Unitarian Universalist FaithAction NJ
A Unitarian Universalist voice for justice, equity and compassion in NJ
Join us in Princeton Sat. March 9th, 2 – 4 p.m. for a celebration of our faith, equality, compassion and justice through song and music. Choral, folk and ukulele (!) ensembles from congregations across the state will showcase their finest at this All-State UU extravaganza! Our 5th Annual event–a key fundraiser for justice ministry in the Garden State–is hosted this year by the UU Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton NJ. Get your tickets early!
On Tuesday, November 27, please think of UU FaithAction NJ, during the nation-wide day of giving! 
Donations can be made on-line at here, through the mail, or in person by stopping by our office at 4 Waldron Avenue. Your donation allows for the continued social justice work of UU FaithAction alongside, and on behalf of, UUs and our allies across the Garden State.
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Rev. Rob Gregson, Executive Director of UU FaithAction NJ, recently conducted a workshop on “Effective Local Legislative Advocacy”. He is happy to hold the same workshop after leading a service at your local congregation. Contact him at execdir@uufaithaction.org.
For those UUs and our friends who live in the 7th and 11th congressional districts an interfaith nonpartisan candidates forum on October 14, 2018 might be of interest. (If you aren’t sure in which district you live, District 7 covers Hunterdon, most of Somerset, and a portion of Morris counties; Leonard Lance (R) is the current congressman for the 7th. District 11 touches on District 7 to the east and represents the bulk of Morris Co. and includes parts of Essex, Passaic and Warren counties. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) is the retiring representative from the 11th.
The October forum is a collaborative interfaith effort to introduce voters to the major candidates running for the 7th and 11th congressional districts and for the US Senate seat from NJ. Attached is a draft of the plan for the event which we hope will gather a broad range of faith communities. Our intention is to be heard by the candidates, as well as to be heard by them. We are looking to highlight the issues of gun violence prevention, immigration, and environmental responsibility.
Come Grow Your Voice! Come Grow the Voice & Visibility of FaithAction!
UU FaithAction NJ is sponsoring a workshop to help lay folks learn the art of sermon writing and how to lead worship. Our goal:
Workshop in Two Parts
Part I focuses on generating written texts and will take place immediately prior to this year’s Fall Issues Conference at Beacon in Summit, NJ, Saturday, October 20 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am. This session will be led by Rev. Karen G. Johnston. Registration is required so please email admin@uufaithaction.org to secure your spot!
Part II folks come together from all NJ on Saturday, November 10, 10 -4 at The Unitarian Society in East Brunswick. The second builds on the first, so attendance at the first is required in order to take part in the second.
Come Grow Your Voice! Come Grow the Voice & Visibility of FaithAction!
UU FaithAction NJ is sponsoring a workshop to help lay folks learn the art of sermon writing and how to lead worship. Our goal:
Workshop in Two Parts
Part I focuses on generating written texts, takes place at any UU congregation that accepts the invitation to schedule it. Curriculum is provided for the 2.5 hour workshop.
Part II folks come together from all NJ on Saturday, November 10, 10 -4 at The Unitarian Society in East Brunswick. The second builds on the first, so attendance at the first is required in order to take part in the second.
Has your minister scheduled one of the workshops to take place before the statewide one in November? Check in with them to find out if it will be on your congregation’s schedule. Maybe you can help make it happen.
We are excited to let you know about a training program for Social Justice leadership being offered through the UU Rowe Camp and Conference Center. The training will take place over two weekends, one in November and one in May 2019.
The goal of this training is to engage emerging and existing justice leaders in creative, action oriented, sustainable spirit-centered movement, social justice and coalition building.
The new Sustainable Leadership for Social Change certificate program begins this November at the Rowe Center. This program is geared to train new social activists, to explore how we sustain this work and to support those already immersed in the work of justice. They will emphasize coalition and fusion work, sustainability and resiliency, strategy development and adaptability, healthy group decision making and collaborative leadership.
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A two-year certificate program with two weekend workshops and two week-long intensives each year.
(Nov. 11-16, 2018 & May 5-10, 2019, Fall 2019 & Spring 2020 TBD)
Find out more:
The Rowe Camp and Conference Center
22 Kings Highway, P.O. Box 273
Rowe, MA 01367
www.rowecenter.org or (413) 339-4954
C. Nancy Reid-McKee, MDiv, Director, nancy@rowecenter.org and Indica Harris, Assistant Director, india@rowecenter.org
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Registration for April Plenary is now open! We hope you will join us for the annual UU FaithAction NJ business meeting and social justice advocacy sessions across our 6 Issues Areas: Environment, Economics, Immigration, Gun Violence Prevention, Criminal Justice Reform and Reproductive Justice.
