Thursday 7:00 am - 7:30 am
#2001 Spiritual Practices
GA Planning Committee
Worship: Renaissance Grand Pershing/Lindell (0)
A less formal worship experience offered by the chaplains every morning. This is a small group experience which will reflect the early morning preferences of the chaplain. If a quiet meditation is in progress, late arivees will be directed to the meditation room.

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2002 Threat of Global Warming: SOC Mini-Assembly Part I
Commission on Social Witness, UUA
Mini-Assembly: America's Center 267 (250)
This Mini-assembly is your ONLY opportunity to propose amendments to the draft Statement of Conscience entitled "Threat of Global Warming." Mini-assembly continues until 11:00 a.m. General comments and small group amendment drafting during this segment. Line-numbered amendments will be discussed during the second segment. SOC text is found in the Agenda Book.
Rev. Jan Carlsson-Bull / David May / Laura Shemick

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2003 Small Group Ministry - Enhancing Faith in Action
Northeast District
Workshop: America's Center 242 (180)
Explore how Small Group Ministry enhances service to the congregation and the larger community, and how service vitalizes Small Group Ministry. There will be examples, and participants are invited to share. Faith in action is a result of spiritual community and connectedness.
Rev. Judith Smith-Valley / Rev. Helen Zidowecki

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2004 Right Relations for the Journey: Leading with an Anti-Racist Lens
Board of Trustees, UUA
Workshop: America's Center 275 (450)
Learn to create policies with an Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppressive/Multicultural lens! We will help you understand and implement process observations as a tool to transform and lead our congregations! Sponsored by The Anti-Racism/Anti Oppression/Multiculturalism Assessment and Monitoring team of the UUA Board of Trustees. We encourage congregational, district and youth leaders to attend!
Julian Sharp / Joan Lund / Rev. Charles Ortman / Tamara Payne-Alex

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2005 CUUPS Annual Meeting
Covenant of UU Pagans
Annual Meeting: America's Center 266 (125)
CUUPS annual membership meeting.

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2006 Faithful Formation: Struggles and Surprises of Religious Growth
Meadville Lombard Theological School
Workshop: America's Center 232 (180)
A workshop for anyone interested in exploring the vocation of living religiously. Theological education is a comprehensive experience of religious learning, spiritual development, and professional growth. In drama and story Meadville Lombard students will offer a personal view of the process—provocative, profound, and sometimes humorous.
Nan Hobart / John Tolley

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2007 Urban Ministry: Turning To One Another
Faithful Fools Street Ministry
Workshop: America's Center 228 (275)
The Urban Disciples' mission is to answer the city's cry for justice and restoration by developing and sharing economic, political, spiritual, and theological resources; organizing in local, national, denominatinal and interfaith settings; and by advancing diverse models for effective, accountable social justice ministry. Come be part of the conversation.
Rev.Dr. Kay Jorgensen / Gregg Dietz / Carol Stephenson / Rev. Deborah Holder

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2008 Changing How We "Do Justice"
Metro New York District
Workshop: America's Center 226 (275)
Hiring a Social Justice Director is the outward sign of a congregation’s enlarged vision of social justice ministry. This workshop outlines the visioning work in a large church leading to the decision to hire, the process of developing congregational readiness for change, and the first year experiences in a new collaborative social justice program.
Frances Sink / Rev. Frank Hall / David Vita

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2009 How Our Faith Matters in the World
Office of International Relations, UUA
Workshop: America's Center 230 (180)
Our UU partners around the world bring unique cultural and theological positions to their societies. What challenges do our sisters and brothers face in conveying their faith, building community, and working within adverse socio-political climates? Hear congregational leaders from around the world speak out in this highly interactive session.
Barbara Beach

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2010 Not Two, Not One: Zen and UU
UU Buddhist Fellowship
Workshop: America's Center 265 (125)
Using a combination of experiential practice and dialogue, we will explore how Zen practice informs, supports and diverges from the mission of Unitarian Universalism. Rev. Melissa Blacker and David Rynick, Sensei are a married couple, long-time UU members, formally recognized Zen teachers, and founding teachers of the Worcester Zen Community.
Rev. Melissa Blacker / David Rynick

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2011 Capital Campaigns: If You Build it, They Will Come . . .
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 224 (265)
But will they stay? Sometimes, there is no direct connection between a capital campaign and congregational growth. Sometimes, congregations actually lose members. Wayne makes a case for a comprehensive approach to capital campaigns. He explains how to increase your chances for growth after the completion of a campaign.
Dr. Wayne Clark

