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General Assembly is the annual meeting of our Unitarian Universalist Association. Attendees worship, witness, learn, connect, and make policy for the Association through democratic process. Anyone may attend. The 2019 General Assembly will be June 19-23 in Spokane, Washington. Most General Assembly events will be held in the Spokane Convention Center.
Registration is open.There are multiple hotels in the area for housing.
GA Theme: “The Power of We”
In a time of great challenge and heartbreak in our world, what does our faith demand from us? At this year’s General Assembly we will explore the power, possibility, purpose, struggle and joy of finding the path forward together as Unitarian Universalists. Attendees will leave inspired, with the tools needed to carry on the work into their own congregations and communities. Join us as we work for collective liberation inside and outside our faith.
Spokane
The Spokane region is the gateway for adventure and exploration in the Intermountain Northwest. Located driving distance from Glacier National Park and Yellowstone, Spokane is nestled in natural beauty.
Spokane International Airport (GEG) is serviced by Alaska, American, Delta, Frontier, Southwest, and United Airlines. Nonstop service is offered to 17 destinations, including Minneapolis, Chicago, Dallas, Phoenix, and LAX.
Join us for the following events:
- Opening Banner Parade
- Friendship & Graduate Breakfast
- Starr King President’s Lecture
- Service of the Living Tradition
- Second Annual Rare Book Lecture
- Graduate Series
- And more!
Starr King Graduate Association Business Meeting
Wednesday, 6/19/2019, 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Statesman Suite — Doubletree by HIlton
We will be voting to revise the by-laws, as well as confirm new officers. Refreshments will be provided. Click here to join remotely.
Starr King Graduate Series
Multiple Days/Times
Starr King Booth — #629
Stop by the Starr King booth (#629) to hear about how some of our graduates are using their Starr King degrees!
- Becky Leyser – Wednesday, 6/19/2019, 6:15 PM
Spiritual Direction
- Anthony “Mtuaswa” Johnson – Thursday, 6/20/2019, 5:40 PM
Parish Ministry - Rev. Lindi Ramsden – Saturday, 6/22/2019, 6:00 PM
Ministry in an Era of Climate Crisis
Opening Banner Parade
Wednesday 6/19/2019, 7:00 – 8:00 PM (arrive early!)
The gathering time and place for banner carriers is announced in GA Program
Show your Starr King spirit alongside hundreds of Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations and organizations for the procession of banners. Check back later for our gathering time and place.
Meet Starr King
Thursday, 6/20/2019, 12:00 – 1:00 PM
Visit the booth to meet some of the Starr King faculty and staff, learn more about our graduate programs, and get to know us better!
Starr King President’s Lecture
Thursday 6/20/2019, 1:30 – 2:30 PM
Spokane Convention Center — 111 B
Join SKSM President, the Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt, for the 2019 President’s Lecture, Why We (Still) Can’t Wait. In this 50th anniversary year of the Walkout/Exodus during General Assembly in Boston, this multi-generational panel will explore the question: can our faith’s First Principle (inherent worth and dignity) ever be fully realized without a commitment to the ideals of the proposed Eighth Principle (dismantling white supremacy)? Other panelists include: Rev. Sam Teitel, Kimberly Hampton, and Dr. Mtangulizi Sanyika.
Service of the Living Tradition
Thursday 6/20/2019, 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Spokane Convention Center — Hall C
SKSM Director of Partnerships & Emerging Programs and Visiting Assistant Professor of Faith & Public Life, the Rev. Lindi Ramsden, will deliver this year’s sermon at the Service of the Living Tradition (SLT), which is open to the public and streamed online. GA registration not required. For more information about this event, including a live stream link, click here.
It Is Time Now
Generation after generation, those called into religious leadership have been challenged to rise to meet the demands of their day. In the increasingly precarious climate of our time, who are we called to be?
Friendship & Graduate Breakfast (Seated Meal – RSVP Required)
Friday 6/21/2019, 8:00 – 9:00 AM
Davenport Grand — Birch Ballroom
Start your morning off proper with Starr King! This is an opportunity for alumni and the larger Starr King community to connect over a free catered breakfast and catch up on new developments at the school. Attendees will be treated to a special video premiere!
