UU Faith Formation Consulting
Jenn Blosser, Freelance Religious Educator & Consultant
Faith Formation is relational work. It's theological work. And it's some of the hardest, most creative, most rewarding work happening in congregational life today. If your program needs a fresh vision, your team needs a thought partner, or you're building something from the ground up and aren't sure where to start - I can help. I bring a decade of professional experience, a deep love of UU theology, a playful approach to pedagogy, and a willingness to think wildly beyond the box. I love nothing more than helping congregations and religious educators find unexpected, joyful, sustainable solutions to the challenges that feel most stuck.
Schedule a free 30 minute conversation and let's figure it out together!
Whether your congregation is small and scrappy or large and feeling stuck, I can help you return to the "Why" of your faith formation program. If you're working with a handful of mixed-age kids and no clean way to run a traditional Sunday school, I can help you build a creative, theologically grounded structure that works with your actual people and grows with you - not a band-aid, but a sustainable system. If your larger program has started to feel like it's running on curriculum autopilot, I can help you shift the center of gravity back toward covenant, relationship, and community building, using curriculum as a tool rather than a destination. And if you're ready to wade into the wonders of Whole Church Religious Education, I am here to enthusiastically help you navigate the transition.
If your congregation wants to offer a camp program but isn't sure where to start, I can help you figure out what that actually looks like for your specific community. I take an asset-mapping approach - we start with what you already have. What do the adults in your congregation love and do well? What resources, spaces, and relationships already exist? What's your realistic budget and timeline? From there, we build something that's genuinely sustainable and rooted in your community rather than imported from somewhere else. I've designed and run congregational day camps ranging from 11 to 40 kids, and my background in educational theater camp programming means I've worked with everything from tiny intimate groups to 75 kids cycling through every two weeks. Whatever your scale, I can help you build something meaningful.
You wouldn't believe how a program can benefit from a personable, collaboratively created character - something that gives kids and adults a shared touchstone, a way in, and a reason to belong. I've seen firsthand how a community-generated mascot can become a vehicle for theological teaching, a welcome mat for newcomers, and the connective tissue of a whole program culture. If your community is craving that kind of imaginative, identity-building work, I can help you develop it in a way that's rooted in your values and genuinely owned by the people in your program.
There are aspects of the religious education profession which can feel disorienting, especially when you're new to the work or when you're a seasoned professional who is certain nobody really understands what you do. I work one-on-one with religious education professionals who need a thought partner - whether you're still figuring out the scope and relational roots of this ministry for the first time, or you're experienced and ready to imagine your work in a new way. I can help you reconnect with your "Why," understand how your local work fits into the broader UU ecosystem, and find fresh approaches that match where you actually are right now.
Good consulting starts with knowing who's showing up for you.
From Theatre to Church to Spirit & Whimsy
I didn't set out to be a "freelance religious educator." I came to it sideways - the way many of us discover our calling. My journey was full of amazing colleagues who helped me discover that my particular brand of playfulness, creativity, and neurodivergence were the building blocks of my own ministry.
What began as art-directing summer camp productions at a professional theater in Florida, became serving UU congregations as a religious professional. When I received an adult AuDHD diagnosis pretty much all of my life was reframed - including why the places I'd always felt most welcome were the ones that never assumed neurotypicality. Through my time as a religious educator, I learned how to find genuinely creative solutions to the challenges that felt most stuck.
If you're curious about who's behind this work - if you want a more complete picture of my journey and values - I wrote a whole blog post for you!
Quick Highlights
A decade of professional religious education work in Unitarian Universalist congregations with a focus on multigenerational, covenantal community building.
Director of children's programming at UUA General Assembly, in person & online (2022-2025).
Designed multiple programs for LREDA Fall Conference, including workshop on sustainable summer camp programming.
Designed Article 2 Collaborative Art Mosaics & Coloring Book, developed as a multigenerational resource for the UUA's Faith Curricula Library.
Director of nursery/elementary/middle school programming at the Southeastern Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute (SUUSI).
Co-creator of the UFFG Summer Camp Curriculum, developed and refined over a decade.
AuDHD, with lived experience of adult diagnosis and a deep commitment to neurodivergent-affirming community and program design.