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2012 Coming of Age: Deepening Ties Within the Congregation
Planning Committee Sponsored
Workshop: America's Center 263 (250)
Hot off the presses! A comprehensive, year-long Coming of Age (COA) program for middle-school youth. We have created new COA activities as well as reinvented some well-known ones. Come explore how your congregation can build deeper connections as you celebrate the transition from childhood to youth. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Kathy McWilliams / Teresa Putnam

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2013 Exploring Womanist Theology
UU Women's Federation
Workshop: America's Center 260 (250)
Womanist theology comes out of the African American and Christian tradition. This panel of Womanist Theologians will discuss 21st century Womanist Theology and Unitarian Universalism.
Rev. Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley / Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2014 Searching for the Best Match: Beyond Categorical Thinking
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 264 (250)
Searching for a minister? Think you are open to everyone? Most of our congregations would say they are open, but often we hold unconscious biases. The Beyond Categorical Thinking Program helps congregations in search examines these biases. We will examine how this helps your congregation and what we've learned.
Rev Keith Kron

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2015 Regional Growth Strategies: Doing More Together Than We Can Do Alone
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 231 (150)
Join leaders involved in various regional growth strategies to explore ways we're sharing and growing our faith together.
Rev. Tom Chulak / Rev. Kathleen McTigue / Rev. Tracey Robinson-Harris

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2016 How to be a Professional Religious Educator
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 261 (125)
This is a workshop for those who are considering some aspect of lifespan religious education and faith development as a profession. This is your opportunity to ask questions, explore the formation process, and find out what it is like to be in this profession from various types of religious educators.
Rev. Beth Williams

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2017 The Accessible Church: A Whirlwind Virtual Tour
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 241 (150)
To be truly accessible, we need to think about accommodations to meet the accessibility needs of everyone – from infants to elders. It’s more than saying “we have a ramp and large-print hymnals so we are an accessible congregation.” Accessibility reflects an attitude of creativity, radical hospitality, and genuine invitation.
Rev. Dr. Devorah Greenstein

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2018 Eat, Drink and Be Mindful: UU Passover Seders
UUs for Jewish Awareness
Workshop: America's Center 280 (115)
This workshop led by an experienced UU RE Director, will help you plan and lead a Passover Seder for your UU congregation." Speakers: Ms. Nancy J. Cronk, Mr. Arthur Thexton
Nancy Cronk, DRE / Arthur Thexton

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2019 Building Intergenerational Community
Young Religious UUs
Workshop: America's Center Room AB (0)
How do we connect to those older and younger than us? How do we reach out to others? This workshop will allow participants to dialogue about issues of age, ageism, leadership, and how each of us can feel empowered, respected, and supported as part of an intergenerational faith movement.
Betty-Jeanne Rueters-Ward

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2020 Celebrating Our Generosity: Funding Our Faith Worship Service
Annual Program Fund Committee
Worship: America's Center 274 (450)
Join us for the 2006 Stewardship Sermon Award worship service. Ms. Miller will present her sermon, "The Land of Enough", which was judged the most effective in exploring and promoting stewardship, generosity and financial support of Unitarian Universalism.
Cecilia Kingman Miller

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2021 Ministerial Sisterhood UU Worship: Sermon Contest Winner
Ministerial Sisterhood UU
Worship: America's Center 240 (180)
Come hear this year’s award winner for the best sermon about a Unitarian Universalist woman or women furthering the vision of women within the UU movement.

Thursday 8:00 am - 9:15 am
#2022 Gaia - Earth and Spirit
Unirondack
Worship: America's Center 276 (450)
Song and poetic reflection by Jim Scott and friends will lift our spirits in a worshipful celebration of James Lovelock’s “Gaia Hypothesis,” that the earth is one living organism, or as we UUs celebrate it, the “interdependent web of all life.”
Jim Scott

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2023 UUJA Annual Meeting
UUs for Jewish Awareness
Annual Meeting: America's Center 280 (115)
Our annual meeting is open to all members and interested parties of UU's for Jewish Awareness' mission and work in our denomination. Come join us and learn about what UUJA is doing now for you, your congregation, your religious professionals and what we've got planned for the future!
Rev. Elizabeth Lerner

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2024 "The Devil's in the Details"
Board of Trustees, UUA
Hearing: America's Center 266 (125)
Come hear specific details regarding the UUA Budget process. We'll answer your questions about where the money comes from and how it's allocated. Your input is solicited and comments are welcome.
Lyn Conley / Jerry Gabert

