From the UUA:

It's a new day for UUA.org! The Unitarian Universalist Association's redesigned home page and resources page, along with social media, share links, and "most viewed" listings on all our pages, debuted this week. We invite you to check out the changes by going to http://www.uua.org and http://www.uua.org/resources.

Our home page is designed to appeal to the 85% of our home page visitors who are newcomers to Unitarian Universalism. And our resources page will, we hope, become the first destination involved UUs visit, for leadership resources, most visited pages, posts from our blogs, multimedia, and more.

For additional information on the UUA's website changes, see the UUWorld article "UUA Launches Updated Website," by Donald E. Skinner, and "Redesign Makes UUA Website More Useable," from InterConnections.

There is also a survey available for users to provide feedback on the changes.

Youth Ministry Consultant

MDD is requesting letters of introduction and resumes from anyone interested in the new part time position of Youth Ministry Consultant. This person will work closely with congregations to create excellence in youth programming within the context of healthy multi-generational congregations. Experience with Unitarian Universalist youth work is desirable. Please send letters and resume electronically to executive@mdduua.org by February 28. Interviews will be scheduled in March for a negotiable start date this spring.

A full position description can be found here (PDF).

Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund

The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and the Unitarian Universalist Association have announced a joint fund for Haiti Earthquake Relief. You can donate here, if you are able.

Read more on the MDD Blog page.

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Updates for District Events and news are continually posted on the MDD Blog, and on Facebook.

Nancy Bowen
District Executive of MDD

Please send your feedback and requests for information to me at executive@mdduua.org.

Mark your calendars for these coming events:

January 8-9, 2010
Middle School Retreat for Colorado and Wyoming
Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder
Contact: youthministry@mdduua.org

January 22-24, 2010
Nurturing Communitas, Building Solidarity
Sponsored by MDD Justice Ministries and hosted by First Unitarian Society Denver
Contact: programconsultant@mdduua.org

February 5-7, 2010
MDD Youth Business CON
First Unitarian Albuquerque
Contact: youthministry@mdduua.org

March 3-5, 2010
MDD LREDA Retreat
Pastoral Care for DREs
Woodland Park, CO
Contact: eleanorv@foothillsuu.org

April 9-11, 2010
MDD Youth Business and Bridging CON
Jefferson Unitarian Church
Contact: youthministry@mdduua.org

April 16-18, 2010
OWL Training, Levels 7-9/10-12
Boulder Valley Fellowship, Lafayette, CO
Contact: katiecovey@comcast.net

April 16-17, 2010
Caring Congregations: Mental Health & People of Faith
NM/4 Corners Clusters
First Unitarian Albuquerque
Contact: programconsultant@mdduua.org

June 23-27, 2010
UUA General Assembly
Minneapolis, MN
www.uua.org/ga

July 11-17, 2010
Quuest Camp
LaForet, Colorado Springs
Contact: youthministry@mdduua.org

August 1-7, 2010
Russell Lockwood Leadership School
Loveland, CO
rlls.mdduua.org