Religious Educators Week
Saturday, July 5 - Friday, July 11, 2025
Saturday, July 5 - Friday, July 11, 2025
Description
Workshops
Conference Leadership
Pricing
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Join us for Religious Education Week at Ferry Beach! We explore faith development, spiritual growth, and leadership in a week for colleagues, friends and families.
Each summer we create a dynamic community of individual congregations and families to form this vibrant multigenerational gathering where all kinds of families work and play alongside religious educators. We come to learn as well as to put into practice what it means to be Unitarian Universalist leaders and be part of a beloved community. This year our intentional community includes child dedications for our community at the beginning of the week in addition to our annual bridging ceremony at the week’s end. RE Week Photos from 2023!
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Now Offering a Summer Work/Play Program!Ferry Beach is offering the opportunity for young adults (ages 18-25) to experience work and play during their RE Week stay! Participants are expected to work 3 hours a day (areas of work vary-kitchen, maintenance, housekeeping, programming and will be assigned by Ferry Beach). In exchange for work, this individual's lodging & conference fee will be waived. The only cost individuals will occur during their stay is food and a $35 individual membership. Participants of this program will lodge in a campsite/dorm (possibly with another young adult).
*Note this program is limited to 4 individuals.* If you're interested in being a participant in this program please fill out the form below. |
There are so many ways we're already shining stars at loving one another: from keeping watch over little ones to sharing our heartfelt stories of life. We take long walks and talks on the beach, laugh together at the fabulous Talent/No Talent Show and watch our children grow up! We'll have so many ways to explore what it means to LOVE in a community and take that love to other communities.
Whether you are an overwhelmed introvert, a sunburnt human, or someone who just needs a nap, we all need a little break every day. Although it is so hard to say no to any of the delicious offerings, we want to provide a strong holding space for quiet time as well.
Afternoons feature more professional and personal growth opportunities such as themed porch chats, which focus on issues relating to religious education and parenting. There will also be a variety of multigenerational spiritual and “just fun” workshops, as well as time to just relax on the beach, take a walk, or play.
Multigenerational evening programs often include a dance, drumming circle, campfire, and the Talent/No Talent show. Programming for the day ends with a Spirit Circle, a time to slow down, reflect, and connect.
There are so many ways we're already shining stars at loving one another: from keeping watch over little ones to sharing our heartfelt stories of life. We take long walks and talks on the beach, laugh together at the fabulous Talent/No Talent Show and watch our children grow up! We'll have so many ways to explore what it means to LOVE in a community and take that love to other communities.
Whether you are an overwhelmed introvert, a sunburnt human, or someone who just needs a nap, we all need a little break every day. Although it is so hard to say no to any of the delicious offerings, we want to provide a strong holding space for quiet time as well.
Afternoons feature more professional and personal growth opportunities such as themed porch chats, which focus on issues relating to religious education and parenting. There will also be a variety of multigenerational spiritual and “just fun” workshops, as well as time to just relax on the beach, take a walk, or play.
Multigenerational evening programs often include a dance, drumming circle, campfire, and the Talent/No Talent show. Programming for the day ends with a Spirit Circle, a time to slow down, reflect, and connect.
Workshops
RE Week Workshops
Sacred Seeing $10.00
Kate Sullivan and Lynn Medley
Join us as we explore the process of taking a photograph as a way to slow down, to notice things we often miss, and to see deeply with the “eyes of the heart.” Open yourself to wonder and awe, to the discovery of the holy all around you, and to using photography as an act of silent worship. This year we will explore the dance of light and shadow, see what is hidden and what is revealed in our images, embrace ambiguity and mystery, discover our holy places, and find the sacred all around us. We will use our photographs as windows to reveal what is within and beyond what is often just simply seen.
Join us and experience the divine in the world as we bring our camera to the eye and open ourselves to the transformative power of sacred sight. NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT or experience is necessary to fully participate. Bring your point-&-shoot, your big camera, your old Polaroid, or your cell phone (which is what most people use!) This is a deep and FUN multigenerational offering for people in high school on up. This will be our 6th year of offering this course and we are so excited to welcome new and returning participants.
