Mind the Gap! UU Youth Retention Resources

FOR BRIDGERS:

• No matter where you are in the country/world, fill out this campus ministry interest form: https://forms.gle/Wp3gFgCRQwN2Bfr26
• If you’re interested in starting a campus ministry at your school, reach out directly to thesanctuarycampus@gmail.com
• Think about how you want to be involved in Unitarian Universalism after you bridge. Do you want to maintain a relationship with your home congregation? Do you want to join a new congregation? Do you prefer in-person or online services? If in-person, how will you get to them? These questions, and more, are great to discuss with your religious educator, minister, or a parent/guardian/mentor. Or reach out to thesanctuarycampus@gmail.com for a call!

FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATORS:

• Fill out this referral form on behalf of your bridging youth: https://forms.gle/Wp3gFgCRQwN2Bfr26
• Connect your bridging youth directly via email to thesanctuarycampus@gmail.com.
• Keep track of your bridging youth and their post-HS plans. Whether they are staying at home, moving away for college, traveling, or starting a job, keep track of new addresses and locations. Consider reaching out to the minister/DRE at the local UU congregation where they are moving to connect them directly, and follow up about the connection when you see them again.

FOR PARENTS/GUARDIANS/MENTORS:

• Fill out this referral form on behalf of your bridging youth: https://forms.gle/Wp3gFgCRQwN2Bfr26
• Reach out to your DRE/minister and ask what professional/collegial connections they have in the city your bridging youth is moving to
• Sit down with your youth and make a plan for how they want to be involved in Unitarian Universalism/their spiritual life moving forward