Our Whole Lives Training Schedule
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Need more information about a particular training below? Please contact the training registrar listed for the training. Updates Frequently! Check Back!
For additional offerings, check the UUA OWL training calendar.
2025
If you are taking a training and need the Our Whole Lives material for Grades 10-12, please check UCC Resources, where it should be available to pre-order by Dec 31. In the meantime, your trainers will give you material needed for your trainings.
In-person Trainings
(see below for online training options)
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT REQUIRED TRAINING PRE-WORK
In-person OWL trainings now require approximately 3 hours of pre-work to be done PRIOR to the training, which includes watching a webinar, a meditation, and writing reflections. You will receive more specific information about this and access two weeks prior to the training. Please protect time two weeks before the training to be able to complete this work.
Celebrating 25 Years of Our Whole Lives in 2025!
May 16-18, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: First Grace – New Orleans, Louisiana
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Sara Green, saraelainegreen@gmail.com, (504) 248-0124
Deadline: April 30, 2025
June 6-8, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: Pilgrim Park Camp, Princeton, IL
Register
Registrar: Tara Cade OutdoorMinistries@ilucc.org 815-447-2390
Deadline: May 6
June 6-8, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Register
June: 6-8, 2024
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: St. John’s Unitarian Universalist Church, 320 Resor Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45220
Wheelchair accessible
Register
Registrar: Marie Inanli, marie.c.inanli@gmail.com, (513) 382-7647
Deadline: May 15, 2025
June 12-14, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: First Grace – The McKinney Chapel at First Unitarian Congregational Society Brooklyn, 119-121 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Deborah Walker, dwalker@ccny.org, (313) 673-2503
Deadline: May 29, 2025
July 11-13, 2025
Levels: 7/9-10-12
Location: Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington-Normal, Bloomington, IL
Wheelchair accessible
Assisted listening devices available
Registration
Registrar: Blair Broughton, office@uubn.org , (309) 828-0235
Deadline: June 10, 2025
July 17-19, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: Sioux Falls, SD
Register
July: 18-20, 2025
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: Manhattan, KS
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Katie Baker, director@truecolorsfh.com
Deadline: July 1, 2025
August 1-3, 2025
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: Pilgrim Lodge- West Gardiner, Maine
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Lydia Hoffman, lhoffman@pilgrimlodge.org , (207) 724-3200
Deadline: July 11, 2025
Aug 8-10, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: Daycholah Center, Green Lake, WI
Registrar: Lisa Hart Lhart@wcucc.org 608-438-1571
Deadline: July 8
Aug 8-10, 2025
Levels: All Adult Levels
Location: Daycholah Center, Green Lake, WI
Registrar: Lisa Hart Lhart@wcucc.org 608-438-1571
Deadline: July 8
August 15-17, 2025
Levels: All adult levels
Location: Eno River Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, Durham, NC
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Jim Lewis, jlewis@eruuf.org, (919) 489-2575
Deadline: July 25, 2025
August 15-17, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: The Community Church of Chapel Hill UU, Chapel Hill, NC
Wheelchair accessible
Assisted listening devices available
Registration
Registrar: Marion Hirsch, dre@c3huu.org, (919) 619-8792
Deadline: July 18, 2025
August 15-17, 2025
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh, Raleigh, NC
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Dana Lundquist, Dana@uufr.org, (919) 239-2439
Deadline: July 25, 2025
August 15-17, 2025
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Bethany Johnson, office@firstunitarian.org, (612) 377-6608
Deadline: July 15, 2025
September 12-14, 2025
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: 130 S. Oak Park Ave, Oak Park, IL 60302
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Amelia Bee, registrar@opowl.org, (224) 601-5261
Deadline: Wednesday, August 5, 2025
September 26-28, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: 130 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302
Wheelchair accessible
Registration
Registrar: Amelia Bee, registrar@opowl.org, (224) 601-5261
Deadline: September 5, 2025
Nov 7-9, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: Tower Hill Camp, Sawyer, MI
Register
Registrar: Tracy Heilman tracyheilman@ilucc.org 269-426-3881
Deadline: Oct 17
Nov 21-23, 2025
Levels: K-1/4-6
Location: Pilgrim Firs Camp and Conference Center, Port Orchard, WA
Register
Registrar: Mark Boyd mark@pilgrim-firs.org 360-876-2031
Deadline: Oct 30
Nov 21-23, 2025
Levels: 7-9/10-12
Location: Pilgrim Firs Camp and Conference Center, Port Orchard, WA
Register
Registrar: Mark Boyd mark@pilgrim-firs.org 360-876-2031
Deadline: Oct 30
Nov 21-23, 2025
Levels: All Adult Levels
Location: Pilgrim Firs Camp and Conference Center, Port Orchard, WA
Register
Registrar: Mark Boyd mark@pilgrim-firs.org 360-876-2031
Deadline: Oct 30
Limited Online OWL Trainings Now Available
Online trainings. Registration application opens six weeks before the first synchronous session of the training. Cost is $350. Potential OWL facilitators submit an application form, which generates an email to their endorser with a link to complete a recommendation. The endorser is a person in the facilitator’s faith community or organization who agrees to provide oversight for the facilitator and vouches for the qualifications of the facilitator.
