Religious Educators Week
July 10 - July 16, 2021
Hybrid Family Conference
July 10 - July 16, 2021
Hybrid Family Conference
Description
Workshops
Conference Leadership
Pricing
Description
Join us for Religious Education Week 2021! 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.
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.
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.
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
Workshops planned for 2020 - Stay tuned for 2021 Workshop Info
Art and Yoga
Thea Shapiro and Danelle Seem
Workshop Fee: $25
How do we cultivate and sustain joy within, for those we love and the world? How do we express joy once we have found it? What are the different effects and affects of the many forms joy can take? Join us in exploring and sharing joy through art and yoga practices like movement, meditation, breath work, painting, collage, writing and sculpting.
Thea Shapiro and Danelle Seem
Workshop Fee: $25
How do we cultivate and sustain joy within, for those we love and the world? How do we express joy once we have found it? What are the different effects and affects of the many forms joy can take? Join us in exploring and sharing joy through art and yoga practices like movement, meditation, breath work, painting, collage, writing and sculpting.
Adult Faith Formation Renaissance Module
Pat Infante
Workshop Fee: $50
This module will:
Pat Infante
Workshop Fee: $50
This module will:
- Model good practices in adult faith development programming
- Connect adult programming and faith development to building multiracial, multicultural, multigenerational beloved congregational community
- Provide and demonstrate practical tools for planning and supporting adult programming in Unitarian Universalist faith communities
- Present the philosophy and approach of Tapestry of Faith, provide details about adult programming, and provide an opportunity for sharing experiences with Tapestry of Faith
- Offer opportunities for deeper exploration of big-picture issues in adult learning and programming
Sacred Seeing
Lynn Medley and Kate Sullivan
Workshop Fee: $20
Join us in exploring 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 photography as an act of silent worship. This year, we will explore the dance of light and shadow, what is hidden and what and is revealed in our images, ambiguity and mystery, discovering your holy places, and seeing the sacred all around us. Our photographs will be windows revealing what is both within and beyond what is often just simply seen.
Experience the divine in the world as we bring our camera to the eye and open ourselves to 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. It is our 5th year of offering this course and we are so excited to welcome new and returning participants.
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 13 years, and is the co-creator of this workshop, Sacred Seeing, with Kate Sullivan.
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 and Kate Sullivan
Workshop Fee: $20
Join us in exploring 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 photography as an act of silent worship. This year, we will explore the dance of light and shadow, what is hidden and what and is revealed in our images, ambiguity and mystery, discovering your holy places, and seeing the sacred all around us. Our photographs will be windows revealing what is both within and beyond what is often just simply seen.
Experience the divine in the world as we bring our camera to the eye and open ourselves to 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. It is our 5th year of offering this course and we are so excited to welcome new and returning participants.
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 13 years, and is the co-creator of this workshop, Sacred Seeing, with Kate Sullivan.
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!
Creating Caring Community: Joys and Challenges
Dr. Janice Marie Johnson
Workshop Fee: $50
What does it mean to embody caring? How can we better live into our caring selves? Join us for this experiential workshop series. Each day offers a new focus: Elements of Care, Care of Self, Care of the Spirit, Care of Community, and Care of the World.
Dr. Janice Marie Johnson serves as the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Co-Director of Ministries and Faith Development. Since joining the UUA in 2009, Janice Marie has served as Director of Racial and Ethnic Concerns, Multicultural Growth Director, and Multicultural Ministries and Leadership Director in the former Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group. Before joining the UUA, she served as Director of Lifespan Religious Education at the Community Church of New York for many years. Janice currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her sister and is also a mother and grandmother.
Dr. Janice Marie Johnson
Workshop Fee: $50
What does it mean to embody caring? How can we better live into our caring selves? Join us for this experiential workshop series. Each day offers a new focus: Elements of Care, Care of Self, Care of the Spirit, Care of Community, and Care of the World.
Dr. Janice Marie Johnson serves as the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Co-Director of Ministries and Faith Development. Since joining the UUA in 2009, Janice Marie has served as Director of Racial and Ethnic Concerns, Multicultural Growth Director, and Multicultural Ministries and Leadership Director in the former Multicultural Growth and Witness staff group. Before joining the UUA, she served as Director of Lifespan Religious Education at the Community Church of New York for many years. Janice currently lives in Brooklyn, NY with her sister and is also a mother and grandmother.
Young Adult Program
Rev. Stevie Carmody and Bart Frost
Calling all Young Adult Ferry Beachers (18-24 y.o.s)! Join Rev. Stevie Carmody, the UUA’s Emerging Adult Ministry Associate, and Bart Frost to deepen and explore your faith and spirituality. We will discuss the challenges and joys of living your values and faith during this time of transition, both individually and within our wider world.
Rev. Stevie Carmody currently lives in the Queens and serves as the UUA’s Emerging Adult Ministry Associate. Stevie is called especially to young adult ministry as a space where our faith can better meet and grow with young people in times of transition. Stevie has also served as staff for the UUA’s Meaning Makers program, an immersive opportunity for Unitarian Universalists aged 18-24 to explore the ways their relationship with their faith changes and grows after high school.
Bart Frost is the former Director of the UUA’s Youth and Young Adult Ministries Office and a current co-coordinator for Ferry Beach RE Week. Bart lives in New Orleans with his wife, Amelia, and their three cats. He is deeply passionate about ministering to younger generations, especially assisting UU youth and young adults in navigating and finding a home in our faith.
Rev. Stevie Carmody and Bart Frost
Calling all Young Adult Ferry Beachers (18-24 y.o.s)! Join Rev. Stevie Carmody, the UUA’s Emerging Adult Ministry Associate, and Bart Frost to deepen and explore your faith and spirituality. We will discuss the challenges and joys of living your values and faith during this time of transition, both individually and within our wider world.
Rev. Stevie Carmody currently lives in the Queens and serves as the UUA’s Emerging Adult Ministry Associate. Stevie is called especially to young adult ministry as a space where our faith can better meet and grow with young people in times of transition. Stevie has also served as staff for the UUA’s Meaning Makers program, an immersive opportunity for Unitarian Universalists aged 18-24 to explore the ways their relationship with their faith changes and grows after high school.
Bart Frost is the former Director of the UUA’s Youth and Young Adult Ministries Office and a current co-coordinator for Ferry Beach RE Week. Bart lives in New Orleans with his wife, Amelia, and their three cats. He is deeply passionate about ministering to younger generations, especially assisting UU youth and young adults in navigating and finding a home in our faith.
Conference Leadership
Pricing
Pricing per Person |
Adult: $384.00 (Includes Conference Fees + Meals) Youth: $282.00 (Includes Conference Fees + Meals) Online Attendance Only: $25.00 Off-Site Daily Fee: $50.00 (Does not Include Meals) On-Site Daily Fee: $19.00 (On Campus and Not Registered for Programming) |
Lodging |
Lodging Prices Vary. See our Lodging Page for pricing information. |
Membership |
Membership must be paid to attend any Ferry Beach program and is due annually. Individual Membership: $30.00 Family Membership: $50.00 See our Membership Page to learn more and to purchase or renew a membership. |
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Due to our financial situation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Ferry Beach will not be able to provide the traditional account of support for our conference volunteers. If you are able to, please consider donating to help support a volunteer this summer and ensure your conference runs as smooth as you expect!
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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.