Leaders:
Kate Sullivan, long-time Ferry Beacher, is a developmental psychologist who has been working as an RE Director/consultant in UU churches for 15 years. She is also a photographer and has been working on bringing together her love of photography, building community, and spiritual practice. Kate is the co-creator of this workshop, Sacred Seeing, with Lynn Medley, and is super excited to be offering it again this year during RE Week!
Lynn Medley is a speech-language pathologist who spent a few years as a Director of Religious Education in a small UU fellowship in Pennsylvania. She has attended Ferry Beach’s RE Week for more than 14 years, and is the co-creator of this workshop, Sacred Seeing, with Kate Sullivan.
Kate Sullivan and Lynn Medley
Join us as we explore the process of taking a photograph as a way to slow down, to notice things we often miss, and to see deeply with the “eyes of the heart.” Open yourself to wonder and awe, to the discovery of the holy all around you, and to using photography as an act of silent worship. This year we will explore the dance of light and shadow, see what is hidden and what is revealed in our images, embrace ambiguity and mystery, discover our holy places, and find the sacred all around us. We will use our photographs as windows to reveal what is within and beyond what is often just simply seen.
Join us and experience the divine in the world as we bring our camera to the eye and open ourselves to the transformative power of sacred sight. NO SPECIAL EQUIPMENT or experience is necessary to fully participate. Bring your point-&-shoot, your big camera, your old Polaroid, or your cell phone (which is what most people use!) This is a deep and FUN multigenerational offering for people in high school on up. This will be our 6th year of offering this course and we are so excited to welcome new and returning participants.
Leaders:
Kate Sullivan, long-time Ferry Beacher, is a developmental psychologist who has been working as an RE Director/consultant in UU churches for 15 years. She is also a photographer and has been working on bringing together her love of photography, building community, and spiritual practice. Kate is the co-creator of this workshop, Sacred Seeing, with Lynn Medley, and is super excited to be offering it again this year during RE Week!
Lynn Medley is a speech-language pathologist who spent a few years as a Director of Religious Education in a small UU fellowship in Pennsylvania. She has attended Ferry Beach’s RE Week for more than 14 years, and is the co-creator of this workshop, Sacred Seeing, with Kate Sullivan.
Ecology & Spirituality Free to Attend (Capacity of 12 individuals)
Rev. Dan Harper and Jessica Harwood
Spend the week exploring the habitats surrounding Ferry Beach, connecting with the natural world, and renewing your spirit. We will engage in contemplative and environmental practices and activities to engage our sense of wonder. Additionally, there will be opportunities to work with the kids and youth to lead environmental activities and learn together in intergenerational exploration. You will gain skills for your own understanding and relationship to the natural world, while also building a tool box of activities to use in an RE program. This workshop is for DREs as well as anyone who wants to learn more about ecology and spirituality in a hands-on, immersive experience.
Leaders:
Rev. Dan Harper started as a UU religious educator in 1994. Having worked as DRE, MRE, interim religious educator, he is currently parish minister in Cohasset, Mass. Since 2015, he has co-directed a weeklong UU ecology camp. He holds the Mass. Audubon Field Naturalist certificate, and is a California Certified Naturalist.
Jessica Harwood has been the Director of Faith Development & Community Engagement at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence since 2017. Prior to that, she was an elementary classroom teacher and environmental educator. She is inspired by the natural world, creativity, community, and kids.
Rev. Dan Harper and Jessica Harwood
Spend the week exploring the habitats surrounding Ferry Beach, connecting with the natural world, and renewing your spirit. We will engage in contemplative and environmental practices and activities to engage our sense of wonder. Additionally, there will be opportunities to work with the kids and youth to lead environmental activities and learn together in intergenerational exploration. You will gain skills for your own understanding and relationship to the natural world, while also building a tool box of activities to use in an RE program. This workshop is for DREs as well as anyone who wants to learn more about ecology and spirituality in a hands-on, immersive experience.
