Hospitality and Belonging Resources
The resources below can help your congregation to grow in vitality and reach—both to members and to newcomers.
Listen to the conference call on hospitality and belonging—October 4, 2007!
The Membership Journey (PDF, 53 pages)
A guide to various aspects of membership growth and for enriching the lives of all members for all sizes
and ages of congregations. This guide also suggests approaches to moving toward
being an anti-racist/anti-oppressive/multicultural congregation.
Congregations Count: Evaluating Your Membership Process (this section includes PDF, Excel, and mp3 tools)
Used with The Membership Journey, above, Congregations Count is an easy-to-use diagnostic
tool to help your congregation effectively focus your membership efforts toward congregational growth.
Congregations Count helps your congregation diagnose whether you need more
visitors, a better process to convert visitors to members, or a program to
retain existing members.
"Voices of a Liberal Faith" is a compelling DVD for your congregation's guests, for your friends, and for you! It is available from Congregational Services at the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). This DVD was produced by the UUA as a hospitality resource to introduce newcomers to Unitarian Universalism.
"Religious Hospitality: A Spiritual Practice for Congregations" by Peter Morales.
A pamphlet for congregational leaders,
members and friends about the spiritual practice of offering hospitality from
deep within ourselves. This pamphlet is available from the UUA Bookstore.
Ideas for Growth DVD, produced by Jefferson Unitarian Church, Golden, Colorado.
Contact the UUA Bookstore to order a copy.
Tracking Attendance
Try using these forms to monitor natural fluctuations and the progress of
your efforts:
- Monthly Attendance (Excel) (PDF)
- Special Event Attendance (Excel) (PDF)
For good information on how to use these attendance figures please see Congregations Count, referred to above.
For more information contact growthresources @ uua.org.
Last updated on Friday, October 12, 2007.
