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- Annual Meeting Plenaries Announced! (posted on 15 May 2023 in Events, Meetings, and Members)
We are pleased to share many additional details about the primary plenaries for our upcoming —July 10-14—annual meeting. You can find all of the details on the conference website, and here are direct links to each of the plenary descriptions: July 11 plenary on “Irresponsible answers” featuring Henry Zonio, Christine Diindiisi McCleave, Ramona Grad, and moderated ...
- Special journal forum available (posted on 13 May 2023 in Journal and Meetings)
We are less than two months away from our annual meeting! We are looking forward to exploring “Whose children are they?” with you. Did you know there was a pre-conference journal issue with this theme? If you are a member, go check out the submissions by logging into our member site and heading over to Taylor and ...
- Join in person in Tulsa, OK! (posted on 30 April 2023 in Events, Meetings, and Members)
The REA Board is working to support in-person gatherings that are more regional in nature, and REA VP Anne Walker has organized one such gathering at Phillips Seminary in Tulsa, OK. The gathering will coincide with REA’s annual meeting, and along with opportunities to participate in that online portion, there are local field trips and ...
- Dir. of Jewish Learning Community / LA, CA (posted on 24 April 2023 in Openings)
Temple Beth Am in Los Angeles, CA is accepting applications for their next Jewish Community Learning director. From their online post: “We are a Conservative Jewish congregation in Los Angeles that takes pride in being a warm, caring, and welcoming synagogue family that deeply values both rich, deep engagement with our tradition and being ...
- YDS: Instructor/Coordinator for Joint Degree Program in Divinity and Social Work (posted on 21 March 2023 in Openings)
Yale Divinity School seeks a full-time instructor for its joint Divinity/Social Work degree program, operated in partnership with the University of Connecticut Graduate School of Social Work. This is a new full time, grant-funded three-year position located at the Divinity School. Qualifications include a minimum education of MDiv and MSW degrees (or equivalents); and 3+ ...
- Thinking about proposing an annual meeting theme? (posted on 16 March 2023 in Events and Meetings)
Any member (or team of members) of the Religious Education Association can propose a theme for the guild’s annual meeting program. If your proposal is selected, you then work collaboratively with the REA Steering Committee and Board to develop and implement the program. To give you a feel for how the new process works, here are ...
- Loss, mental well-being, and self compassion: Conversations with Joyce Ann Mercer (posted on 14 March 2023)
Recently pastoral theologian Eileen Campbell-Reed (Union Theological Seminary) sat down with our journal editor, Joyce Ann Mercer (Yale Divinity School), and recorded a series of conversations about loss and grief, self compassion, and mental wellbeing. The brief blogs and videos (4 to 9 minutes each) are presented in five episodes (183-187) at Three Minute Ministry Mentor. ...
- Boston in person regional gathering planned for March 16, 2023 (posted on 2 March 2023 in Events, Meetings, and Members)
The first of what will be several in-person regional gatherings will be held in Boston on the 16th of March 2023.
- Board issues statement on loss of life (posted on 2 March 2023)
2023 has begun with a series of painful shootings, war, earthquake, and more. The REA Board recently met and issued a statement on these events: 2_2023 Official StatementDownload
- Help us collect artwork for REA2023 (posted on 17 February 2023 in Meetings and Members)
As an extension of our conference theme, “Whose Children Are They?” the REA will share children’s art on our conference webpage. You are invited to share your own artwork or the artwork of children known to you, from whom you can obtain permission. If you have personal art you would like to share, or if ...
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