MONOGRAPHS

How to Start a Young Adult Group by Suzelle Lynch, 1992.
This monograph addresses questions such as:
"What is Young Adult Ministry?"
"Why do Young Adult Ministry?"
"Who are Young Adults?"
and then takes you through a step by step guide to starting a group in your society. The monograph basically deals with Young Adult groups within a congregation.

Free -- included in the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Information Packet

A Social Action Guide for Unitarian Universalist Young Adults by Alice J. Winner, 1994.

Alice J. Winner, Director of UU'Serve answers these important questions for UU Young Adults interested in Social Action:
"What is Social Action for Unitarian Universalist Young Adults?"
"Connecting Service to Congregation and Denomination"
"Making the Right Choice for You"
"The Cost of Community Service"
"Designing the Perfect Community Service Program for UU Young Adults"
Monograph ties the denominational Principles and Purposes to the underlying commitment to social action.
Free -- included in the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Information Packet

Weaving Worship to Welcome Young Adults by Suzelle Lynch, 1995.
Sunday morning worship is the central organizing event in the life of a UU congregation. It's the time when we come together, in community, to connect with each other and with a sense of meaning greater than ourselves. So why are Young Adults -- people aged 18-35 -- such a minority in our congregations on Sunday morning? This paper offers suggestions for weaving UU worship that is meaningful and attractive to Young Adults. Free -- included in the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Information Packet

MANUALS & CURRICULUM

General Young Adult Ministry

Unitarian Universalist Youth and Young Adult Leadership School Handbook by Jaco B. ten Hove, revised 1995.
This program is designed to challenge and train self-selected UU Youth (ages 15-18) and Young Adults (ages 18-25) in three areas:
Leadership Skills Development
Religious Values and Heritage
Worship
It is not a camp or conference, but a concentrated series of workshops, reflections and sharing to take place in a week-long time frame. $15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

"Soulful Sundown" a manual by Marlin Lavanhar, 1999.
A new Young Adult UU contemporary worship style that explores the Arts and Spirituality through the interaction of local and national artists i.e. blues, jazz and folk performers, storytellers, comedians, dancers and other artists with UU worship leaders. A new resource for Young Adult worship. A manual which will help you re-create the successful "Soulful Sundown" worship experience in your congregation or district.
$15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

Articulting (Y) Our Faith

A Creative Way to Explore and Express the Basics of UUism by Barbara Wells & Jaco B. ten Hove, May 2000.
Responding to the complaints they have heard through-out their ministry about how difficult it is to describe UUism, Barbara and Jaco designed this workshop Leader's Guide (with an Addendum of Resources). They have found creative ways to encourage folks over the hurdles that keep them from expressing their UU faith to others. While written with Young Adults in mind, it can be productively adapted and used by all generations, youth and older.
$15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

Building Your Spiritual Home by Caitlin Anderson and Mary Ann Macklin, 1995.
The Young Adult years are ones filled with unique, ongoing changes and transitions. Is it possible to deal with these transitions and maintain a sense of a well-balanced, inner self? Using the turtle, the one who carries its home wherever it goes, this seven-session curriculum explores this question and offers tools to assist Young Adults in building a spiritual home within their/our lives.
$15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

Campus Ministry

The Campus Ministry Manual by Donna DiSciullo and Mary Ann Macklin, 1996.
A kit of resources for starting a Campus Ministry especially for student led groups, but also for a non-student advisor. Kit contains information on Gathering, Creating and Sustaining a campus group, plus sample orders of service, newspaper ads, flyers, newsletters, mission statements and more. Contains the Host Homes Project and HUUGs resources. Some pieces are on an enclosed disc which allows you to insert your particular information.
$15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

HUUGS Hearty Unitarian Universalist GreetingS
A one page guide to assist congregations in reaching out to a Young Adult new to their community. Suggestions for a gift basket.
Free -- included in the Campus Ministry Manual

Host Homes Project
A program designed to connect a college student with a Unitarian Universalist "home away from home." Includes instructions, cautionary notes, Student and Host Home profile forms and sample letters.
Free -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office, also included in the Campus Ministry Manual.

