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Fall/Winter 2025 – Vol. XXXIX – No. 2
About Our Cover
For this issue’s cover, illustrator Jake Williams ( jakewilliams.co.uk) conceptualizes the exciting transformations happening in congregations and beyond as UU lifelong learning evolves to meet the needs of a changing world.
From the Editor: Learning in All Directions
by Kristen Cox Roby
From the President: Faith Formation Across the Generations
by Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt
PART 1: CONGREGATIONAL INSPIRATION
‘People Who Are New Come Back’
by Jasmine Vaughn-Hall
The Secret to Congregational Success at Any Size
by Natalie Briscoe
Partnership Portal Curates Resources
by Staff Writer
Revelatory, Revolutionary Dinner Church
by Heather Beasley Doyle
Beauty from Ashes
by Aija Duelm
PART 2: RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR ALL AGES
Serving Families Helps Congregations Thrive
by Elaine McArdle
Advice for Revamping Religious Education Programs
by Elaine McArdle
Fenimore Receives Award for RE Excellence
by Staff Writer
More Crucial Than Ever
by Cathy Seggel
LREDA Celebrates 75 Years
by Daniel Lawlor
A Faith for All Ages
by Aisha K. Staggers
The Great End in Religious Instruction
by William Ellery Channing
PART 3: NOURISHING THE SPIRIT
Beloved
by Victoria Safford
Building Beloved Community Beyond the Binary
by Jami Yandle
Interest in UU Spiritual Direction Growing
by Elaine McArdle
Ritual for a Hospitalization
by Liz Weber
A Trail Blazed by Faith
by Ethan Loewi
Imagining a Different World
by Sam Teitel
PART 4: UU Connections
Amid Tumultuous World Events, UUs at GA 2025 Vow to Meet the Moment
by Elaine McArdle
‘Meet the Moment’ Invites Us to Keep Evolving
by Ashley Horan
A UU Congregation Thrives in Paris
by Beth O’Connell
Toolkit: Grounded, Resilient, and Responsible
by Jeff Milchen
Going Green and Saving Cash
by Ethan Loewi
Faith Journey: A Union Organizer Finds Unitarian Universalism
by Rachel Bennett Steury