Youth Ministry Working Group
The charge of the Youth Ministry Working Group is to recommend to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Administration and UUA Board of Trustees a framework and strategic imagination for Unitarian Universalist youth ministry based on the findings of the Consultation on Ministry To and With Youth and the recommendations of the Summit on Youth Ministry.
Members of the Youth Ministry Working Group
- Nick Allen (Youth Member)
- Robin Barraza (Youth Advisor)
- Charlie Burke (Youth Member)
- Helia Daigeau (Youth Member)
- Nancy DiGiovanni (Acting Co-Director, Young Adult and Campus Ministry, UUA)
- Rev. Mara Dowdall (Interim Director, Office of Youth Ministries, UUA)
- Caitlin DuBois (Youth Member)
- Judith Frediani (Director of Lifespan Faith Development, UUA)
- Morgan Ivens (Youth Member)
- Michael Kusz (Youth Member)
- Andrea Lerner (District Executive, Metro New York District, UUA)
- India McKnight (DRUUMM* Youth and Young Adults (YaYA) and Youth Ministry Program Associate, UUA)
- Victoria Mitchell (Youth Member)
- Rev. Alison Miller (Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association)
- Katie Parker (Youth Member)
- Laura Spencer (Program Associate for Racial and Ethnic Concerns, Identity-Based Ministries, UUA)
- Rev. Judy Tomlinson (Liberal Religious Educators Association)
- Rev. Archene Turner (Youth Advisor)
- Jackie Whitworth (Youth Member)
The Youth Ministry Working Group's final meeting was held February 28-March 1, 2009 in Boston. At this meeting, they completed their report with recommendations for youth ministry (PDF, 24 pages) that has been submitted to the UUA Board of Trustees. For more information about the recommendations, please visit our page about engaging with the report.
*DRUUMM: Diverse Revolutionary Unitarian Universalist Multicultural Ministries
For more information contact youth @ uua.org.
Last updated on Tuesday, April 14, 2009.