Upon acceptance, the facilitator will receive a payment link. Full payment is due 30 days before the first synchronous session, and $100 of that is non-refundable within 7 days before the first session.
Time Commitment. Online training is more time intensive than in-person training, requiring up to 35 hours of your time over three weeks. You will have 20 hours of synchronous (live, on-camera) weeknight and Saturday sessions plus 10-15 hours of asynchronous tasks to complete (reading, webinar viewing, and written assignments) on your own time. Do not register unless you can commit to attend every synchronous session and complete the assignments. Attendance is mandatory for every synchronous session; they are not recorded, and make-up sessions are not available. Your most intense time commitment will be during the week prior to the first live session (approximately 3.5 hours to complete assignments) and between the first and second sessions (~2 hours to complete assignments).
Training Schedule. Synchronous sessions for all online trainings are from 6-8:30 pm in either Pacific or Eastern time zones on Mondays and Thursdays for three weeks, ending with a 10 am to 3 pm Saturday session (with a one-hour lunch break at noon). Mountain and Central times will vary depending on which training you register for.
Upcoming Online Training Dates and Grade Levels
Eastern and Pacific time zone trainings are offered on the same days and times (in different time zones); please register for the time zone closest to your own if possible.
Registration applications for all trainings will begin six weeks prior to the first live session for that month’s trainings.
We accept applications in the order received, and upon filling all slots, we maintain a wait list.
Age Minimums for live and online trainings: Participants must be at least 21 years of age to register for any training, and if working with teens, they should be at least four years older than the oldest teen in the program. We recommend co-facilitating with an older facilitator.
Trainings require the most-current edition of the curriculum Familiarize yourself with the material in advance of the training. Use only the second editions of the Grades K-1, 4-6, and 7-9 curriculum.
2025
Online Trainings
NOTE: Please read all the above information regarding online trainings before submitting an application.
May Eastern Time (ET) Registration is now closed.
Levels: Elementary
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm ET Mondays May 5, 12, 19
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Thursdays May 8, 15, 22
And
Saturday May 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
May Pacific Time (PT) Registration is now closed.
Levels: Elementary
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm PT Mondays May 5, 12, 19
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Thursdays May 8, 15, 22
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Saturday May 24 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
June Eastern Time (ET) Registration is now closed
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm ET Mondays June 2, 9, 16
And
Thursdays June 5, 12, 19
And
Saturday June 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
June Pacific Time (PT) Registration is now closed
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm PT Mondays June 2, 9, 16
And
Thursdays June 5, 12, 19
And
Saturday June 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
August Eastern Time (ET) Application for registration will be open June 16 – June 30, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm ET Mondays August 4, 11, 18
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Thursdays August 7, 14, 21
And
Saturday August 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
August Pacific Time (PT) Application for registration will be open June 16 – June 30, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm PT Mondays August 4, 11, 18
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Thursdays August 7, 14, 21
And
Saturday August 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m
September Eastern Time (ET) Application for registration will be open July 21 – August 5, 2025
Levels: All Adult Levels
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm ET Mondays September 8, 15, 22
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Thursdays September 11, 18, 25
And
Saturday September 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
September Pacific Time (PT) Application for registration will be open July 21 – August 5, 2025
Levels: All Adult Levels
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm PT Mondays September 8, 15, 22
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Thursdays September 11, 18, 25
And
Saturday September 27 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
October Eastern Time (ET) Application for registration will be open August 18 – September 2, 2025
Levels: Elementary
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm ET Mondays October 6, 13, 20
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Thursdays October 9, 16, 23
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Saturday October 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
October Pacific Time (PT) Application for registration will be open August 18 – September 2, 2025
Levels: Elementary
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm PT Mondays October 6, 13, 20
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Thursdays October 9, 16, 23
And
Saturday October 25 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
November Eastern Time (ET) Application for registration will be open September 15 – September 30, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm ET Mondays November 3, 10, 17
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Thursdays November 6, 13, 20
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Saturday November 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
November Pacific Time (PT) Application for registration will be open September 15 – September 30, 2025
Levels: Jr Sr High
Location: online via Zoom and asynchronous learning in between Zoom sessions
Dates/Times: 6:00-8:30 pm PT November 3, 10, 17
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Thursdays November 6, 13, 20
And
Saturday November 22 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.