The Chrysalis Program

Leadership Training for Youth Ministry!

The Chrysalis Program provides recognition for youth and adults who have attended a broad spectrum of youth-related trainings. All trainings are worth 15 hours, and include:

• Leadership Development Conference (LDC): Working conferences to develop youths’ leadership skills. Youth group planning, consensus training, and facilitation are a few of the components.
• Spiritual Development Conference (SDC): Working conferences centered on spiritual growth, creativity and meaningful youth worship.
• Basic Advisor Training (AT-1): Presents core issues, philosophies, and skills needed to advise and empower youth. For adults in leadership roles (co-led by trained youth/adult team).
• Advanced Advisor Training (AT-2): Deals with more serious issues in youth ministry, church structure, and adolescent issues. For adults in leadership roles (co-led by trained youth/adult team).
• Youth/Young Adult Anti-Racism Training: This training is offered in collaboration with the UUA Young Adult/Campus Ministries Office. Attendees develop/deepen their anti-racism analysis and organizing skills.
• Youth Chaplain Training (CT): This is a training for youth and adults in chaplaining to youth, whether in youth groups or at conferences. It addresses ethical and legal issues and skills a chaplain needs.
• Training of Trainers (TOT): Youth and adult teams, selected through an application process, are trained to lead one of the six trainings mentioned above. 30 training hours.
• Ministry with Youth Renaissance Module* This training is offered through the Renaissance Program of the UUA.
• Jubilee World Anti-Racism Training*
• Our Whole Lives Grades 7-9 and/or 10-12 Teacher Training* part of the UUA’s comprehensive curriculum on human sexuality.

* Trainings not coordinated by the Youth Office

LEVELS OF ACHIEVEMENT
Levels of achievement in the Chrysalis program reflect the number and types of training completed by participants. When a participant completes enough training hours to qualify for one of the four Levels of Achievement she/he/ze receives a letter of recognition. Each level and the requirements are listed below:

Level I: 30 hours, including at least one Youth Office-coordinated training
Level II: 60 hours, including at least two Youth Office-coordinated trainings
Level III: 90 hours, including at least three Youth Office-coordinated trainings and a Training of Trainers
Level IV: 120 hours, including at least four Youth Office-coordinated trainings, a Training of Trainers, a training led as a trainer and at least one training not coordinated by the Youth Office

RECOGNITION AND RECORDS
When a participant completes enough training hours to qualify, she/he/ze can fill out a Chrysalis Program Verification Form and submit it to the UUA Youth Office. Once their participation in the trainings has been verified, they will receive a letter of recognition from the Youth Office. Verification Forms will be processed twice a year. The Chrysalis Manual and Verification Forms are available at www.uua.org/YRUU/training. Contact the Youth Office for print copies – available via mail or fax.

CHRYSALIS MANUAL
The manual includes an introduction, detailed program descriptions, How it Works, Verification Form, Anti-Racism Grassroots Plan of Action, and a sample worship ceremony congregations can put on for their youth and adults who go through the program. The manual can be downloaded on the YRUU website at www.uua.org/YRUU/training. You may also request a free copy by contacting the Youth Office.

SCHEDULING
Most Chrysalis trainings offered by the UUA Youth Office are coordinated by district or regional youth/adult committees. Forms for requesting trainers are available on the YRUU website. The Youth Office provides leadership teams and program materials, while the host district is responsible for registrations, publicity, and local arrangements for hosting the training. Renaissance modules are not scheduled through the Youth Office; for info contact the Religious Education Credentialing Office 617-948-4617.

COST
The participants, district or regional leadership, and the UUA Youth Office share the cost of sponsoring a Chrysalis training. The district or region hosting the training will determine the cost of attendance based on their own costs, which include: Meals, site cost, a travel equalization fee paid to the UUA Youth Office for providing trainers, and stipends paid directly to both trainers. There is no cost for receiving a Chrysalis letter of recognition.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Contact the UUA Youth Office with any questions you may have about offering youth leadership trainings, for print copies of any of the forms mentioned above, or for anything else related to the Chrysalis Program!

Youth Office
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA 02108
617-948-4350
yruu@uua.org

CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE:
www.uua.org/YRUU/youthoffice/training The website has information on all of the trainings offered by the Youth Office and Chrysalis materials. You can also learn about other aspects of YRUU, such as continental conferences, social justice issues and organizing, resources for local youth groups, governance of YRUU, the YRUU newsletter, Synapse, and Anti-Racism resources and organizing efforts.

All trainings include:

THE FIVE STEPS TO BUILDING COMMUNITY

Bonding
Opening up
Affirming
Stretching
Deeper Sharing

THE SIX COMPONENTS OF BALANCED YOUTH PROGRAMMING

Community Building
Leadership
Learning
Social Action
Worship
Youth/Adult Relations

To all the Old and
Young Religious Unitarian Universalists:
We thank you for being our spiritual ancestors,
and we welcome those who will one day be
our spiritual descendants.
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This program is dedicated to the many youth
and adults who, over the past few decades,
have devoted their time, energy, creativity, and
love to develop quality youth leadership programs.
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The CHRYSALIS is the last pod stage of
growth before the cocoon becomes a butterfly.