The UUA Retirement Plan is undergoing dramatic changes, which are proposed to go into effect January 1, 2014. Eligibility rules are proposed to allow more church employees to be covered by eliminating the first year waiting period, as well as the one-half time minimum employment standard. Employees will be able
UUA Moderator candidates offer on-line forum June 6
Delegates to this year’s UUA General Assembly in Louisville, KY will be electing a new Moderator to serve a six-year term as the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA) Chief Governance Officer. The two candidates for this position are Jim Key and Tamara Payne-Alex (right). To enhance congregants’ knowledge of the candidates
Report from Regional Assembly
Janine Larsen, District Executive and Diane Brinson, District Administrator, have posted a report from Regional Assembly, held April 26-28 in San Jose, CA. The event attracted nearly 700 Unitarian Universalists from the four districts of the UUA Pacific Western Region. The article, on the front page of the PNWD website,
GoldMine Youth Leadership School: A letter from the Dean and Youth Ministry Specialist
Dear Religious Education Colleagues, Ministers and Congregations, Do you have a high-school aged youth showing leadership potential? Consider supporting them in applying to participate in the PNWD GoldMine Youth Leadership School this Summer July 21 – 27. GoldMine is a week-long community building and training space for high school youth
Standing on the Side of Love in Richland, WA
John Dorian, member of the Community UU Church Social Justice Committee in Pasco, WA, tells us that while CUUC was borrowing the district’s Standing on the Side of Love banner during April, they organized a public rally with the Tri-Cities Interfaith Alliance. Approximately twenty participants represented Unitarian Universalists, Sikhs, United Church of Christ, and the