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2025 Threat of Global Warming: SOC Mini-Assembly Part 2
Commission on Social Witness, UUA
Mini-Assembly: America's Center 267 (250)
This Mini-assembly is your ONLY opportunity to propose amendments to the draft 2005 UUA Statement of Conscience entitled "Threat of Global Warming." Mini-assembly began with general debate at 8:00 a.m. Written line-numbered amendments will be submitted during this segment using the SOC text found in the Agenda Book or at www.uua.org/csw.
Jan Carlsson-Bull / David May / Laura Shemick

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2026 Songs for a Small Planet - James Durst
UU in the Pines
Performance: America's Center 276 (450)
Join in the singing of our UU ideals with world-travelling singer-songwriter James Durst. He's shared his music in some 45 countries and 2 dozen languages. James underscores with hopeful heart and characteristic humor, the interconnectedness of all of life, bringing us closer to our world and each other.
James Durst / Jim Scott

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2027 Recruiting and Sustaining Effective Lay Leadership
Clara Barton District
Workshop: America's Center 230 (180)
What is the best way to recruit/sustain effective lay leadership? Do you have to retrain new committee chairs/board members each year? Come learn how your congregation's Leadership Development and Nominating Committee can be more effective.
Lynn Thomas / Deborah Levering

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2028 A Compensation Program You Can Be Proud Of
Council on Church Staff Finances
Workshop: America's Center 231 (150)
Learn how you can honor your staff and live your UU values through a good staff compensation plan that is good "business," hopeful and hope-filled, and more affordable and less complicated than you think. We especially encourage congregations expecting to seek new professional staff to attend.
Frankie Price Stern / Peter Henrickson

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2029 “Imagining the Future by Re-imaging the Past”
Pacific Southwest District
Workshop: America's Center 232 (180)
Applying our imaginations to the past is the first step toward creating a more vibrant future! This workshop encourages personal and small-group reflection on this dynamic, providing opportunities to engage creatively with the past, while providing critical support for moving our lives and our congregations into an empowered future.
Rev. Stefanie Etzbach-Dale / Rev. Wendy Williams

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2030 Companioning Your Spirit: Come and Explore
Planning Committee Sponsored
Workshop: America's Center 261 (125)
Explore the time-honored practice of supporting one's spiritual life by working with a spiritual director/companion. Three trained and practicing spiritual directors with different theological perspectives explore what it is and isn't, why people seek it, how it works, and how to find a director/companion, or training in direction yourself. This program repeats on Saturday ay 8:30 a.m.
Rev. Karen Lewis Foley / Rev. Marta Flanagan / Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2031 Spirit Play: Creating a Children's Community of Right Relationship
Planning Committee Sponsored
Workshop: America's Center 229 (270)
An introduction to Spirit Play, a contemporary U.U. Montessori-based curriculum modeled after Jerome Berryman's Godly Play, through lecture, Powerpoint Presentation, and discussion. Currently used in about 40 churches across the continent, this method develops a children's spiritual community grounded in U.U. principles and intent upon creating a strong U.U. identity.
Dr. Nita Penfold

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2032 UU Buddhist Fellowship Annual Meeting
UU Buddhist Fellowship
Workshop: America's Center 265 (125)
Come meet other UUs who are attracted to Buddhism. Hear about the Family Retreat 2006 and Convocation 2007 and future directions for the organization. Find out how you can be involved.
Rev Sam Trumbore

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2033 VoiceMale - How Men Do Marriage
UU Men's Network
Workshop: America's Center 241 (150)
UU Author shares findings of a new landmark study of hundreds of heterosexual American husbands (or significant others) revealing a treasure of surprising and useful information about choosing wives (or mates), sex, affairs, menopause and more
Neil Chethik

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2034 Writing Poetry for Worship
New Hampshire/Vermont District
Workshop: America's Center 263 (250)
We will begin with a worship service featuring the poetry of the two presenters, who will then discuss how to write poetry for worship. Small groups will produce pieces for specific worship functions, which they will present in a shared closing worship. All levels of experience welcome, bring paper and pencils.
Rev Tess Baumberger / Rev. Mary Wellemeyer

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2035 How To Get A Grant From The UU Funding Program
UU Funding Program
Workshop: America's Center 240 (180)
The UU Funding Program awards $860,000 in small and large grants to UU projects that strengthen institutions and community life, engage UUs in social responsibility, and to non-UU groups organizing for justice. Meet the people who give it away and see if your project is eligible for funding.
Hillary Goodridge / Rev. Sarah Lammert / Rev. Jan Christian / Rev. Morris Hudgins

