Archive for the ‘News’ Category

Check out the district YA Calendar!

Make sure to check out our calendar of upcoming events that can be found at the left of every page! This calendar now includes events with a YA focus from congregations in our district (listed with the name of the congregation before the event name) and events that are hosted directly by members of the [...]

Posted by mnyd on March 14th, 2010 under News  •  No Comments

Announcing UU-UNO’s Intergenerational Spring Seminar

A Climate of Change:
Head, Heart and Hands Around the Planet”
April 8-10, 2010 (Youth program begins on April 7) – New York City

Every April, youth and adults from around the United States and Canada gather in New York City for the UU-UNO’s (UU United Nation’s Office) educational Intergenerational Spring Seminar. All participants gain a deep [...]

Posted by mnyd on March 14th, 2010 under Events, News  •  No Comments

Winter Retreat 2010 at Frost Valley!

Sixth Annual Winter Retreat!
Feb. 12-15, 2010 at Frost Valley YMCA (click for details on the location)

Spend Presidents Day Weekend (February 12-15, 2010) in community with fellow Metro NY District Unitarian Universalist Young Adults at Frost Valley YMCA Camp in Claryville, NY! Stay 3 nights (meals included) in a beautiful 40-person environmentally friendly lodge with a [...]

Posted by mnyd on November 18th, 2009 under Events, News Tags: , ,  •  No Comments

NYC-Area Campus Ministry

The Metro NY District Young Adult steering committee and local UU college students are looking to start a campus ministry initiative in the NYC area. So far, preliminary planning meetings have taken place to begin to sort out what such an initiative might look like and to decide how to move forward. If you are [...]

Posted by mnyd on September 14th, 2009 under News Tags:  •  No Comments

Fall 2009 — Young Adult Our Whole Lives Class

Be a part of the Metro New York District Young Adult Our Whole Lives class starting in fall 2009! The age range of 18-35 is a broad one with many changes and challenges, one of which is navigating sexuality and relationships as an adult. Facilitators Kirsten DeFur, Rev. Jude Geiger, and Claire Sexton will [...]

Posted by mnyd on August 9th, 2009 under Events, News Tags:  •  No Comments

Welcome to our new website!

In an attempt to make our website more lively, we’ve switched to WordPress! Except to see regular blog entries about district young adult happenings in various areas, categorized for easy reading. We’re still looking into adding new features, so check back often to see what’s new! Feel free to make any suggestions to our webmaster [...]

Posted by ryanov on July 26th, 2009 under News Tags:  •  No Comments

New Web Host

Our site has recently moved to a new web host! Though it has been pretty thoroughly tested, please let us know if anything unexpected happens or if any old content is missing. Thanks for your patience!

Posted by mnyd on July 26th, 2009 under News  •  No Comments

Website outage

Due to a problem with the district’s webserver, we were forced to restore the site from a backup taken on March 1st. The site was unavailable from about March 4th to the time of writing. We apologize for any inconvenience — we’re still here!

Posted by mnyd on March 14th, 2009 under News Tags:  •  No Comments

Issues with ConnectUU Preventing Registration

Apparently there was an issue with ConnectUU last week that was preventing confirmation e-mails from being sent to new users attempting to register for access. The problem was fixed, working through the UUA Office of Young Adult Ministries.
If you attempted to register for ConnectUU in order to register for our annual winter retreat, please know [...]

Posted by ryanov on December 6th, 2008 under News Tags: ,  •  No Comments

Winter Retreat 2009 — Update

The cost of the retreat has now increased to $200. Scholarships are available for those that need them. Also, if you are currently registered and are willing to help plan the retreat, please get in contact with Jai Berg, dean of this year’s retreat (you can find her information via Facebook).
Registration is available on ConnectUU. [...]

Posted by ryanov on December 1st, 2008 under News Tags: ,  •  No Comments