Welcome to our lifelong learning program at MLTS. Our one-of-a-kind program is called The Leadership Institute for Growth, Healing, and Transformation (LIGHT). LIGHT empowers individuals and communities with tools for meaningful personal and societal transformation. Rooted in Unitarian Universalist values, this dynamic initiative offers non-degree lifelong learning opportunities—such as certificates, micro-credentials, trainings, and workshops—that center healing, justice, and the dismantling of oppression. Whether you are a lay leader, an ordained minister, or a seeker on a spiritual path, LIGHT provides practical, visionary education designed to foster inclusion, belonging, and theological imagination. Join a vibrant community committed to growth and collective liberation—and let your values come alive with LIGHT.
Dr. Kate Lassiter, Sr. Director of Lifelong Learning, talks about the importance of lifelong learning
Our LIGHT programs offer transformative lifelong learning that equip individuals and faith leaders with tools for personal and social transformation. Through non-degree certificates, micro-credentials, workshops, and retreats, LIGHT fosters spiritual growth, justice, and community building rooted in Unitarian Universalist values.
Trains individuals to become compassionate, creative spiritual directors through a two-year, online cohort model emphasizing deep listening and spiritual presence.
Equips faith-based leaders with essential skills for effective and transformative organizational leadership.
Offers a structure for development as a leader through a 9-month cohort. Learners meet twice a month for discussion and collaboration.
Who are you, and who do you want to be as you retire? Join a cohort of retired/retiring clergy, non-profit leaders, and others to pause and reflect.
What skills and traits do you need for responsible leadership and professional integrity? In our summer workshop series, lay leaders and religious professionals are invited to sharpen their sense of integrity through skill development and community discussion around volunteer management, equity-oriented governance, and financial decision-making. You can register for the series or an individual workshop.
We’ll take a conversational approach to various topics including classism in North American U/Uism, charitable giving from congregations, church endowments, community partnerships, reconciliation, and reparations.
Workshop for leaders who want to engage the significance of healthy boundaries for professional and personal lives and articulate how they can create and sustain boundaries in their own contexts of vocational significance. Fulfills UUMA continuing education requirement.