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2036 In Covenant - How Do We Work Together in Healthy Congregations?
UU Ministers Association
Workshop: America's Center 224 (265)
Religious communities build relationships on the notion of "Covenant": articulated mutual commitment to honor and hold one another safe in working together. A panel will share from their experience the hallmarks of good covenantal relationships and examples of how they are lived out among religious professionals and lay leadership.
Susan Archer / Dale Lantz

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2037 Religious Youth: Young Adult Activism for Reproductive Justice
UU Women's Federation
Workshop: America's Center 242 (180)
In the spirit of its mission, UUWF supports Spiritual Youth for Reproductive Freedom, a youth/young adult program of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and the UUWF Clara Barton Internship at UUA’s Washington Office. Learn how these programs educate, organize and empower young leaders in the religious reproductive justice movement.
Meredith Schonfeld-Hicks

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2038 The Spirituality of Welcoming the Stranger
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 228 (275)
Talk of growth in our congregations often centers around such things as "I don't know everyone anymore!" or "We need more people to balance the budget!" What if we understood growth in our congregations as something necessary to our souls? There has been a great deal of attention paid to the notion of "radical hospitality" which sounds a little scary! But it is possible to glimpse a way in which reaching out to strangers helps us grow spiritually in ways we never expected.
Rev. Dr. Terasa Cooley

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2039 Real Ministry in Real Time
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 226 (275)
Increasingly, the internet offers us a vehicle for offering real ministry to growing numbers of people, including members, friends and seekers, through many media. In the religious world of the future, real ministry needs to occur in real time: come and find out more!
Deborah Weiner / Mark Steinwinter

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2040 Campus Ministry: Building Intergenerational Wholeness
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 260 (250)
Campus ministry is a vital outreach ministry. It helps our youth stay in our movement and attracts new seekers going through major life transitions. Recent studies have shown that 40% of first-year college students are in a spiritual search. Learn how your congregation can be successful at campus ministry.
Dr. Michael Tino / Rev. Alison Miller / Devon Wood

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2041 Marketing 101 for Congregations
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 225 (265)
Marketing is about attracting and retaining folks that come through your church doors by providing services and programs that they want and need. In this workshop we’ll think strategically about how to attract potential members and share some useful marketing tools that your congregation can use to share the good news of Unitarian Universalism in your local community. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Valerie Holton

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2042 Will They Come Back?
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 223 (275)
A transgender person, 6'4", high heels. An interfaith, multiracial family. A person with hearing loss. What does radical hospitality mean? What would our congregations be like if all the people who would be UU's, could be UU's? What can we do to let all the UU's in?
Rev Keith Kron / Rev. Sofia Craethnenn / Rev. Devorah Greenstein / Taquiena Boston

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2043 Holistic Approaches to Adult Faith Development
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 227 (275)
How do Adult Programs fit with your congregation’s other offerings for adults and families? Adult workshops and forums help create a vibrant “whole” that ministers to the “whole” adult. We’ll highlight holistic adult programs in small, mid-size, and large congregations, identifying strategies for growth of membership and growth of souls. This program repeats on Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
Rev. Sarah Gibb

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2044 Are You Considering Going Into the Ministry?
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 262 (125)
This is a workshop for people who are considering preparation for Unitarian Universalist ministry. What are the educational options? What are the realities and possibilities? How much does it cost? What are some of the ways that ministers serve the cause of Unitarian Universalism? This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Rev. David Pettee / Christine May

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2045 Getting On Message: Challenging the Christian Right
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 275 (450)
The "Religious Right" claims an association between "Christianity" and conservative social policies. This workshop emerged from Beacon's new book "Getting on Message", and offers ways to frame liberal religious reponses "from the heart of the gospel" on war and peace, marriage, the death penalty, economic justice, prisons and globalization.
Rev. Peter Laarman / Rev. William Sinkford

Thursday 9:45 am - 11:00 am
#2046 Dismantling Chaos Session #1: Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression Workshop
Young Religious UUs
Workshop: America's Center Room AB (0)
Participants will also have a chance to experience basic Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Analysis building, a simple first step on the lifelong journey of Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression work. Participants will also have a chance to learn about Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression work happening within the UU youth community. This session is in a track of four workshops, held at around the same time throughout the week.
Jyaphia Christos-Rodgers / Elandria Williams