Leaders:
Rev. Dan Harper started as a UU religious educator in 1994. Having worked as DRE, MRE, interim religious educator, he is currently parish minister in Cohasset, Mass. Since 2015, he has co-directed a weeklong UU ecology camp. He holds the Mass. Audubon Field Naturalist certificate, and is a California Certified Naturalist.
Jessica Harwood has been the Director of Faith Development & Community Engagement at the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence since 2017. Prior to that, she was an elementary classroom teacher and environmental educator. She is inspired by the natural world, creativity, community, and kids.
Art & Qigong $15.00 (Capacity of 20 individuals)
Mandy Neff and Ashley Baldwin
Art & Qignog combines a powerful retreat-like qigong morning practice with creative art-making appropriate for all levels. This year, we will use meditative body awareness as a tool to explore the stories we habitually tell ourselves about “who we are,” within our bodies and minds, which are not aligned with our personal visions of health and wellbeing. Through the body practice, we will then learn to consciously release and shift these habitual stories toward a wholesome, healthful state which supports further personal and professional development. Following qigong, the visual arts will serve as a medium to explore questions of liberation, race, and justice-making. We will transform ourselves and our art throughout the week, reshaping 2-D materials into 3-D sculpture. Our art practices will include developing skills for anti-racism work through releasing stuck patterns, developing our emotional capacity to hold change, sharing to build community and dream a new world, and rebuilding collaborative structures from the new vision. These skills for change-making and paradigm-shifting, both in body and mind, can be applied to religious education programs in many ways.
Leaders:
Mandy Neff has served as a UU religious educator for 4 congregations over a 25-year career. She is the author of several curricula for youth. She has served as the President of New England LREDA and currently sits on the board of the Church of the Larger Fellowship. Mandy is a Spiritual Director certified by Still Harbor Chaplains for Justice. She believes that immersive retreats and camps are one of the most powerful ways to build spiritual community and foster strong faith identity and development.
Ashley Baldwin is a Senior Instructor and core team-member with the Thai Qi Holistics international healing & education center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since 2017, she has been empowering others through her practice to recognize, accept, and transform the habitual body posture, movement, and breathing patterns which cause daily discomfort, both physically and mentally, in daily life, toward a state of optimal well-being. Raised a UU, Ashley enjoys facilitating self-inquiry through embodied experience, as she understands that body, mind, and spiritual health are dynamically connected. Having lived in Thailand for over 7 years, Ashley currently resides on Long Island, New York, where, through her holistic practice, she is bridging a connection between Eastern spirituality & traditional medicine, and her home community.
Mandy Neff and Ashley Baldwin
Art & Qignog combines a powerful retreat-like qigong morning practice with creative art-making appropriate for all levels. This year, we will use meditative body awareness as a tool to explore the stories we habitually tell ourselves about “who we are,” within our bodies and minds, which are not aligned with our personal visions of health and wellbeing. Through the body practice, we will then learn to consciously release and shift these habitual stories toward a wholesome, healthful state which supports further personal and professional development. Following qigong, the visual arts will serve as a medium to explore questions of liberation, race, and justice-making. We will transform ourselves and our art throughout the week, reshaping 2-D materials into 3-D sculpture. Our art practices will include developing skills for anti-racism work through releasing stuck patterns, developing our emotional capacity to hold change, sharing to build community and dream a new world, and rebuilding collaborative structures from the new vision. These skills for change-making and paradigm-shifting, both in body and mind, can be applied to religious education programs in many ways.
Leaders:
Mandy Neff has served as a UU religious educator for 4 congregations over a 25-year career. She is the author of several curricula for youth. She has served as the President of New England LREDA and currently sits on the board of the Church of the Larger Fellowship. Mandy is a Spiritual Director certified by Still Harbor Chaplains for Justice. She believes that immersive retreats and camps are one of the most powerful ways to build spiritual community and foster strong faith identity and development.
