Services for Religious Educators

We believe healthy lifespan faith development programs are essential to creating and sustaining vital congregations. The Mass Bay District offers the following support for these programs.

Programming and referral services

• Organizational assessment, vision and goal-setting, developing healthy systems for RE Committees and other groups
• Consultations on religious education curricula and programming. For a complete list of available curricula from the UUA, visit http://archive.uua.org/re/currmap/
• Multigenerational worship planning
• Conflict management assessments and interventions
• Developing Safe Congregations
• Referrals to extensive resources from the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations. For an overview, see http://www.uua.org/religiouseducation/index.shtml
• Adult Education curricula and programming ideas - see also http://archive.uua.org/re/currmap/adult.php

Training, workshops, and retreats for religious education volunteers and leaders

• Our Whole Lives teacher trainings. For more information, visit Mass Bay District OWL Training
• Renaissance Modules (credentialing courses for professional religious educators). For more information, visit Mass Bay District Renaissance Module Training
• Many of MBD’s leadership development trainings and workshops on congregational vitality and growth are also applicable to religious education programs. For more information, visit Mass Bay District Programs & Events

Youth, young adult, and campus ministry

• Support and organizing for district-wide youth conferences. For more information, visit Mass Bay District Youth
• Consultations on young adult and multigenerational programming. For more information, visit Mass Bay District Young Adults
• Training for Youth Advisors. For more information, visit Mass Bay District Youth
• Referrals to existing UU campus ministry programs, and consultations on new programs. For more information, visit Mass Bay District Campus Ministry
• For further information, contact Mass Bay District's
  Youth, Young Adult and Campus Ministries Coordinator
  Greg Buckland
  617-816-0402
  gbuckland [at] cbd-mbd-uua [dot] org

Support for the career cycle of religious educators

• Consultations for Religious Education committees and DRE search committees on best practices for the search for new leadership, employment agreements, fair compensation practices, benefits and ongoing support for the career development of religious educators
• Start-up workshops for newly hired religious educations. View Right from the Start
• Covenanting for Excellence in RE workshops, an intentional process of mutual covenanting between religious educators, ministers, and RE Committees. View FAQs on RE Covenants
• Exit/transition interviews for DREs