Clergy Renewal/ Sabbatical Support
Sabbatical Planning and Communication Resources
Contribute to successful sabbatical experiences for ministers and congregations: colleagues who recently experienced sabbaticals offer these sample materials as models for your consideration.
The following documents are in PDF format.
From Drew Kennedy, Milwaukee, WI
- Guest Ministers-First Letter
- Guest Ministers-Second Letter
- Kennedy Leadership Guide to Sabb
- Newsletter 4-01-02
- Publicity Plan
- Sabb Com Charge
- Sabb Eval Process 3
- Sabbatical Brochure 1
- Sabbatical Brochure 2
- Sabbatical Brochure 3
- Sabbatical Guide
- Sabbatical Resolution
- Staff Bonus Proposal
- Staff Impact
Our evaluation process is the piece I often see / suspect is missing from many minister's plans. A congregation invests a lot of time and money and effort to send ministers on sabb. It behooves us to do an evaluation. I also found it an excellent way, esp in a large church, to process the sabb with a lot of different people and constituencies and, thus, help enormously in my re-entry.
From Bill Sasso, Carbondale, IL
- Sabbatical Referrals
- CUFL0505RTF
- CUFL0501RTF
- CUFLMin0508RTF
- WCS Sabbatical Budget 05-03-01
- WCS Sabbatical Plan 04-11
You can also visit the "work in progress" website that details much of what I have found to date in the historical research on the Carbondale Unitarian Fellowship website—this might conceivably be of interest to someone who had a similar type of project as part of his or her sabbatical.
From Kathleen Rolenz and Wayne Arnason, Cleveland, OH
Clergy Renewal
Lilly Endowment funds Clergy Renewal Programs
The
Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment has offered grants of up to $45,000 to
congregations to allow their ministers to spend some time away. Check the site
for up-to-date information on current year funding levels and request forms.
Sangre de Cristo Retreat Center
Retreat center for sabbaticals and
spiritual programs near Santa Fe, New Mexico.
For more information contact ministerialdevelopment @ uua.org.
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Last updated on Thursday, August 18, 2011.
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