Join me this Summer! TWO CHOICES

Friends,

Are you one of the lucky people with time off over the summer? Vacation, Study Leave, Retirement? If so, join me this summer at one of the two conferences I will be attending.

This Summer I will be one of the leaders at

1. The UU Small Group Ministry Network Summer Institute at Ferry Beach
At the SGM week I'll be one of a handful of conference leaders. This is a great time to take your small group minsitry to the next level (or learn how to start one right).

and

2. The Star Island Religious Education week
I will be leading (provided registration is sufficient) a workshop for young adults and leaders working with YA's. It is called "SUPERSIZE THIS! A Young Adult workshop on engaged spirituality, leadership and community." Note that THANDEKA, popular theologian, speaker on "Affect Theology" and president of the Center For Community Values (CCV) will be the theme speaker. My workshop will meet each morning of the week. Casual porch time with me to follow!

Here is the "SUPERSIZE THIS" workshop in a nutshell:

Everything our faith has to offer, young adults are ready for more of it.
Aren't you? During this week we're going to take Unitarian Universalism to the
next level. We'll start with an honest UU reality check, looking at the
assumptions, structures, language/terms that congregations have been using to
operate. After identifying what we think has been, we’re going to challenge the
status quo! Drawing on wisdom from small group ministry, life coaching and other
sources we will look at new ways of doing spiritual growth, leadership
development and community building.Topics will include spiritual leadership in
group ministries, covenants and group health, peer spiritual direction and
coaching, weaving spiritual disciplines into group life, cultivating
relationships that matter, and techniques for sharing our faiths with those who
are hungry for it.

As for the Small Group Ministry week, check out the Ferry Beach website for more information. www.ferrybeach.org and the Ferry Beach page of the UU SGM NETWORK.

If you know of anyone with time off over the Summer who might have interest in either of these, please forward this to them. I'm trying to help get PR out for both of these events.

UU BLOGGERS: Cross-Blog-Pollination of these events much appreciated!

Thanks,
Peter

PS-- Questions about either event? Email me at peter@uuplanet.com

Peter Freedman Bowden
Director, UU PLANET Ministries
Online at www.uuplanet.com