What's Your Religious Education Program Missing?
...a LREDA Grant!


**We are not currently accepting applications.**


LREDA ANNOUNCES

a generous grant from the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock! This funding is for congregations that are committed to reaching fair compensation guidelines for religious educators as described in "To Sustain the Living Tradition". Funds from these grants are aimed at congregations with a religious educator working half-time or more, to cover compensation packages including salary, benefits, and professional expenses.

Too often in our congregations, religious education becomes the "fourth priority" at budget time when only the top three budget priorities receive full funding. By providing this grant, the Shelter Rock congregation is encouraging and leading the way for other congregations to realize our prophetic visions for lifespan religious education and for greater support for excellence in religious education leaders and programs. 

GOALS OF THE GRANT

Helping congregations to raise the salaries, benefits, and professional expenses of religious educators working half-time or more to the levels proposed in "To Sustain the Living Tradition" will, we believe, lead to:

·         greater job satisfaction and longer tenure in the position

·         increased stability and depth in lifespan religious education programming

·         better educated, more experienced religious educators through continuing education and participation in professional meetings and conferences

·         greater congregational satisfaction with and respect for the religious education professional

·         creation of models for good compensation and benefits practices

·         changes in norms and standards of congregations and the association

GRANT CRITERIA

Each congregation will need to meet the following criteria to be eligible for this grant:

1.        Completion of a written covenant between congregation and religious educator

2.        Minimum employment at half-time or six units per week without expectation of additional volunteer hours

3.        Presentation of congregational budget with plans to reach within three years fair compensation in salary, benefits, and professional expense provisions within the guidelines published in "To Sustain the Living Tradition" and to sustain it thereafter.

4.        Paid membership in LREDA for the religious educator.

5.        Evidence of support by the congregation for Anti-Racism & Welcoming Congregation initiatives

6.        Receipt of positive written recommendation from district field staff

7.        Evidence of fair share congregation status in the UUA Annual Program Fund

8.        Evidence of full payment of district dues

This is a summary of criteria, please see the information offered below, in order to apply

APPLICATIONS & DEADLINES

We are not currently accepting applications.

Please do not contact the Unitarian Universalist Congregation at Shelter Rock.

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