Ashley Baldwin is a Senior Instructor and core team-member with the Thai Qi Holistics international healing & education center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Since 2017, she has been empowering others through her practice to recognize, accept, and transform the habitual body posture, movement, and breathing patterns which cause daily discomfort, both physically and mentally, in daily life, toward a state of optimal well-being. Raised a UU, Ashley enjoys facilitating self-inquiry through embodied experience, as she understands that body, mind, and spiritual health are dynamically connected. Having lived in Thailand for over 7 years, Ashley currently resides on Long Island, New York, where, through her holistic practice, she is bridging a connection between Eastern spirituality & traditional medicine, and her home community.
Dimensions of Faith Development Free to Attend
Natalie Briscoe and Lillian Drab-Braddick
In this Renaissance Module, religious educators and other leaders will explore the idea of a counter-cultural narrative of Faith Development which knits together all of these areas of the congregation into a holistic view of multicultural transformation. Participants will:
Leaders:
Natalie Aguila Briscoe received her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 where her focus was on learning and perception across the lifespan and her Master's Degree in counseling and human development from the University of North Texas in 2002. She has amassed over a decade as a Religious Educator, serving congregations in the Southern and Pacific Western Regions. Natalie joined the Unitarian Universalist Association's Congregational Life Staff in 2013, began serving as the Co-Lead of the Southern Region in 2018, and transitioned to the sole Lead of the Region in 2021. Natalie is a proud Queer Pinay woman whose ministry is to help congregations become the best institutional incarnation of Unitarian Universalism that they can be.
Lillian is a Congregational Life Staff member in the Southern Region & Co-Dean of the LeaderLab Learning Center. The Southern Region serves the faith by fostering congregational health and vitality; LeaderLab develops resources for congregational lay leaders and Religious Professionals. Lillian came to Unitarian Universalism as a youth and holds a special place in her heart for youth ministry. She was fortunate to be engaged in campus ministry as an undergrad. She served the First Unitarian Church of Dallas for over a decade; directing programs for youth, developing new young adult-centered initiatives and leading adult religious education. Lillian resides with her family in Dallas, Texas and is honored to serve our Southern Region and wider faith.
Natalie Briscoe and Lillian Drab-Braddick
In this Renaissance Module, religious educators and other leaders will explore the idea of a counter-cultural narrative of Faith Development which knits together all of these areas of the congregation into a holistic view of multicultural transformation. Participants will:
- Gain a view of Faith Development that is central to the congregation's work and weaves together all of the primary ministries of a religious body;
- Develop a method for dismantling white supremacy culture within their congregation and in the world through the content and method of Lifespan Faith Development within their congregations;
- Envision a model for "What's Next" in our work of dismantling white supremacy culture that leaves participants feeling empowered to move forward with the work; and
- Take away a collection of stories that both forms a multicultural narrative for our faith journey and communicates our UU values.
Leaders:
Natalie Aguila Briscoe received her Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 2000 where her focus was on learning and perception across the lifespan and her Master's Degree in counseling and human development from the University of North Texas in 2002. She has amassed over a decade as a Religious Educator, serving congregations in the Southern and Pacific Western Regions. Natalie joined the Unitarian Universalist Association's Congregational Life Staff in 2013, began serving as the Co-Lead of the Southern Region in 2018, and transitioned to the sole Lead of the Region in 2021. Natalie is a proud Queer Pinay woman whose ministry is to help congregations become the best institutional incarnation of Unitarian Universalism that they can be.
Lillian is a Congregational Life Staff member in the Southern Region & Co-Dean of the LeaderLab Learning Center. The Southern Region serves the faith by fostering congregational health and vitality; LeaderLab develops resources for congregational lay leaders and Religious Professionals. Lillian came to Unitarian Universalism as a youth and holds a special place in her heart for youth ministry. She was fortunate to be engaged in campus ministry as an undergrad. She served the First Unitarian Church of Dallas for over a decade; directing programs for youth, developing new young adult-centered initiatives and leading adult religious education. Lillian resides with her family in Dallas, Texas and is honored to serve our Southern Region and wider faith.
