Church on Loan
A Resource for Small Unitarian Universalist Groups & Congregations
Church of the Larger Fellowship
What is Church on Loan?
Who should enroll?
Resources Available from Church on Loan
Use the CLF Loan Library!
Church on Loan Introductory Packet
Enroll in Church on Loan
What is Church on Loan?
The Church of the Larger Fellowship offers Church on Loan to small and start-up Unitarian Universalist groups. Church on Loan's extensive collection of resources and materials can help you...
- plan and present effective and meaningful worship services
- offer easy-to-teach religious education programs
- provide easy-to-prepare study programs to expand opportunities for adults to interact
Who should enroll?
Does your UU group...
- include fewer than 50 people?
- rely primarily on lay-leaders?
- meet at least twice a month?
- seek new ideas, energy and resources?
Resources
Available from Church on Loan
Church
OnLine
Church on Loan members can access online resources for worship and religious education tailored to the needs of small groups and lay-led congregations.
- Sundays Online ~ More than 240 complete worships services with sermons by well-known UU ministers available for use in worship.
- Religious Education Resources ~
The CLF has a Religious Education Website. Church on Loan groups can subscribe at no additional cost to RE Express Plus, designed by professional religious educators for small RE programs, including CLiF Notes: A Monthly Curriculum for Families and Small Groups; the RE Index of Resources, an index of our extensive online religious education resources, searchable by topic and age; REsources for Living Web page: a column inviting kids (and grown-ups) to reflect on matters from how to celebrate holidays to what it means to be a Unitarian Universalist; and the KidTalk Web page: monthly information and activities on everything from holidays around the world to spiritual practices and social justice projects.
- Email lists ~ CLF offers several email lists to help our members stay in touch with each other, and to share announcements and resources. The “Starting Small” email list offers support and ideas from other UUs who are managing small groups. Church Online also provides links to other lists and sites that are helpful to small UU groups.
 By
Mail and Online
- Quest ~ CLF's popular monthly publication includes timely, deliverable sermons; essays and religious education activities.
- uu&me! ~ CLF's magazine for your UU kids 7 to 12 with stories and activities. Comes to your group as an insert in the UUWorld magazine.
 Use
the CLF Loan Library!
The more materials you borrow from the CLF Loan Library Catalog , the more valuable your Church on Loan enrollment becomes.
- Religious Education curricula ~ For children: Special Times, What is Religion?, Keepers of the Faith, Stories About God, We Believe, and more. For youth and adults: A Catechism for UUs, A Faith for All Seasons, Living the Interdependent Web (video & study guide), On the Path, Say Your UUism; and more.
- Resource books ~ UU history, biographies, meditation manuals, children's stories, and self-help books.
Church on Loan
Introductory Packet
- CLF Handbook of Religious Services ~ worship planning tips, opening and closing words, meditations, rites of passage, and more.
- Religious Education at Home ~ guide and reference source for UU families' spiritual journeys. Includes guidelines for creating effective UU religious education in your group.
- Cycle of Seasons ~ booklet of seasonal celebrations from around the world and many religious traditions for intergenerational use.
- Let's Get Together ~ start-up guide for small UU groups with “Composing Your Personal Credo” discussion group exercise.
- Sundays Online ~ a sample from our collection of complete worship services by our best UU ministers.
- CLF Loan Library Catalog ~ contains our collections of books, curricula, videos, audios, and Month of Sundays notebooks.
- UU Retail catalogs ~ CLF Flaming Chalice Jewelry Catalog, UUA Bookstore Catalog.
- Password for Church on Loan ~ gives you access to a wealth of resources (see description under "Resources Available from Church on Loan")
Enroll in Church on Loan
Enroll
online using our secure server.
Print an enrollment form to complete
and mail or fax.
Groups may enroll in Church on Loan for a
twelve-month period at any time throughout the year.
First-time enrollment
(includes Introductory Resource Packet)
$290 US
Annual Re-enrollment
$265 US
For more information on the Church on Loan service, offered by the Church of the Larger Fellowship,
contact Church on Loan at CLF.
Call
617-948-6150
Email
Last updated April 14, 2008
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