Each year the members of the Ohio Meadville LREDA Chapter meet in Wheeling, West Virginia, for two days of worship, rest, art, and programming.

$190 per person. This includes two nights lodging and six meals. (dietary restrictions/needs are accommodated)

Who

Open to all LREDA members. Registration for Ohio Meadville members only begins December 4^th. Members of all other chapters may register after January 1^st.

What

Worship, Fellowship, Quiet Time, Walks, Crafts, Shared Meals, Forward-Thinking Programming

Shannon Harper, the Youth and Young Adult Coordinator for the Central East Region, will be bringing the ideas and leadership strategies that are emerging in the River Rising Youth Immersion Leadership Experience to the OM LREDA retreat. This is based upon ideas that have been inspired by adrienne maree brown’s Emergent Strategies, Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, and the work of Joanna Macy, including The Great Turning.

These times of change and uncertainty call for a certain kind of UU leadership. A leadership that is rooted in our Unitarian, Universalist, and Unitarian Universalist history but is also ready to re-examine and question old narratives and ways of being. A leadership that honors our ancestors while making way for new, innovative, and emergent voices. A leadership grounded in justice, skilled in listening, and able to move between support, witness, organizing, and pastoral care within our congregations and in the wider world.

We will...

Look at skills that encourage adaptability, resilience and creative problem solving.

Go deep on the importance of self-care (both physical and mental), spiritual practice, and the wisdom of elders.

Look at equipping ourselves and others with ways to relieve stress and create the supportive communities that are needed.

Consider what is needed to instill deep self-worth and the ability to see worth in everyone.

Focus on centering marginalized voices in everything we do and talking about liberation for all.