Children's Program Free to Attend
Our children’s program offers a safe space for children to build friendships and explore activities in the areas of art, yoga, team building through group games, ecology, and music. There is a mix of activities as a small group and activities with the adult workshops which fosters multigenerational . Children will be able to develop their interest in the outdoors, connect with nature, and have fun!
Participants are grouped into age bands and travel from activity to activity with their group leader. They start the morning with one session, break for snack and singing with Laurie on DeWolf porch, then finish the morning with a second session.
Group leaders:
-Ilana Krepchin
-Mara Vorhees
-Ellenor Barish
Musician Assistant:
-Glenn Rivard
Our children’s program offers a safe space for children to build friendships and explore activities in the areas of art, yoga, team building through group games, ecology, and music. There is a mix of activities as a small group and activities with the adult workshops which fosters multigenerational . Children will be able to develop their interest in the outdoors, connect with nature, and have fun!
Participants are grouped into age bands and travel from activity to activity with their group leader. They start the morning with one session, break for snack and singing with Laurie on DeWolf porch, then finish the morning with a second session.
Group leaders:
-Ilana Krepchin
-Mara Vorhees
-Ellenor Barish
Musician Assistant:
-Glenn Rivard
Juniors Youth Group Free to Attend
Lauren Strauss & Kelly Sarazen
The Junior Youth Group is a place where we hang out, get to know each other, and have a lot of fun! Kelly and Lauren are looking forward to spending a week exploring the Beach, creating art, building relationships, and examining the world through the lens of human beings who inhabit a world that needs our stewardship, our cooperation, and our collaboration with our Junior Youth members.
Highlights will include the Banathlon, the Jetty Walk, and Bum Volleyball with Senior Youth, time in the art cabin, music and movement, and lots of traditional games and activities. We’ll be building personal meditation spaces and spending time developing and enhancing lasting friendships.
Leaders:
Lauren Strauss is a mom, long-time RE Week attendee, and works as a Religious Educator at the Framingham, MA UU congregation. Her driver’s license says she is in her 50s but her soul is 12. She’s good at arts & crafts of all kinds, will probably face-plant on the Jetty Walk, and plays ukulele and sings (sometimes making up the words and tunes about the stuff going on around her).
Kelly Sarazen is a mom to three wonderful humans, two of which will be at Ferry Beach with her this year. Kelly is a Special Education Teacher and has been attending Ferry Beach for about 7 years. Kelly loves to read and watch bad TV in between taxi runs for her kids. She is excited to work with Junior Youth this year and hopes that she can stay awake long enough in the evenings to get through our evening activities.
Lauren Strauss & Kelly Sarazen
The Junior Youth Group is a place where we hang out, get to know each other, and have a lot of fun! Kelly and Lauren are looking forward to spending a week exploring the Beach, creating art, building relationships, and examining the world through the lens of human beings who inhabit a world that needs our stewardship, our cooperation, and our collaboration with our Junior Youth members.
Highlights will include the Banathlon, the Jetty Walk, and Bum Volleyball with Senior Youth, time in the art cabin, music and movement, and lots of traditional games and activities. We’ll be building personal meditation spaces and spending time developing and enhancing lasting friendships.
Leaders:
Lauren Strauss is a mom, long-time RE Week attendee, and works as a Religious Educator at the Framingham, MA UU congregation. Her driver’s license says she is in her 50s but her soul is 12. She’s good at arts & crafts of all kinds, will probably face-plant on the Jetty Walk, and plays ukulele and sings (sometimes making up the words and tunes about the stuff going on around her).
Kelly Sarazen is a mom to three wonderful humans, two of which will be at Ferry Beach with her this year. Kelly is a Special Education Teacher and has been attending Ferry Beach for about 7 years. Kelly loves to read and watch bad TV in between taxi runs for her kids. She is excited to work with Junior Youth this year and hopes that she can stay awake long enough in the evenings to get through our evening activities.