CLF--Church of the Larger Fellowship Student Service
A service for YA's and college students who move to areas where there is no UU Congregation or where they find it difficult to attend church. CLF's Student Service brings Unitarian Universalism to students and YA's right where they live. For $35 annually, they receive CLF's monthly journal, "Quest," and the bi-monthly, "UU World." This service runs October to June and is renewable each year. $35.00 -- Order from Church of the Larger Fellowship, 25 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108-2800

Bridging Resources

Bridging Ceremony Resource Packet
A packet of materials to assist you in changing your traditional end-of-year 'CLIFF' ceremony to a 'BRIDGING' ceremony; a ceremony that recognizes the important transition from Youth to Young Adulthood. It includes a history, sample orders of service, readings and suggestions, testimonies and ideas for staying connected to your young people after high-school.
$15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

UU Backpacking: A Faith for the Road by Donna DiSciullo, 1998.
A faith project designed for 18-22 year olds (though others can use it) to help deepen and broaden their UU faith. It is highly individualistic but must be done in community. It is a guide book to take the YA from where they are NOW to where they want to be. The pace and direction of the project is determined by the YA. Six paths to a rich and deep faith are identified. As each path is traversed, a blaze (patch) will be given which can be affixed to a backpack or to the guide book. Ideal as a gift to be presented during a Bridging Ceremony.
$15.00 -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

Bridging Cards created and designed by Jesse Jaeger
These are greeting cards designed to assist congregations introduce Young Adults moving from their community to the UU congregation in the Young Adult's new location. A Youth Advisor, RE Director, Campus Minister, or Minister can fill out the card with their contact information and send it to the nearest UU congregation in the community into which the Young Adult has moved. When that congregation receives the card they will have the contact information for the new Young Adult in their community, plus a helpful list of ways to welcome that Young Adult.
$8.00 -- for a ten pack plus envelopes, available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

OTHER RESOURCES

Young Adult/Campus Ministry Info Packet
A packet of materials to introduce you to Young Adult Ministry. The packet includes:
How to Start a Young Adult Group by Suzelle Lynch.
A Social Action Guide for Unitarian Universalist Young Adults by Alice J. Winner.
Weaving Worship to Welcome Young Adults by Suzelle Lynch
A HUUG's Baskets information sheet
It has material on the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office, on Young Adults generally, a bibliography, a newsletter and more.
Free -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

Ferment: to be in an excited or agitated state -- to stir with passion
Ferment is a publication of the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office of the UUA. It is a newsletter for, by and about YA's which is published 3x's a year in January, May and September. Ferment is intended to provide a forum for the "excited and agitated" voices of Unitarian Universalist Young Adults as they observe our denomination and our world on the eve of the 21st Century.
Free -- available through the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office

ON-LINE INFORMATION

UUCM-L
The YA/CM Office hosts a UU Campus Ministry Listserv. This List was created to facilitate conversation among people engaged in Campus Ministry or contemplating doing campus outreach. It is an opportunity to share experiences, ask for assistance, to celebrate or to gripe. It is also an opportunity for students to talk about their ministry needs. The only requirement is that you have a passion for Campus Ministry. Enjoy!
To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to listproc@uua.org. with the following message in the body: "subscribe UUCM-L [your name]" ALSO: See our Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office web site at www.uua.org\ya-cm

UUYAN.ORG
C*UUYAN, the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Sponsored Organization of the UUA, hosts a fabulous web site. Visit it for information about continental activities, conferences, YA/CM groups near you and much, much more. The webmaster is Stephen Starkey.

UUYAN-L
The UU Young Adult Network (UUYAN) has an on-line "bulletin board" service, where you can post news and information about what is happening in your area and be informed about what is happening elsewhere. Ideas for activities, things that have and have not worked for others, information about regional conferences and workshops plus stimulating conversation can all be found on "UUYAN-L".
To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to listserv@TerraLuna.org with the following message in the body: "subscribe UUYAN-L [your name]"

YOUNG ADULT AND CAMPUS MINISTRY GRANTS CON CAM CON (Congregation Campus Connection)
This program was created to assist Unitarian Universalist Congregations in hiring a Campus Ministry Coordinator who would provide UU Campus Ministry to a nearby college or university. It is for small and mid-sized Congregations that may not have the financial resources to hire a professional Campus Minister. The program would be part of the outreach mission of the Congregation.
Contact the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office for more information. An application is in the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Information Packet.

Professional Campus Ministry Grants
These are grants that assist mid-size and large congregation to start paid professional campus ministry programs. Contact the Director of Young Adult and Campus Ministry for more information.

Billings Fund Grants
Awards from the Billings Fund are for the purpose of bringing guest lecturers to colleges and universities to increase awareness and interest in the Unitarian Universalist movement. Use of these funds, up to $2000, is awarded on a rolling basis at the discretion of the Young Adult/Campus Ministry Office.
Contact the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office for more information. An application is in the Young Adult/ Campus Ministry Information Packet

Young Adult/Campus Ministry Project Grants
These grants for up to $500 are to help Young Adult and campus groups with a variety of projects that they might have. Some examples are: group start up costs, social justice projects, seed money for a conference and/or a group trip.
Contact the Young Adult and Campus Ministry Office for more information. An application is in the Young Adult / Campus Ministry Information Packet.