Thursday 11:15 am - 12:30 pm
#2047 GA Choir Rehearsal II
GA Planning Committee
Workshop: America's Center 274 (450)
Join the GA Choir! The choir rehearses every day for 75 minutes and will sing at the Closing Celebration. $10 music fee. This year's director is Mimi Bornstein from the First Universalist Church in Rockland, ME. The accompanist is Susan Peck from Corvallis, OR.
Mimi Bornstein / Susan Peck

Thursday 11:15 am - 12:30 pm
#2048 Youth Covenanting Groups Based on Identity
Young Religious UUs
Workshop: America's Center Room AB (0)
ID Groups are a place where people can talk about racial identity and racism. YRUU is setting up ID groups for youth, organized by race, so that everyone will have a safe place to grow and be challenged as we continue to work towards ending racism inherent in our society.

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2049 Presidential Conversation Space
President and Moderator, UUA
Congregational Presidents: America's Center 130 (450)
This workshop is one of three lightly structured opportunities to meet with other congregational leaders. The first half of this workshop will be facilitated; the second half is an opportunity for networking. For congregational presidents only. If your congregation does not have a "President," this program is meant for the highest elected lay leader (Board President, Prudential Chair, etc.).

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2050 Right Relations: Congregations' Role in Local and Larger Communities
Planning Committee Sponsored
Featured Presentation: America's Center Ferrara Theater (1411)
In ways yet unexplored, local congregations build human community in multivaried forms. Faced with declining social capital, clashes of civilizations, family breakdown, separation of rich from poor, estrangement from Creation and its Source, congregations must play new roles for healing the world. Dr. Wind is president of the Alban Institute.
Rev. Dr. James P. Wind

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2051 John Murray Distinguished Lecture: Hospitality and Grace
Murray Grove Association
Lecture: America's Center 276 (450)
20th Annual John Murray Distinguished Lecture: In Univeralism's economy of grace, hospitality is the basic unit of currency. How can this gracious and hospitable faith transform us and our world? Rev. Robert M. Hardies, Senior Minister, All Souls, DC
Rev. Robert M. Hardies

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2052 Thursday FUN TIMES
Young Religious UUs
Annual Meeting: America's Center Room AB (0)
FUNTIMES: Folks Unanimously Networking To Image, Manage, and Execute Sessions. These are the Youth Caucus business meetings!!! We call 'em FUN TIMES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE! And you don't even have to be a delegate to attend. All are invited to come to our business meetings
Erin Wissink / Amelia Harati

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2053 The Elections in Israel and Palestine: What Next Toward Peace?
UUs for Justice in the Middle East
Lecture: America's Center 229 (270)
Josh Ruebner, with the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, a coalition of 200+ organizations, will analyze the Israeli and Palestinian elections as they relate to the possibilities for peace. He will examine US policy toward Israel/Palestine since the elections and our roles in promoting justice and peace. This program repeats om Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Josh Ruebner

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2054 Proposed 2006-2008 Study/Action Issue
Commission on Social Witness, UUA
Workshop: America's Center 267 (250)
Come hear advocates for the proposed Study/Action Issue (SAI) present their issue and answer questions. Help advocates hone their presentations for Thursday's plenary that will select ONE SAI for two years of study, action, and reflection -- the first step toward adoption of a UUA Statement of Conscience.
Laura Shemick / Rev. Susan M. Smith

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2055 Pilgrimage: A Guide to Meaningful Travel and Inner Journey
Project Harvest Hope
Workshop: America's Center 260 (250)
Workshop on spiritual pilgrimage to Transylvania, through the GA thicket, and into your heart. Led by Sarah York, author of "Pilgrim Heart: The Inner Journey Home", one of our movement's finest crafters of words that inspire. Moderated by David Keyes, who has led more than a dozen pilgrimages to TTransylvania.
Rev. Sarah York / Rev. David Keyes

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2056 Investing Responsibly
General Investment Fund, UUA
Workshop: America's Center 280 (115)
A Report on the UUA's General Investment Fund will be available and questions answered, including the Investment Committee's commitment to socially responsible investing and it's on-going relationship with the Committee on Socially Responsibly Investing.
Craig Scholl / Rev. Jose Ballester

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2057 QUUEER -- Queer and UU Across the Generations
Interweave Continental
Workshop: America's Center 242 (180)
A panel discussion of what it is to be queer and UU, from various age perspectives: youth, young adult, middle-aged, and senior. Moderated by Interweave Continental president Rev. Jonalu Johnstone.
Rev. Jonalu Johnstone