Senior Youth Group Free to Attend
Dawn Jones and Rayla Mattson
Senior youth group offers a safe space for friendship, growth, and self exploration. We look forward to community building games like the Grocery Game, Wah, Silent Football, and Mafia. Deep discussions are facilitated with debate spectrum and fish bowl. Perennial favorites are decorating the campus with painter's tape, secret buddy gifting, ghost stories, music with Laurie and the Littles, and the jetty walk with a stop at the general store in Camp Ellis. The jetty walk is a chance to bond with Junior Youth, as is Bum Volleyball. Leadership opportunities arise in sand castle judging, leading improv night, planning and running Spirit Circle, planning the Banathalon, and planning and directing a talent show act. And doesn't everyone wonder what quotes Dawn will offer next? We celebrate the week by ending with a sparkle party and building a yarn web during our secret buddy reveal. And there's always room for new and different activities as the interests of the group shift over time.
Leaders:
Dawn Jones is a mom, professional entertainer, and seasoned world traveler. She has theatre, circus, and party skills, and is a superb organizer. She has led the senior youth at Ferry Beach for over 10 years, but has lost track of the exact number.
Rayla Mattson has been a religious professional with the Unitarian Universalist Faith for over a decade. Rayla is currently the Director of Religious Education for First Parish Church of Stow and Acton. Rayla is an avid writer and contributes to many articles and blogs for the UUA. In Rayla's free time, Rayla enjoys reading, writing, cooking, baking, traveling and playing board and card games.
Dawn Jones and Rayla Mattson
Senior youth group offers a safe space for friendship, growth, and self exploration. We look forward to community building games like the Grocery Game, Wah, Silent Football, and Mafia. Deep discussions are facilitated with debate spectrum and fish bowl. Perennial favorites are decorating the campus with painter's tape, secret buddy gifting, ghost stories, music with Laurie and the Littles, and the jetty walk with a stop at the general store in Camp Ellis. The jetty walk is a chance to bond with Junior Youth, as is Bum Volleyball. Leadership opportunities arise in sand castle judging, leading improv night, planning and running Spirit Circle, planning the Banathalon, and planning and directing a talent show act. And doesn't everyone wonder what quotes Dawn will offer next? We celebrate the week by ending with a sparkle party and building a yarn web during our secret buddy reveal. And there's always room for new and different activities as the interests of the group shift over time.
Leaders:
Dawn Jones is a mom, professional entertainer, and seasoned world traveler. She has theatre, circus, and party skills, and is a superb organizer. She has led the senior youth at Ferry Beach for over 10 years, but has lost track of the exact number.
Rayla Mattson has been a religious professional with the Unitarian Universalist Faith for over a decade. Rayla is currently the Director of Religious Education for First Parish Church of Stow and Acton. Rayla is an avid writer and contributes to many articles and blogs for the UUA. In Rayla's free time, Rayla enjoys reading, writing, cooking, baking, traveling and playing board and card games.
Bridging Workshop Free to Attend
Yvonne Marcoux
The Bridging Workshop is a dynamic space for incoming high school seniors that helps them reflect on their spiritual identity and practices in a supportive Unitarian Universalist context. Unfolding in three phases—history and theology, reflecting on shared spiritual values and practices, and articulating those values in a personally meaningful way—the workshop provides the resources for deep exploration of faith and community. This space is set up to offer a container for youth to ask a lot of questions. The workshop culminates with the annual ritual of bridging: the youth give a statement of faith and the community acknowledges them as an incoming member of the young adult community.
Yvonne Marcoux (she/her) is a raised UU young adult and longtime member of the RE week community. She is a cyclist, an ultimate Frisbee player, and a cofounder of the UU Young Adult Revival Network. Yvonne currently lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Yvonne Marcoux
The Bridging Workshop is a dynamic space for incoming high school seniors that helps them reflect on their spiritual identity and practices in a supportive Unitarian Universalist context. Unfolding in three phases—history and theology, reflecting on shared spiritual values and practices, and articulating those values in a personally meaningful way—the workshop provides the resources for deep exploration of faith and community. This space is set up to offer a container for youth to ask a lot of questions. The workshop culminates with the annual ritual of bridging: the youth give a statement of faith and the community acknowledges them as an incoming member of the young adult community.
