Our 2014 Fall Retreat
Join us Friday evening, November 14, through Sunday morning, November 16.
Program highlights:
Update on the latest goings on from Peter.
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Learn about and help shape our multiyear fundraising campaign "Life's Calling" with Mary Katherine.
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Financial update and conversation with Tim Brennan, Treasurer
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We'll travel on Saturday to have lunch and visit with the good folks of the Lucy Stone Cooperative.
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Saturday night, Chris Walton, Editor of UU World Magazine, will give you the latest info on the magazine and some changes headed our way.
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Helene Atwan, Director of Beacon Press, joins us for conversation Sunday morning.
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Wen Stephenson will talk about the Climate Justice movement- which is a focus of GA 2015. Wen is an independent journalist, climate activist and Beacon Press author. He is a contributing writer to The Nation, a former editor at The Atlantic, where he co-created and edited TheAtlantic.com, and at The Boston Globe, where he edited the Sunday "Ideas" section. He was most recently the senior producer of NPR's On Point.
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The Rev. Mara Dowdall, minister at the First UU Society of Burlington Vermont, will lead worship on Sunday morning.
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The Opportunity - The Ask
The Unitarian Universalist Association is the foundation and the catalyst for the innovative work of UU congregations and communities. To be relevant and make an impact, we must continue to raise expectations, think creatively, experiment, and learn from failures. This year, we hope to launch the NextGen Ministries Initiative to invest in diverse, forward-thinking spiritual communities that will expand access to and increase the influence of Unitarian Universalism in the world. These might include ministries on college campuses, in prisons, nursing homes, the military—or even via food truck! We will be visiting one such cutting edge ministry with the Lucy Stone Cooperative field trip on Saturday.
The President's Council has been at the forefront of UUA innovation since its inception. We will invite your involvement again in this outreach and we will share more information with you about this initiative this weekend. The hope is that you will help us launch the NextGen Ministries Initiative with a $100,000 seed investment.
The President's Council has been at the forefront of UUA innovation since its inception. We will invite your involvement again in this outreach and we will share more information with you about this initiative this weekend. The hope is that you will help us launch the NextGen Ministries Initiative with a $100,000 seed investment.
Program Schedule
Friday, Nov. 14, 2014
7:00 p.m. Dessert reception
2nd Floor
Upper Commons
7:30 p.m. Welcome | Peter Morales
2nd floor
Chapel Building Dedication | Laura Randall, Legacy Gifts Manager
8:15 Tour of 24 Farnsworth | Rob Molla, head of UUA design team and HR director
9:00 p.m. Meeting Ends
Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast – Social time
1st floor
9:00 a.m. Check in
Chapel
9:30 a.m. President’s Report | Peter Morales
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Update on UUA finances | Mary Katherine and Tim Brennan, Treasurer
NextGen Ministries Initiative | Terasa Cooley, Program and Strategy Officer
12:00 p.m. Choices
Field trip to Lucy Stone Cooperative which includes lunch
Or lunch on your own
3:00 p.m. "Life’s Calling" campaign presentation and small group work | Mary Katherine & team
5:00 p.m. Happy Hour and Dinner
1st floor
7:00 p.m. Conversation with Chris Walton – Editor, UU World
8:00 p.m. End of day
Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014
8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast and conversation with Helene Atwan- Director of Beacon Press
1st Floor
9:15 a.m. Commit2Respond initiative update | Terasa Cooley
Chapel Presentation by Wen Stephenson, Beacon Author and Climate Justice activist
10:15 a.m. Break
10:30 a.m. Worship Service | Led by the Rev. Mara Dowdall,
Minister of First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, VT
11:30 a.m. Meeting Ends and Bookstore Opens