing Unitarian Universalism today. Jeannie Gagne is a composer and UU musician, as well as Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music. Nick Page is a UU composer, songleader, and he conducts the Mystic Chorale and other vocal ensembles.

“The huge epic battle” in Unitarian Universalism, said Page, “is between those want to feel something, and those who want to think. And the other battle is liberal fundamentalism, where people believe that they are right, and everyone else is wrong. That’s dangerous, and it could kill the faith.

“Musically,” he continued, “I see things moving away from classical [music] in a way that I don’t like. It is possible for churches to absorb a purely Africentric music program, which is false unless you are an Africentric community. It’s dishonest, and it doesn’t honor our [classical music] past.

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GA Saturday: Reports, amendments, and Phoenix rises

By Michelle Bates Deakin
in General Assembly 2011
June 25, 2011 at 11:01 pm

On Saturday, delegates got busy at the 2011 General Assembly, passing several bylaw amendments and hearing reports from the Unitarian Universalist Association Board of Trustees, president, and financial advisor. It was also a day of workshops, song, and worship—and imagining what the 2012 Justice GA in Phoenix will look like.

Here’s a quick guide to UU World’s coverage of Saturday’s events.

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