Embracing the Vision: An Intergenerational Approach

The MDD YRUU (Young Religious Unitarian Universalist) is off running this year! At the end of the 2009-2010 church year we voted in a great team for the Youth Adult Committee (YAC). Kira Flynn and Abbey Daniel are our new District Co-Chairs. They are both extremely competent leaders. If you see them at the Annual Meeting, make sure to give them a big welcome.

QUUest Camp took place in July at La Foret retreat center in Colorado Springs. We had a small but mighty crowd this year. I am astonished at the amount of talent, wisdom and deep spirituality each participant brought to the five day event. I’m already looking forward to next year, returning to the traditions and intentional community we created this year.

Youth Assembly, in conjunction with the District Annual Meeting, is the first of three annual MDD YRUU events for the 2010-2011 year. We’ll be camping out in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden (UUCO), worshiping together and conducting a business meeting for the YAC and all youth interested in learning how YRUU is run on the district level. We will also be hanging out with Annual Meeting attendees all day Saturday, attending workshops, sharing meals together and leading the Saturday night worship. You can register for this event online here.

This intergenerational aspect is new for some, which means it will take practice for it to feel natural. Luckily, the conference theme, “Learning, Growing, Leading,” lends itself nicely to an intergenerational approach. What a refreshing opportunity to strengthen our ties, deepen our commitment to each other and move forward together.  Our young leaders are offering a Saturday workshop entitled "Reaching Out and Going Deeper," which details immersion experiences in social justice and leadership training for youth and adults in the MDD. There will be plenty of time for youth and adults to get to know each other as we practice Embracing the Vision, and hopefully those relationships will continue to strengthen throughout the church year.

Posted Monday, 09 August 2010 08:17 Written by Jennica Davis