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2058 Why Here? Why Now? Why Us? The Urgency for White Ally Activisim
Moderator, UUA
Workshop: America's Center 222 (275)
In response to incidents preceding and during GA 2005, a new group, with direct accountability to DRUUMM, has emerged to further the UUAs commitment to becoming an anti-racist, anti-oppressive multicultural organization. The UU White Anti-Racist Allies invites you to come hear why the need for this is so pressing and how you can join this important effort.
UU White Anti-Racist Allies

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2059 Intergenerational Worship, Every Sunday
Ohio-Meadville District
Workshop: America's Center 265 (125)
West Shore UU Church experienced twelve Sundays of worship for 200+ people, ages 5-100, last fall. We will share our preparation of the congregation, our samples of "layering" and connecting liturgical elements, and our learning from this opportunity. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Rev. Tamara Lebak / Kathy Strawser

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2060 FAM Book Project - Creating Respectful Community with Story
Planning Committee Sponsored
Workshop: America's Center 227 (275)
AMAZE’s Families All Matter Book Project (FAM) uses children’s literature about family to explore diversity issues with children. Using an anti-bias framework, the project promotes knowledge and skills for getting along respectfully across many differences, a foundation for right relations in our congregations and broader communities. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Lyn Mitchell / Catie Chi Olson / Heidi Mastrud

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2061 Add a Family Choir to Your Music Program
Ohio-Meadville District
Workshop: America's Center 263 (250)
The forty-voice Family Choir at the First Unitarian Church of Pittsburgh includes singers from ages 2 through 70 and sings for worship services once each month. The Family Choir helps build membership and community. At this workshop, you will learn how to organize a Family Choir at your church.
Rev. David Herndon

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2062 Tending the Fire IV
Society for Community Ministries
Workshop: America's Center 230 (180)
Hear inspiring stories of lay and ordained UU community ministers who bring healing and social justice ministries to urban streets, underserved populations, and wherever healing and hope are needed. This year's panel will highlight Boston Urban ministry and San Franciscio's Faithful Fools Lay Street Ministry. Bring your stories and questions.
Rev. John Hickey / Rev. Cheryl Lloyd / Alex Darr / Rev. Kurt Kuhwald

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2063 Sharing Ministry Effectively
St. Lawrence District
Workshop: America's Center 232 (180)
Our tradition is rooted in the priesthood of all believers. Most ministers and lay leaders lock horns regularly over how to share the ministry of the congregation. At issue is usually who is in charge. Success is built on understanding the dynamics of power and how to share it effectively.
Rev. Sam Trumbore

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2064 Dynamic Growth Through Cluster Ministry
Prairie Star District
Workshop: America's Center 261 (125)
The southern cluster of the Prairie Star District has embarked on an exciting outreach and extension experiment with remarkable success! Learn how a joint lay-clergy task force representing nine congregations is fostering rapid growth through new initiatives, including an outreach/extension minister. New congregations forming! Presidents and DREs collaborating! Synergy abounds! This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Rev. Meghan Conrad / Rev. Jim Eller / Rev. Michael Nelson / Graham Kreicker

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2065 RE Credentialing for Stronger Congregations
Religious Education Credentialing Committee
Workshop: America's Center 264 (250)
Find out about the Religious Education Credentialing Program and how it can strengthen your congregation’s Religious Education program for children, youth, adults, and families. Lay leaders, parish ministers, and credentialed religious educators will present their stories, explaining how supporting your religious educator’s participation in the program might benefit your congregation.
Liz Jones / Gail Forsyth-Vail

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2066 Finances for Seminarians
Society for Ministerial Relief
Workshop: America's Center 231 (150)
What ministers should expect to earn, the effects of student debt, and taking one's financial future seriously if ministry is your calling. Lawrence is the Dean of Students at Starr King, and Stewart, a candidate for the UU ministry and adminstrator in the UUA's Office of Church Staff Finances.
Patti Lawrence / Joyce Stewart

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2067 Dances of Universal Peace for Gender Healing
Southwest UU Women
Workshop: Renaissance Grand Landmark Ballroom 1 & 2 (0)
These dances are done all over the world to promote peace, interfaith understanding and gender healing. Mentor teacher Elizabeth Muller will lead participants in simple group dances, no prior experience necessary. All are welcome.
Elizabeth Muller

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2068 Toolkits for Activism on UN Issues
UU United Nations Office
Workshop: America's Center 266 (125)
Panel discussion on impacting UN issues. UU-UNO Board Members and Advisors will share practices and measures of impact, including strategies to link local efforts with global Civil Society efforts. Topics include advocacy for Darfur, Peacebuilding, UN Reform, Education for AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Jim L. Nelson / Genia Kornhaber / John Dale / Peggy Montgomery

