Our clusters of congregations offer a number of opportunities to gather and learn about ways to transform our congregations and the wider community. Please click on the event names to find out more about these gatherings, or to register to attend. The Eastern Carolinacluster will host "Technology in Congregations" on 17 March, 2012, featuring a keynote address by our District Executive, Annette Marquis.
The Tidewatercluster will host its inaugural event on 24 March, 2012. The theme is "Draw the Circle." The event will feature a workshop about speaking up against oppression in social situations.
The Western Carolinascluster will host a gathering on 31 March, 2012. Its focus will be "Social Justice: Past and Future."The keynote speaker will be Dr. Dorothy Cotton.
Right Relationships in Congregations - March 9-10, 2012 in Augusta, GA
posted 09 February, 2012
Please join us in Augusta for a workshop on right relationships in congregations. This workshop will explore ways that congregational leaders can anticipate and prepare for conflict, prevent destructive interactions in the congregations, and help their members engage each other constructively. All congregational leaders are welcome and encouraged to attend.
The Eastern Carolina Cluster is sponsoring an event on 17 March, 2012 to lead us in exploring technological resources for UU congregations. How can your congregation use technology to reach its congregants, the wider community, and the world? The UU Congregation of Greenville, NC will host the event. Our District Executive, Annette Marquis, will provide the keynote address.
SED Annual Meeting Will Be Held on 04-05 May, 2012
posted 20 January, 2012
The 2012 SED Annual Meeting will be hosted by First UU Church, Richmond, VA. Using the theme of Multiplying Ourselves in the 21st Century. we will explore new ways to grow, including the use of social media, virtual small group ministry, UU communities, satellite campuses and other avenues. Our Keynote Speaker will be Tandi Rogers.
Please click here for more information about the event (speakers, activity schedule, lodging), or here to register.
Southeast District Launches Bending the Arc Campaign
Our congregations have an incredible legacy of "putting our hands on the arc" and bending it toward justice. "Bending the Arc" is a three year, $250,000 campaign to continue the bold legacy of Unitarian Universalist justice work in the Southeast. In 2010, the Southeast District Board authorized the hiring of a Racial and Social Justice Coordinator to take our racial and social justice work to the next level.
Leadership Training Workshop March 16-18, 2012 posted 15 December, 2011
The 2012 REN Module Training has two separate tracks. One workshop is the RENAISSANCE Unit titled "UU Identity," designed for program specialists in RE, Adult RE, Membership, Worship, Music, Committees on Ministry and Social Justice. The second program is a retreat for people who want to explore what it means to create UU Community, within or outside of a congregation. Please click here for details and registration information.
Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. And from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice. Things refuse to be mismanaged long. ---Rev. Theodore Parker Unitarian minister, 1853
Come to Justice GA 2012! Listen to UUA Trustee Rev. Jake Morrill and Tupac Enrique Acosta--a spiritual leader among the migrants' rights movement in Arizona--tell us why this is so important.
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