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SUMMARY:Fall PAL Planning Weekend
DESCRIPTION:Fall PAL Planning Weekend\n​Youth “CONs” are weekend-long events planned by youth with adult support for youth from third grade through high school. At heart\, a youth CON is an experience in building a covenantal community and empowering youth leadership. \n​Each con has a different theme and focus\, but they all incorporate community building\, fun\, worship\, and exploration of spirituality. Each event has its own covenant and is in covenant with The Mountain’s safety policies. Youth experience both the safety of being in a covenantal community and the responsibility to repair relationships when difficult situations arise. \nYouth have the opportunity to serve in leadership roles to help plan events\, help run events\, help the con community live in covenant\, or be peer chaplains for emotional support. \nThank you for your interest. We look forward to receiving your application and working together for the Spring CON season. \nPeer Advocate Leaders (PAL) and Mentors (Age 16 & up) gather to plan the upcoming Youth CONference season at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center. The focus of this weekend is to build a program for all ages that is aligned with our Unitarian Universalist values as a supplement to congregational Religious Education programs. Space is limited to 25 registrants for the weekend. Only register if you plan on attending one or more of the Youth Conferences during the season. \nFee\nThere is no fee for becoming a PAL or Mentors\nIncludes food and housing \nWhen\nSeptember 4-6\, 2026\nCheck in begins at 7pm on Friday\nCheck out at 11am on Sunday\nRegistration: Apply below!\nRegistration deadline: August 28\, 2026 \n\n\n                \n                        \n                            PAL Application\n                             \n                        \n                        URLThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name(Required)\n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    First\n                                                \n                            \n                            \n                                                    \n                                                    Last\n                                                \n                            \n                        PronounsBirthday(Required)\n					\n				\n				\n							\n						\n			Email(Required)\n                            \n                        Phone(Required)Address(Required)    \n                    \n                         \n                                        \n                                        Street Address\n                                    \n                                        \n                                        Address Line 2\n                                    \n                                    \n                                    City\n                                 \n                                        AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahU.S. Virgin IslandsVermontVirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsinWyomingArmed Forces AmericasArmed Forces EuropeArmed Forces Pacific\n                                        State\n                                      \n                                    \n                                    ZIP Code\n                                \n                    \n                Why do you want to be a PAL?What previous leadership experience do you have?What are your greatest strengths to share as a PAL?What are new skills you would like to have the opportunity to develop as a PAL?Please tell me about any previous experiences with Mountain CONs\, MountainCamp\, or other Mountain events and programs and/or previous experiences with UU CONs elsewhere.If you have previous involvement with Mountain CONs or CONs elsewhere\, which traditions do you feel are important? What would you like to see change?How have you been involved with Unitarian Universalism?What previous experience do you have working with youth (including work at The Mountain)? Please list positions held (if any) and dates of work:What do you hope to focus on to help bring CON participants together?What's one thing you can do to make someone's day while you're here?Which weekends are you available?(Required)\n								\n								Fall PAL Planning Weekend Sep 4-6 (REQUIRED)\n							\n								\n								November 6-8: Fall Elementary CON\n							\n								\n								November 20-22: Fall Intermediate CON\n							\n								\n								December 11-13: Fall Senior High CON\n							\n								\n								Other\n							If other\, please explain:Questions / CommentsItems of Note:The Mountain’s Youth Protection Policy requires a background check for anyone age 18 and over working with youth. Each PAL Mentor MUST go through a background check to participate in Youth CONs. See the steps below.\nDownload the Authorization for Consumer Reports (PDF).\nComplete and sign the form.\nSubmit via: \nMail:P.O. Box 1299Highlands\, NC 28741\nor upload securely through this dropbox link.\nYouth Protection PolicyThe Mountain recognizes the importance of fostering and creating communities where everyone\, especially our most vulnerable populations such as children and youth\, are protected.\n\nWe seek to preserve that spirit of welcome\, respect\, and trust in balance with our concern for the safety of our children\, applying the test of “reasonable precaution” to any policies or guidelines we adopt. We further acknowledge that institutions operating in the best possible manner with all due concern still cannot guarantee an absolutely risk-free setting.\n\nIn this spirit\, we adopt this policy statement and apply it to all events conducted under the purview of The Mountain.Read The Mountain’s Youth Protection Policy Here (pdf) \n         Submit Application
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