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2069 Ethical Leadership and Healthy Communities
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 225 (265)
Volunteer leadership presents challenges around power dynamics, responsibilities and ethics. UU young adults and allies have developed a code of ethics specifically for peer leaders that challenge us to foster right relationships. Learn how discussing and implementing ethical guidelines can help create healthy congregations, young adult groups, and conference communities.
Dr. Michael Tino / Kimberlee Tomczak

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2070 Genocide Then/Genocide Now
UU Service Committee
Workshop: America's Center 220 (270)
Before the world knew about the Holocaust, Unitarians were responding. Today, the world is hesitating as genocide unfolds in Darfur. Learn how the legacy of two Unitarians, honored as “Righteous Among the Nations” for helping Jews escape the Nazi terror, inspires our faith to challenge the inhumanity of this era.
Rev. Dr. William F. Schulz / Charlie Clements / Atema Eclai

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2071 Supporting Women's Rights Worldwide: Model Programs for Empowerment
UU Women & Religion
Workshop: America's Center 262 (125)
The lack of women’s rights is a roadblock on the path to world peace, economic prosperity, and sustainable development. Panelists leading initiatives to empower women and improve the quality of their lives and those of their families discuss model programs for women's health/safety; education; economic participation; and political expression.
Rev. Dorothy May Emerson / Rev. Carol Huston / Rev. Fred Muir / Prof. Christine Nielsen

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2072 Making Families Matter: Affirming and Nourishing our Faith Communities
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 241 (150)
Why do families matter in our congregations? How can we build faith communities that affirm and deeply welcome families? In this workshop members of the Family Matters Task Force and workshop participants will share ideas, strategies, and best practices for engaging families, in a manner that nourishes UU faith communities. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Dr. Tracey L. Hurd / Rev. Keith Kron / Rev. Phil Lund

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2073 Many Paths One Journey – Taking the Next Steps
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 240 (180)
Is your church committed to social justice, antiracism, anti-oppression, but unsure about what to do next? The JUUST Change Consultancy was designed to help you. Consultants can bring new ideas and help you to focus your efforts, and identify next steps to take. This workshop will introduce you to JUUST Change and tell you how to get involved. This program repeats on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.
Paula Cole Jones / Phyllis Daniel

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2074 Supporting Comprehensive Sex Ed: Lessons From Missouri
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 275 (450)
Missouri recently passed legislation that allows sex education teachers and clergy to be sued for "promoting abortion." Similar laws are coming in other states. Learn effective responses to these efforts and how to support comprehensive sex education from Rev. Becky Turner, Executive Director Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice.
Rev. Becky Turner / Meredith Schonfeld-Hicks

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2075 Passion & Presence: A Lay Ministry of Generosity
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 228 (275)
Obtaining financial support for your congregation is a ministry. Listening pastorally and sharing your congregation’s mission passionately open doors to generosity unimagined. Shifting your focus from asking for gifts to a focus of “donor advocacy” can unlock not only your “inner fundraiser” but also hidden abundance. You can do this satisfying work and help others fulfill their dreams to make a difference by giving to what really matters. This program repeats Sunday at 1:45 p.m.
Jay Libby / Rev. Terry Sweetser / Rev. Naomi King

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2076 A Problem Ignored Is A Crisis Invited: Managing Conflict Constructively
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 224 (265)
The constructive management of conflict is central to the effectiveness of your leadership. Effective skills in managing interpersonal differences are crucial to implementing your congregational vision. Wayne will discuss 1) anticipating and preventing unhealthy conflict 2) dealing with disagreement before it erupts out of control 3) managing conflict with more skill and assurance.
Dr. Wayne Clark

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2077 Church of the Larger Fellowship (CLF) Worship Service
Church of the Larger Fellowship
Worship: America's Center 274 (450)
Lively straight-up Unitarian Universalist worship at its best--a service that offers preaching by the Reverends Jane Rzepka and Rosemary Bray McNatt. And, we are famous for our wonderful, rocking music!
Rev. Jane Rzepka / Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2078 Social Justice: Many Roads to the Mountaintop
UUA Staff
Workshop: America's Center 223 (275)
Spirited new ways of organizing that’s making a difference has emerged in UU districts, statewide networks, and metropolitan regions. Learn about some of our best models from the Moutain.Desert District Social Justice Ministries, the UU Legislative Ministry (CA) and Metropolitan Congregations United faith-based community organization in the St. Louis area.
Rev. Deborah Holder / Rev. Lindi Ramsden / Rev. Suzanne Meyer / Susan Leslie

