Last updated: 05/09/2012

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Religious Education Services

 

Areas of service include:
 
bullet Support for the career cycle of religious educators, including:
 

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Consultations on best practices for the search for religious education leadership: advertising, interview process, employment agreements, fair compensation practices, benefits and ongoing support for the career development of religious educators

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Start-up workshops for newly hired religious educators

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Facilitated conversations between religious educators and ministers

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Covenanting for Excellence in RE workshops

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Goal-setting and follow-up assessments

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Exit/transition interviews
 
bullet Network of consultants and trainers to support congregations regarding:
 

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Religious education programming and worship for all ages

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Youth and young adult programming, including YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalists) and Campus Ministries

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Volunteer recruitment, training and support

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Organizational analysis, vision articulation, goal-setting, and development of healthy systems for RE committees and groups

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Development of Safe Congregation policies and procedures

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Conflict management
 
bullet Training, workshops, and retreats, including:
 

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Renaissance Modules

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OWL Training (Our Whole Lives - Sexuality Education)
 
bullet RE Lending Library, offering curricula and a wide range of resources for lifespan religious education, worship, youth programming, parenting, and congregational leadership development
 
bullet Communication network linking educators and congregational leaders to religious education resources, events, and programs, and to the larger UU world.
 

Guided by our living faith, the Unitarian Universalist District of Metropolitan New York exists to be a source of connection and transformation for our congregations and our larger world.