Second Annual Rare Book Lecture
Friday, 6/21/2019, 1:00 – 1:30 PM
Starr King Booth — #629
Our 2018-2019 Balázs Scholar, Rev. Lehel Molnár, will join SKSM Research Scholar Dr. Jay Atkinson in discussing two of the books held in the Earl Morse Wilbur Rare Book Collection. Dr. Jay will be talking about Christoff Ostorodt’s Unterrichtung von den vornmsten Hauptpuncten from 1604 — one year before the Racovian Catechism and presenting much of the same material, but with some interesting twists! Rev. Lehel will talk about Summa Universae Theologiae Christianae Secundum Unitarios Claudiopoli (1787) by Mihály Lombard de Szentábrahám, a Hungarian Unitarian bishop who re-laid the foundations of the Unitarian Church in Transylvania during a period of counter-reformation until the accession of Joseph II and the return of an era of tolerance.
History of the Earl Morse Wilbur Rare Book Collection & Thomas Starr King
Saturday, 6/22/2019, 12:30 – 1:15 PM
Starr King Booth — #629
Join Arliss Ungar, Chair of the Balázs Scholar Committee, as she discusses Thomas Starr King and the history of the Earl Morse Wilbur Rare Book Collection that is housed at Starr King School for the Ministry.
Additional workshops featuring Starr King community members:
Role-Based Tracks
Power Mapping the UUA and Your Congregation
Doubletree Grand Ballroom IV
Ted Fetter (Board Chair)
Effective & Relational Justice Work in UU Spaces
Convention Center 100A
Rev. Amanda Weatherspoon (Graduate)
Stewardship: Where Our Resources, Values, & Integrity Meet
Convention Center 111B
Rev. Lauren Smith (Graduate)
Thursday, June 20
Create Justice! The Power of Congregation-Based Organizing
1:30-4:00 pm, 300B
Rev. Patrice Curtis (Graduate)
Advancing Youth Safety
1:30-2:30 pm, Doubletree Grand Ballroom V
Rev. Sarah Lammert (Graduate & Honorary Degree Recipient)
We’ve Come Too Far To Turn Back Now
1:30-2:30 pm, 111A
Rev. Sean Parker Dennison (Graduate)
Rev. Dr. Diane Miller (Honorary Degree Recipient)
Decolonizing Unitarian Universalism in Our Congregations & Association
1:30-2:30 pm, Doubletree Grand Ballroom I-III
Rev. Dr. Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa (Faculty)
Building Diverse Leadership in Your Congregation
1:30-2:30 pm, 401ABC
Rev. Amanda Weatherspoon (Graduate)
A Radical Welcome: Embracing People Not Behaviors
1:30-2:30 pm, Davenport Grand Meeting Room 2
Rev. Mandy Goheen (Graduate)
Rev. Meg Riley (Honorary Degree Recipient)
Financing Accessibility
3:00-4:00 pm, 111B
Rev. Barbara Meyers (Graduate)
James Luther Adams & the Soul of Democracy
3:00-4:00 pm, 100C
Rev. Dr. William Sinkford (Graduate)
Dr. Sharon Welch (Honorary Degree Recipient)
UU Women Minister’s Collaboration
3:00-4:00 pm, Davenport Grand Birch Ballroom
Rev. Nancy Reid-McKee (Graduate)
Indigenous Experience & Unitarian Universalism
3:00-4:00 pm, Doubletree Grand Ballroom I-III
Rev. Dr. Maria Cristina Vlassidis Burgoa (Faculty)
So You’re Thinking About Becoming A Religious Innovator
3:00-4:00 pm, 300C
Rev. Meg Riley (Honorary Degree Recipient)
Whose Humanism, Anyway? Answers From The Humanist Collaboratory
4:30-5:30 pm, Davenport Grand – Grand Ballroom A
Rev. Patrice Curtis (Graduate)
Beyond Hiring: Developing & Nurturing Multicultural Ministry Teams
4:30-5:30 pm, 100A
Rev. Amanda Weatherspoon (Graduate)
Saturday, June 22
Disrupting White Fragility in Unitarian Universalist Spaces
1:30-2:30 pm, 100B
Dr. Robin DiAngelo (Honorary Degree Recipient)
Without Walls and Behind Walls: CLF Worship Service
1:30-2:30 pm, 100A
Rev. Mandy Goheen (Graduate)
Rev. Meg Riley (Honorary Degree Recipient)
Centering Liberation Through UU Theologies
1:30-2:30 pm, 111C
Rev. Sofia Betancourt (Faculty)
Upcycle Your Congregation
1:30-2:30 pm, 111B
Rev. Sarah Lammert (Graduate & Honorary Degree Recipient)
Relational Governance For The UUA
1:30-2:30 pm, 300C
Mr. Barb Greve (Graduate)
