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UURMaPA has 40 volunteers who serve as Caring Network Contacts across the continent and overseas -- click on the link above to find out who they are. They stay in touch with members in each region to keep up on changes in their lives. Some hold local luncheons and other activities. They also help members in financial distress to get assistance.
Consult your UUURMaPA Directory (see below) to find out which caring area you belong to, or just email or call the Caring Contact Person closest to you.
Consider joining the UURMaPA Caring Team and becoming a Contact Person yourself. Call or email Paul L'Herrou if you are interested at: paullherrou@gmail.com or 978-356-5835. Consult the Caring Network Handbook for more information: click here to download.
Click on the above link to open a PDF of the current UURMaPA Directory; it will look just like the printed copy -- except it is updated monthly. You will be asked for a username and password, which are available in our newsletter and publicized through UURMaPA-announce. Or email Andy Backus, Webmaster at: andrewbackus@msn.com.
There are two parts to the directory:
The Membership Directory -- which has contact information of all UURMaPA members
The Caring Area Directory -- which shows the caring areas and who is in them
When you are done looking at it, click on the go-back arrow on your browser (usually in the upper left corner) to return to this page.
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Click on the above link to open a PDF of the UURMaPA Retirement Guide; it will look just like the printed copy (which is available from Chris Lilly Backus, chrisbackus@msn.com). In it you find hints and ideas about learning this new way of life -- from dozens of other UURMaPA folks, who contributed to making it.
When you are done looking at it, click on the go-back arrom on your browser (usually in the upper left corner) to return to this page.
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Click on the above link to go to the uua.org page for signing up to being part of this computer-assisted discussion group, SpeakUP. Dozens of other UURMaPA folks will be available to you online to ask about information or for just good chatting about all manner of things. Once you are signed up, simply send your posts to speakup@lists.uua.org.
When you are done looking at it, click on the go-back arrom on your browser (usually in the upper left corner) to return to this page.
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Click on the above link to go to the uua.org page for signing up for UURMaPA-ANNOUNCE, which will give you infrequent but timely news from UURMaPA -- notices when people die, for example.
When you are done looking at it, click on the go-back arrom on your browser (usually in the upper left corner) to return to this page.
Contact the Office of Church Staff Finances through Joyce Stewart at jstewart@uua.org or speak to your Caring Network Contact ==> click here to find out
who that is.
If you would like to attend a small gathering or to be part of a larger event
speak to your Caring Network Contact ==> click here to find out
who that is. If you are considering helping with the planning of a gathering,
be sure to look over the Conference Planning Guide ==> click here. Regional gatherings are announced in the Activities Section of this site ==> click here.
UURMaPA Membership
Membership in UURMaPA is automatically extended to all ministers in fellowship with the UUA when they formally announce their retirement. At the same time membership is extended to their life partners. It is not necessary to apply.
Our membership in 2011 includes 430 retired ministers, 300 life partners (of 300 of those ministers), and 160 surviving life partners of deceased ministers. Since half of UU ministers are now age 52 or older, we know UURMaPA’s numbers will grow considerably in the next decade.
When is a UU minister considered retired?
Ministers in fellowship with the UUA are considered retired when they announce their retirement formally to the Ministries and Faith Development Staff Group of the UUA. Their years of service are subsequently recognized at a Service of the Living Tradition, which is held in conjunction with the UUA General Assembly.
UURMaPA hosts a luncheon at each GA for new retirees so that UURMaPA members at GA can honor and welcome them into our association.
Many ministers opt for retirement when their settled ministry with a congregation, or their professional relationship with another employer-organization, ends. Many retired ministers continue to work as interim or contract ministers with UU congregations for several years during retirement. Some retired ministers seek ways to earn money in secular fields. So while many ministers remain employed in some way, they still can be “retired” for purposes of ministerial standing. Partners may or may not be concurrently retired.
Some ministers are designated as Minster Emeritus/a by a congregation they previously served. Only a minority of retirees have this status, and these individuals have voting rights at the UUA General Assembly.
Further information on official retirement may be found on the UUA website ==> click here.
Purposes and Management of UURMaPA
. . . from the bylaws: Acting in conformity with the purposes and principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association, the purposes of this organization shall be to serve the Unitarian Universalist movement, to enhance the well-being of retired Unitarian Universalist ministers, their life partners and surviving life partners, and to provide such programs and activities as may be feasible for their benefit.
UURMaPA works with the leadership of the UUA and the UUMA to represent the interests of our membership, and to offer creative input to the process of making decisions that affect our movement and its future.
UURMaPA is recognized by the US Internal Revenue Service as a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization so all donations are tax-deductible. We have no paid staff and all our work is entirely accomplished by volunteers like you. Thank you.
UURMaPA is managed by an eight-person Board, which meets in Boston once a year, and has monthly telephone conference calls and regular email correspondence. The President is always eager to hear directly from members about concerns.
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