Thursday 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm
#2079 Annual Worship Service: Celebrate the Web of Life
Star Island Religious Education Conference
Worship: America's Center 226 (275)
Join UU Ministry for Earth at our annual Earth Honoring Worship to celebrate "Divinity in every living thing." Find joy and renewal as we explore the deeper connections to Earth that feed our souls and strengthen our relationships with each other and with all of nature.
Rev. Katherine Jesch / Rev. Carol Haag

Thursday 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm
#2080 Thursday Youth Delegate Strategy Session
Young Religious UUs
Workshop: America's Center Room AB (0)
Youth delegates will be briefed on the issues in front of the GA Plenary. If the Youth Caucus has decided to take action on an item at FUN TIMES, youth delegates will use this time to review and finalize the statement and develop a strategy for mobilizing.
Erin Wissink / Amelia Harati

Thursday 2:45 pm - 6:30 pm
#2081 Plenary II
GA Planning Committee
Plenary: America's Center Hall 3 (0)
Moderator Gini Courterpresides over the daily plenary sessions in which the business of the Association is being conducted. Please refer to the Agenda book for details on the specific items which will be addressed.
Gini Courter

Thursday 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
#2082 Young Adult Caucus #2 - Mixer
Continental UU Young Adult Network
Workshop: Renaissance Grand Landmark Ballroom 5 & 6 (0)
Come and join the Young Adult Caucus for "mocktails" and snacks for our mixer. A chance for networking and getting to know people in the Young Adult Caucus (ages 18-35).
Kim Mason / Theresa Ives / Danny Maitland

Thursday 7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
#2083 Thursday HUUPLA
Young Religious UUs
Workshop: America's Center Room AB (0)
Hardcore UU People's Large Assembly: GA's greatest event! Come here to learn about the next day's youth programming, meet cool people, find your sponsor or your youth, and have fun with the amazingly awesome HUUPER, Bart Frost!!!"
Bart Frost

Thursday 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
#2084 Service of the Living Tradition
Ministry and Professional Leadership, UUA
Worship: America's Center Hall 3 (0)
Led by the Ministry and Professional Leadership Staff Group, this service honors fellowshipped ministers and credentialed religious educators; remembering those who have died, recognizing those who have completed active service, and welcoming those who have received or advanced in fellowship or credentialed status in the past year. The Sermon will be delivered by the Rev. Dr. Judith Meyer. Rev. Dr. Meyer has been Minister at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, CA since 1993. She grew up in the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Essex County in Orange, NJ. Judith has an A.B. in Philosophy from Bryn Mawr College and an M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School. She received a D.D. in 2000 from Meadville/Lombard Theological School. Prior to her current settlement, she served UU churches in Rutherford and Paramus, NJ, and Concord, NH, and the UUA as Director of Ministerial Education and Vice President for Programs.
Rev. Dr. Judith Meyer

Thursday 10:00 pm - 12:00 am
#2085 All GA Coffee House
GA Planning Committee
Evening Entertainment: Renaissance Grand Landmark Ballroom 1234 (0)
Come to our own open mic night of song, dance, theatre, and interactive entertainment, hosted by the Youth and Young Adult Caucuses. Sign up to perform at the Young Adult/Campus Ministry booth in the Exhibit hall. Simulcast at www.FUUSE.com
Marcus Cooley / Jova Vargas

Thursday 10:00 pm - 10:30 pm
#2086 Sharing of Joys and Concerns
GA Planning Committee
Worship: America's Center 200 (0)
A gathering centered around reflection on the day's experiences and sharing of joys and concerns around these experiences, led by the chaplain and a member of the Planning Committee.

Thursday 10:00 pm - 11:00 pm
#2087 Young Adult Worship #2
Continental UU Young Adult Network
Worship: Renaissance Grand Landmark Ballroom 5 & 6 (0)
Come worship with the young adult caucus as we explore the nature of right relations with ourselves in our beloved community.
Andrew Tripp

Thursday 10:00 pm - 11:45 pm
#2088 FILM: Race, the Power of an Illusion Episode 2- The Story We Tell
Moderator, UUA
Movie Night: America's Center 130 (450)
This video uncovers the roots of the race concept in North America, how 19th century science that legitimated it, and how it came to be held so fiercely in the western imagination and served to rationalize, even justify, American social inequalities as "natural. Moderated discussion to follow.