Yvonne Marcoux (she/her) is a raised UU young adult and longtime member of the RE week community. She is a cyclist, an ultimate Frisbee player, and a cofounder of the UU Young Adult Revival Network. Yvonne currently lives in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Conference Leadership
Coordinators:
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Rev. Jennifer Innis
Rev. Jennifer Innis (she/her) joins us from Peoria, IL where she enjoys life with her spouse the Reverend Patrick Price and their two children. She is happy to be the minister with the Universalist Unitarian Church of Peoria. She also is the Director for Spirit Play, a story-based program for young children in Unitarian Universalism. Jennifer is a 3rd generation UU who grew up in Central Massachusetts. Ferry Beach has been part of her family life for a long time. She is glad to serve as the newest member of the RE Week Coordinator team. |
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Rebecca Reid
Rebecca (she/her) is in her 7th year of teaching 5/6th grade Special Education in Boston. She is a 3rd generation UU and is on the Worship Committee at Arlington Street Church. She grew up attending RE Week ever since she was in 2nd grade and has worked on staff for 3 summers. She also enjoyed coordinating the KFTE group at Youth Camp last summer and being a workshop leader at the 4th of July Family Week. Rebecca is especially looking forward to making RE Week a series of days that are full of wonder for the youngest members of our community. |
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Carson Jones
Carson Jones (he/him/his) is the Lifespan Religious Education Coordinator at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock. He also serves as a member of the Metro New York Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA) Chapter Leadership Team, and the Continental LREDA Nominating Committee, also known as the NomCom-icorns. Carson is currently a Religious Education Credentialing candidate with the Unitarian Universalist Association and is a trained Our Whole Lives (OWL) sexuality educator at the elementary and adult levels. Throughout his career, Carson has tirelessly advocated for women’s rights, transgender inclusion, AIDS activism, and racial and economic justice. Carson has worked extensively in theatre and loves to sing. He has attended Ferry Beach with his family for 13 summers and this is their UU happy place. This is Carson’s third year as RE Week co-coordinator and helping to grow the souls of children, youth, and adults brings him infinite joy. |
Minister of the WeekRev. Dr. Greg Boyd
Rev. Dr. Gregory C. Carrow-Boyd (he/him) is a Religious Educator Credentialed at the Leadership Level. He serves our UU congregation in Honolulu, HI as Executive Minister of Religious Education. He also serves our wider Association as a LREDA Good Officer and Religious Education Credentialing Program Mentor. Greg loves to dance and to spend time with the special young people in his life. In his free time, Greg conducts research about and writes religious education, racial justice, and sexuality education curricula. |
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Musician of the Week
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Laurie Loosigien
Laurie Loosigian, born in Maine, now lives in southern NH. Long term musician for RE week at Ferry Beach. Mother of three, and grandmother of three boys, apple orchard owner with husband, long term educator, singer and puppeteer, DRE for UU churches, and faculty at Phillips Exeter Academy running a service learning program. Greatest joys are hiking, biking, water sports and pickleball. Former college ice hockey player, ski instructor, swimming and kayaking instructor. Loves traveling, camping in Maine and winters in Venice Florida. |
Pricing
Pricing per Person |
Adult: $516 (Includes Conference Fees + Meals) Youth: $402 (Includes Conference Fees + Meals) |
Lodging |
Lodging Prices Vary Base on Selection. See our Lodging Page for pricing information. |
Membership |
Membership must be paid to attend any Ferry Beach program and is due annually. Individual Membership: $35 Family Membership: $60 See our Membership Page to learn more and to purchase or renew a membership or add on to your reservation. |
Register |
To register online click here, by phone, call the office at 207-282-4489 You can also email [email protected]. |
Our mission at Ferry Beach is to awaken hearts to explore, grow and renew the spirit of universal love.
We work by creating programing and events in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Spirituality, Sustainability, Personal Growth and Justice & Action.
We work by creating programing and events in the areas of Arts & Culture, Education, Spirituality, Sustainability, Personal Growth and Justice & Action.
