| News and updates from the Central East Region of the UUA to keep your congregation informed.
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| Opportunities for Connection
CER Update ~ November 2018
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| Featured Resource: 2018-19 Common Read
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This year's Common Read is Justice on Earth: People of Faith Working at the Intersections of Race, Class, and the Environment, edited by Manish Mishra-Marzetti and Jennifer Nordstrom. This highly anticipated anthology presents a powerful and penetrating look at environmental justice from some of the key thinkers and activists in Unitarian Universalism today. The UUA has also prepared a discussion guide. A Common Read invites participants to read and discuss the same book in a given period of time. It can build community in our congregations and our movement by giving diverse people a shared experience, shared language, and a basis
for deep, meaningful conversations. For more information about how you and your UU community can participate, and for PowerPoint slides of the discussion questions, check out: www.uua.org/books/read.
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| Election Outreach Opportunities
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The midterm elections are just around the corner, but it's not too late for you or your congregation to take action. If you are in Ohio, Issue 1 is something that UUs and UU Justice Ohio have been working to get out the vote and educate the public about. There is a Get Out The Vote event in Cleveland, OH November 3-4, 2018 with Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray you can participate in. Learn more about this issue and what you can do at the UUA website. Also, if your congregation is helping with voter registration or other activities, please remember to keep the law in mind. The Real Rules explains how the law impacts what our congregations can and cannot do. Basically you can support or campaign against issues but you cannot support or campaign against candidates. The UUA has a number of resources on
their Voting Rights and Election Reform page.
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| Summer Institute Announces This Year's Theme Speaker
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Summer Institute is pleased to announce that this year's theme speaker is Dr. Ysaye Barnwell.
Dr. Barnwell is a native New Yorker who lives in Washington DC. She is a musician, actress, leader, performer and composer. She has, for the past thirty years spent much of her time off stage working as a master teacher and choral clinician in African American cultural performance. Her workshop "Building a Vocal Community®: Singing in the African American Tradition" has during the past twenty-eight years, been conducted on three continents, making her work in the field a significant source of inspiration for both singers and non-singers, a model of pedagogy for educators, and cultural activists and historians.
The Planning Committee is excited to bring her energy and music
to Summer Institute in 2019. Learn more about Summer Institute at www.cersiuu.org
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| Better Together Blog: We Need Churches
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The communities where we live and work and go to school are constantly changing. The nation and the wider world is constantly changing. There is so much that we do not control. We face everyday challenges as we go through the various phases of our own lives and the lives of family and friends. And in these challenges there are many opportunities for us to stretch and grow. Read the rest of the article
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Is your congregation in New Jersey? There is a law change that affects you related to sick leave that goes into affect 10/29. Please get in touch with your primary contact if you did not get our email about this change.
November is Open Enrollment month! If you have staff who want to join the UUA health or dental insurance plans, this is the month they can do that. The deadline is November 30. Details at the UUA Benefits Page.
Does your congregation have employees? Have you done your annual Benefits Tune Up? The UUA Office of Church Staff Finances urges every congregation to complete this Benefits Tune-up Workbook to ensure that you are administering UUA benefits in accordance with plan rules and requirements. By offering UUA benefits, you have made a commitment to honoring the terms of our
plans and congregational missteps can be costly.
Looking for a congregational outreach program? The Church of the Larger Fellowship will be sending almost 900 holiday cards to CLF members experiencing incarceration. Could you help? Invite
your social action committee or youth to write messages of hope. If you're interested, it’s important to read a detailed list of Do’s and Don’ts at this link. CLF staff and
volunteers will address all envelopes, bringing a bit of cheer to our incarcerated UU members, many of whom are lonely and without support. Questions? Reach out to Beth Murray at bmurray@clfuu.org
Think your congregation is a Breakthrough Congregation? It's not too late to apply for 2018-19. The deadline has been extended to December 1. Learn more at the Breakthrough Congregation website.
Now is the time for congregations to schedule immersion learning journeys with the Unitarian Universalist College of Social Justice for Spring and Summer 2019. Learn more about the journeys available to youth, young adults and adults of all ages or contact info@uucsj.org to ask about setting dates for your congregation.
Support Black Unitarian Universalists. Take part in a special
opportunity to support the Promise and the Practice of Our Faith Campaign and double the impact of your gift. All individual gifts or pledges of $500 to $5,000 that are made by December 31 will be matched by the UU Funding Program up to a total of $150,000. More details are available online or by contacting Cheri Taylor at bluu-campaign@uua.org.
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The following events are upcoming in the region. For full details and a complete list visit the CER Calendar Page. Also, please note, if you are mailing a check to pay for your event to us, you must write the name and date of the event in the memo line. Otherwise we may not get it properly credited.
- UNY Fall Youth Con ~ Syracuse, NY ~ November 9-11, 2018
- OM Junior High Youth Con ~ Oberlin, OH ~ November 9-11, 2018
- Pittsburgh Cluster Annual Assembly ~ Pittsburgh, PA ~ November 10, 2018
- OM Chaplain Training ~ Pittsburgh, PA ~ November 16-18, 2018
- MNY Chaplain Training ~ Summit, NJ ~ November 16-18, 2018
- UNY Junior High Youth Con ~ Albany, NY ~ November 17-18, 2018
- UNY Chaplain Training ~ Schenectady, NY ~ November 30-December 2, 2018
- UUCSJ Activate Training
~ Mt. Kisco, NY ~ December 7-9, 2018
- MNY Youth Adult Committee Meeting ~ December 15, 2018
Save the Date for these events:- Struggling with White Supremacy Culture ~ Fairfax, VA ~ January 26, 2019
- Youth Ministry Revival ~ Bethesda, MD ~ March 1-3, 2019
- UU-UNO Intergenerational Seminar ~ New York, NY ~ April 10-13, 2019
- Seaway Gathering ~ May 3-4, 2019
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The following webinars will take place in the region the next two months. For full details and a complete list visit the CER Webinars Calendar.
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| Congregation, Cluster and Affiliate Groups News and Events
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Our congregations and clusters in the region have many exciting activities and announcements going on. For a complete listing of events visit the CER Congregations and Clusters Calendar Page. For news and to see which congregations are hiring, please visit our News Blog for listings.
- Enlightenment and Architecture, Baltimore, MD ~ October 28, 2018
- Filling Your Justice Toolbelt, Devon, PA ~ November 3, 2018
- Mental Health Wellness for Adults and Teens, Arlington, VA ~ November 3, 2018
- UUJO Get out the Vote Weekend with Susan Frederick-Gray , Cleveland, OH ~ November 3-4, 2018
- A Day with Paula Palmer, Adelphia, MD ~ November 4, 2018
- Create Justice - Not Walls, Buffalo, NY ~ November 10, 2018
- UU Justice Ohio Annual Assembly, Delaware, OH ~ November 17, 2018
If your congregation or cluster has news or events to share, please send it to us at bcasebolt@uua.org
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