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LREDA Grants Thanks to a grant of $800,000 from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock, the Liberal Religious Educators' Association (LREDA) is able to provide support to congregations committed to reaching fair compensation guidelines for religious educators. These are available from the UUA Office of Church Staff Finances. Funds are available to congregations with a religious educator working half-time or more, to support the compensation package including salary, benefits, and professional expenses. Congregations may apply for a total of $15,000 over a period of three years. By providing this grant, the Shelter Rock congregation is encouraging and leading the way for other congregations to realize our prophetic visions for lifespan religious education and for greater support for excellence in religious education leaders and programs. GOALS OF THE GRANT Helping congregations to raise the salaries, benefits, and professional expenses of religious educators working half-time or more to the levels proposed in the Fair Compensation Guidelines will, we believe, lead to greater job satisfaction and longer tenure in the position increased stability and depth in lifespan religious education programming better educated, more experienced religious educators through continuing education and participation in professional meetings and conferences greater congregational satisfaction with and respect for the religious education professional creation of models for good compensation and benefits practices changes in norms and standards of congregations and the Association LREDA Grant Committee Members The Liberal Religious Educators' Association (LREDA) is an inclusive organization of liberal religious educators and those supportive of religious education. LREDA furthers liberal religious education by providing continuing education, networking opportunities, advocacy for religious education, and assistance and encouragement for liberal religious educators. LREDA also supports and advocates for diversity among religious educators and seeks to serve the expanding diversity of our congregations. Rev. Norma Veridan, Chair Cambridge, MA Rev. Wayne Arnason Cleveland, OH Rev. Carol Ann Taylor Wayne, PA Barbara Wallace Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Pat Ellenwood, Ex-officio Wellesley Hills, MA Deborah Kahn Rockville, MD Michelle Favreault, Ex-officio San Francisco, CA The LREDA Grant Committee is assisted in its work by Ms. Susanna Whitman of Lexington, MA. Susanna is a LREDA member and formerly served as a director of religious education in the MASSBay district. She has a ten hour a week position housed at the UUA RE Department and can be reached by telephone at 617-948-4624. Please do not contact the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. The deadlines by which grants must be received are November 1 and March 1. To request an application, please send a written request to: Susanna Whitman, LREDA GRANT Committee Administrative Assistant, c/o The UUA Religious Education Department, 25 Beacon Street, Boston MA 02108 or via email at lgcaa@uua.org.

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