TJ CONNECTION
Thomas Jefferson District
Unitarian Universalist Association
Dates to Remember
Jan. 15-16 TJ District Board Meeting, Winston-Salem
Jan. 15-17 Senior High Con, The Mountain
Feb. 5-7 10th Anti-Racism Conference, Greenville, SC
Keynote speaker: outgoing TJ District UUA Trustee, Dr. Leon Spencer
¨ 1999 Senior High Con, Charlotte, NC
Feb. 18-21 Winter Institute, Madison, WI
Contact: Ellen Dodge Severson, 773-753-3178; severson
@meadville.uchicago.edu or Kenneth Olliff at kolliff
@meadville.uchicago.edu
Feb. 25-28 Revival! Creating an Inclusive Christianity for the Next
Century, First UU Church of New Orleans. Information at
www.uua.org/uucf or write to
UUCF, P.O. Box 629, Lancaster, MA 01523
Feb. 26-28 Junior High Con, The Mountain
Feb. 27 Church Management Seminar, Clemson
March 6 Church Management Seminar, Chapel Hill
April 5-8 SEUUMA, The Mountain
April 9-10 TJ District Annual Meeting, Williamsburg, VA, Keynote speaker, Roger Comstock
April 30 - May 2 1999 Conclave, co-sponsored by Congregational, District
and Extension
Services and the RE depts. in Boston at the renovated Pickett / Eliot
houses. Contact: Rev.
Jeannellen Ryan 617-742-2100 x376; jryan@uua.org
May 14-16 Workshop on Growth for Small Congregations, Greensboro, NC
May 24-26 RE Retreat
May 27-31 ACESS Retreat, The Mountain
June 24-June 29 UUA General Assembly, Salt Lake City, Utah
July 25-31 Leadership School, The Mountain;
¨ SUUSI, Radford University, Blacksburg, VA
Comings and Goings...
Congratulations to Barbro Hansson, who has completed her studies at the Starr King School for the Ministry and has received Preliminary Fellowship from the Ministerial Fellowship Committee. She has also passed preliminary examinations and is now a Category 1 candidate for the ministry.
Religious Educators: The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Nashville is looking for a permanent, full-time religious education professional, lay or ordained, to join their ministry team in the summer of 1999. Salary will be within UUA guidelines. This is a great opportunity to work with an energetic and growing UU community. For more information, see the position description at www.firstuunashville.org, or call search committee chair, Tom Surface, at 615-383-5760.
TENTH TJ DISTRICT ANTI-RACISM CONFERENCE OFFERED IN GREENVILLE, SC
The theme of the Tenth Annual TJ District Anti-Racism Conference to be held at the Greenville UU Fellowship, Greenville SC, February 5-7 will be "Towards Transformation: the Journey Continues". Dr. Leon Spencer, out-going TJ District UUA Trustee and Professor of Counseling at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, Georgia, will be the keynote speaker. He was recently awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Meadville Lombard Divinity School. He will be joined by a panel of persons of color who will discuss their "Soulful Journeys".
Twelve workshops have been planned, including "A History of Race in Greenville" by history professor, A.V. Huff; "Managing Diversity for Organizational Performance" by Fred Hobby, the Director of Diversity Programs for the Greenville Hospital Systems, and "What It Means to be White" by Tracey Robinson-Harris of the Faith in Action Department of the UUA
Check with your church office for registration materials, and mail them in as soon as possible. Registration will begin at 5:30 on Friday evening and will continue Saturday morning. For further information, contact Myrtle Hepler at 919-781-3479 or myhep@mindspring.com or Brenda Rutledge at 864-244-6047.
CHURCH MANAGEMENT SEMINARS RETURN
Two of the popular Church Management Seminars will be held February 27 in Clemson, SC and on March 6 in Chapel Hill, NC. Each seminar will consist of four workshops, held concurrently. Workshops on leadership, religious education, finance and fund raising, and worship will be offered at each seminar.
Sessions start promptly at 10 AM (with registration open at 9AM) and will end by 4:30 PM. This allows participants to drive to and from the event in one day. Our hope is that you will load up one or two cars with enough people from your congregation to cover all the workshops. The fee, which includes lunch, is $25 for the first two participants from a congregation, $10 for all others. Registration materials and directions will be mailed to each congregation in January. Pre-registration is required in order to provide for child care and to have an accurate meal count.
UUSC IS HELPING HURRICANE VICTIMS
The UU Service Committee is now taking donations for hurricane relief in Honduras and Nicaragua. All money donated will be sent to already existing community groups within those two countries. Please send your checks (marked for hurricane relief in Central America) to UUSC, 130 Prospect St., Cambridge, MA 02139-1845. Call Denise Morehead at 617-868-6600 for further information.
WORKSHOP PLANNED FOR SMALL CONGREGATIONS
A workshop on growth for small congregations will be offered in Greensboro,
NC by the UUA Extension Department, May 14-16, facilitated by Kathy Wimett
of Glen Allen,VA and Jeri Moulder, from California. This popular workshop
for teams of church leaders will focus on dynamics and characteristics
of small congregations, four types of growth that are possible in every
church and strategies for growth. Learn how to assess your congregation’s
readiness, current strengths and challenges. For more information, contact
the District office.
Other District news is available by e-mail at listproc@uua.org.with message:
Thomas Jefferson District Office:
9704 Mallard Creek Road, Charlotte NC 28262
Phone: 704-549-0750; fax: 704-549-0751
District Executive: Roger Comstock,
Rcomstock@uua.org
District Administrator: Krissa Palmer, KrissaTJD@aol.com
President: Linda Lane-Hamilton, llaneham@widomaker.com