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On Saturday, 20 May 2006, from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM, we will be hosting a city-wide anti-racism workshop.
This workshop is the first step in addressing racism from a healing perspective.
For more information, please download this flyer (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewing software).
(Posted - 9 May 2006)
Please join us on Sunday, 21 May 2006, from 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM for a congregation-wide intergenerational conversation on youth ministry (see this link for an event flyer -- requires Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF viewer software).
This congregational conversation is part of a two year denomination-wide project and should help us successfully integrate youth into our religious community. This conversation will allow us to explore how our congregation and the Unitarian Universalist Association can strengthen its youth ministry in our congregation and throughout the UUA.
The desired outcomes of the Consultation on Ministry To and With Youth are:
1. A youth ministry that is robust, flexible, and diverse
2. Denominational youth work that focuses on serving local congregations
3. An authority structure that respects the rightful role of institutional youth and adult leadership, while supporting the growth and empowerment of all UU youth
4. Antiracism and anti-oppression work infused within every part of youth ministry, while recognizing there are many ways to do this work and the “right” way depends on individual identities
5. Effective communication within, between, and among continental, district, local, congregational, and organizational levels.
Conversations should focus on the future, rather than the past. They should provide space for participants to envision a wider array of opportunities for youth and a stronger youth ministry in your congregation.
The congregational conversation process includes these elements:
** Diagnosis -- What is our youth ministry like? How does our youth ministry relate to the survey findings?
** Vision -- Thinking outside the box and beyond youth groups, what can our youth ministry be?
** Needs Assessment -- What do we need to achieve this vision?
** Next Steps -- What do we need to do more of? Less of? Differently?
(Posted - 9 May 2006)
The congregational bylaws can be found online here.
Every year, All Souls honors those who serve the ideals of liberal religion in our community.
On Sunday, 7 May 2006, we presented the 2006 Emerson Award to the Philadelphia Center for their work in helping people with AIDS and preventing HIV in our community. Ken Beatty, the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Center, accepted the award on behalf of the Philadelphia Center.
For May 2006, our volunteers of the month are the many and dedicated volunteers who pitched in and helped out during Laura Barber's recent absence from the office:
(Posted - 6 May 2006)