The Sweet Potato
December 17, 2020 |
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Happy Holidays from YARN. May our 2021 be a year of renewal. Photo Credit: UU BuxMont |
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Thanks for reading "The Sweet Potato," the Young Adult Revival Networks bi-monthly roundup of online UU young adult ministries, media, and more. Bold items are new or updated.
News & Updates UU Camp Job Openings UUYA Small Groups Survey UUYA Social Channels
Events - 12/21 - YARN Winter Solstice Worship
- 12/22 - UUYA Winter Solstice Climate Reflection
- 1/5 - UUYA Leaders Call
- 1/11 - Gathered Here
- 1/12 - UUYAM Professionals Call
- TBA 2021 - UU LGBTQ+ Young Adult Meetup
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The Star Island Corporation is currently accepting applications for summer staff. Star Island runs a seasonal religious and educational conference center off the New Hampshire coast and hire approximately 100 college-aged people to work from mid-June to mid-September. As our roots are linked to the UU and UCC faiths, working on Star offers a unique employment opportunity for UU and UCC young adults (age 18 and older) in a beautiful location. |
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The Young Adult Revival Network is planning to start a new UU young adult small group program. Small groups meet regularly to build bonds by having structured conversations. If you are looking to deepen your sense of what Unitarian Universalism is, then complete our survey today and we’ll make sure to let you know about the first batch of programs we plan to launch. |
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Discord: Join the growing UU young adult Discord sever and connect with your faith peers across the world. Email uuyami@uusf.org and we'll send you an invite.
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YARN Winter Solstice Worship |
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Sunday, December 20 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT All UU folx and friends ages 18 to 35 are invited to our Winter Solstice Worship. First we meditate on the four cardinal directions. Then we will break out in small groups for sharing and reflection. Finally we will regather to let go of 2020. Join us in community however you are, for you are loved even during this dark time. Worship Team: Roddy Biggs, Joe Chapot, Kamila Jacob, Sam King, Giancarlo Ponticello, Mya Wade-Harper |
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UUYA Winter Solstice Climate Reflection |
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Tuesday, December 22 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT Join the Unitarian Universalist Young Adults for Climate Justice Network in journeying with the question, how might the Solstice be an invitation to get back in tune with the Earth’s cycles and rhythms, and how might that ground us in our work for climate justice? **Please note there are two invitations for this event!** 1 - NON-ZOOM INVITATION BEFORE THE CALL Between the New Moon/Total Solar Eclipse on December 14, and the Winter Solstice on December 21, Young Adults are invited to reconnect with the change in seasons in an intentional way. This might be an unplugged walk in a forest, writing a poem about your hopes/fears for the season, or researching tree species in your neighborhood, whatever you need it to be. We won't all be doing the same thing, but the idea is have a sense of shared experience offline! For a list of ideas for this shared experience, see: bit.ly/YAshared 2 - ZOOM REFLECTION Register: bit.ly/YAwinter Afterward, during this call, the Network will convene on Zoom to share our experiences and learn about changes in ecosystems. Young adults will share about their local ecosystems and climate change, before opening up for discussion and reflection to ground us in the winter ahead. |
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SB Worship: Wholly Sick, Holy Well |
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Wednesday, December 30 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT We were all born infinitely whole.
We are each of us, enough.
We are each of us complete, just exactly as we are.
Join us for a celebration of our wholly and whole bodies, perfectly imperfect.
The Sanctuary Boston is a progressive spiritual community striving for vibrant worship and real connection. Our worship gatherings are full of music of different styles, lead by our Sanctuary Boston band. The reflection will be shared by community member, Miranda Lennox.
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Monday, January 11 5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT By/For Canadians, Americans Welcome Gathered Here is a monthly online check-in for Canadian Unitarian Universalist young adults. Join other UU 18-35-year-olds on Zoom (a video-conferencing platform) for sharing of joys and sorrows, deeper check-ins, prayerful reflections, and an opportunity to process the events of our lives with a spiritually grounded community. Each month we are joined by a member of the Young Adult Pastoral Care Team. The global pandemic has made this virtual gathering place more valuable than ever. While so much in our lives is unknown and unknowable, we can find comfort in familiar rituals and faces. By sharing our joys, our concerns, our sorrows, and our gratitudes, we know ourselves to be held in a loving community. Exploring the themes and spiritual practices helps us each remember our own creativity and resilience. We are all in this together, a part of a larger story. These are drop-in style gatherings, so you don’t need to sign up in advance and there is no fee. On the days you want to attend, just settle into a comfortable spot with your computer or smartphone, sign in to Zoom at the scheduled time, and bring your whole self for the hour and a quarter. (You will need to "register" through Zoom using your email address to access the link) The full schedule, including Zoom links, for the 2020-21 programming year can be found on our website. We will break in May for CUC National Conferences and in July/August for the summer. Check the Facebook event for the most recent themes and outlines of upcoming calls. You can also sign up to receive a reminder via text message the day of each Gathered Here by texting @cucya to (502) 694-1142. Questions can be directed to Casey Stainsby at casey@cuc.ca. |
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Tuesday, January 5 8:00pm ET / 5:00pm PT If you are a Unitarian Universalist, a young adult (ages 18 to 30s,) and lead in any capacity within our faith movement, then please join us for the first of a hopefully monthly call. From serving on Boards or Committees, at local, regional or continental levels, whether lay or professional or seminary, any UUYA leaders are invited for an hour of sharing, collaboration, triaging, visioning and networking. And to be explicit, you do not have to working on young adult ministry to join us! Email uuyarn@uusf.org for more information. Hosted by Joe Chapot, Ministerial Assistant and Young Adult Coordinator at First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco |
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Tuesday, January 12 5:00pm ET / 2:00pm PT
If you work for a Unitarian Universalist organization and are responsible for a young adult ministry, then you are invited to connect with your peers on our monthly support call! This call is for professionals, those who are employed by UU organizations, be they congregations, regional groups, national bodies, or some other kind of entity. We spend the hour sharing about our programs, working on challenges, stepping back to take in the big picture, and laugh at the incongruous things we encounter while trying to create young adult ministry.
If you want to attend, please email uuyarn@uusf.org with your name, where you work, your job title, and what young adult, emerging adult, or campus ministry program you are responsible for.
If you are a lay leader who serves in any capacity within the movement, then please attend our UUYA Lay Leaders Call on the first Tuesday of the month. |
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UU LGBTQ+ Young Adult Meetup |
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No Meetings Until January 2021. Register to get updates when the next event is scheduled.
We invite queer Unitarian Universalist (UU) young adult who are looking for a virtual space that is designed for them to join our conversations and community. LGBTQIA+ UU young adults and friends are currently meeting on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 8pm EST/5pm PST on Zoom. To join please fill out this form and a link will be sent. Your information will also be added to the email list server for announcements. We are meeting every 2nd and 4th Monday. |
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