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TJ Connection - Summer 2003

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UUA General Assembly 2003

District President’s Column/Fall Leadership Conference 

Qiyamah’s Corner 

Ministerial Matters 

Annual Meeting Focuses on Membership, Annual Meeting Awards and Elections 

Lifespan REflections

TJD District Staff Calendars 

Your Wild(e) Trustees Column

Does Your Congregation Want to Be More Family Friendly?

New Fair Compensation Guidelines Will be Available at GA; CLF Pen Pals

Accepting Allies News/Study Action Issues at GA/New Asian Pacific Islander Caucus 

TJ District Fair Share

Consulting Ministry

Chalice Lighter Grant Made/Western Carolinas Cluster Forms 

Congregations Focus Deeply on War / TJD Welcomes New Congregation / District Office Has New Sign

Welcome to Our New DREs / UUs Supporting National Public Radio / UUA President Spotted in TJ District

On the Journey Toward Wholeness / DRUUMM Events at GA

District Calendar

TJ District Calendar

June 
8 Meadville Lombard Theological School Graduation 
8 Ordination of Jake Bohstedt Morrill, Tennessee Valley UU Church
8 Ordination of Dana Reynolds, UU Church of Chattanooga
13-14 TJD Extension Committee Meeting, Durham, NC
26-30 General Assembly 2003, Boston, MA* 

July
4 TJ Office Closed, Independence Day
6-11 RE Week at the Mountain*
20-26 Southern UU Summer Institute (SUUSI), Blacksburg, VA*
20-26 Mountain School for Congregational Leadership, the Mountain*

August 
3-9 Leadership School for Religious Educators, Walker Creek Ranch, California*
7-9 TJD Board Retreat, the Mountain
8-9 Adult OWL Leader Training, Asheville, NC*
10 Submissions due for next TJ Connection
16 Sabattical Retreat Consultation, Augusta, GA

September
6-7 50th Anniversary Celebration, Community Church of Chapel Hill, UU
6 President, President-Elect and Vice-President Roundtable (Cluster Training) Holston Valley UU 
Church, Gray, TN*
6 Developing Conflict Management Teams (Cluster Training), First UC of Richmond, VA*
13 The Sanctity of Community: Empowering Safety in UU Congregations, First UC of Richmond, VA*
13 UU Evangelism: Sharing Our Good News (Cluster Training), Westside UU Church, Knoxville, TN*
15 TJD RE Connections Newsletter Submissions Due
20 Developing Conflict Management Teams (Cluster Training), First UC of Savannah, GA*
24-26 Womenspirit: the Institute, the Mountain
26-28 Womenspirit: the Gathering, the Mountain
26-28 South RSCC Meeting and Interviews, Dallas, TX
27 The Sanctity of Community: Empowering Safety in UU Congregations (for RE Professionals) 
Piedmont UU Church, Charlotte, NC*

October
10-13 LREDA Fall Conference, Sacramento, CA*
10-11 TJ District Fall Leadership Conference, Norfolk, VA*
13 TJ Office Closed, Columbus Day
25 The Sanctity of Community: Empowering Safety in UU Congregations, Eno River UU Fellowship, 
Durham, NC*

November
7-9 Building Right Relations Workshop, Knoxville, TN*
8 Youth Advisor Training, UUF of Winston-Salem, NC*

To have the following events - anniversaries, startups, installations, ordinations, building dedications, multi-congregational workshops and trainings - placed on the District Calendar, please contact Shannon Cocheo, District Administrator, at the District Office. She can be reached at 704/549-0750 or uuatjd@bellsouth.net

*denotes training opportunities