Useful Information That Bears Repeating
July 15, 2007
Here is useful information we found while preparing the back issues of InterConnections for the new UUA.org website.Congregation-Based Community Organization (CBCO): Congregations interested in joining a CBCO will need the new CBCO guide entitled Congregation-Based Community Organizing: A Social Justice Approach to Revitalizing Congregational Life produced by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Office for Congregational Advocacy and Witness. Contact the socialjustice @ uua.org.
Church of the Younger Fellowship (CYF): Organized by the Church of the Larger Fellowship, the CYF is designed as a church home for young adults who do not have another church or who want more religious experience.
Church on Loan: The Church on Loan Program of the UUA's Church of the Larger Fellowship provides services to small and emerging congregations. It has more than eighty full worship services and a lending library, and offers religious education and parenting and family resources.
Explain Your Faith: A great way to grow a church is to help members learn how to explain their faith to friends, neighbors, and coworkers. The book Articulating Your UU Faith: A Five-Session Course by Revs. Barbara Wells and Jaco ten Hove is one of the best resources for that purpose. Available from the UUA Bookstore.
Accessibility: For questions about accessibility issues, email the access @ uua.org.
Copyright Permission: Want to copy something from hymns, pamphlets, or books? Learn about obtaining the necessary permissions.
Pamphlets: Read UUA pamphlets online or order them.
Unitarian Universalist (UU) Trauma Response Ministry: Contact the UU Trauma Response Ministry if your congregation would like external support in dealing with a natural disaster or personal tragedy, or 866-730-8181.
Email Lists: Get helpful information about your congregational responsibilities by joining one or more of the 250 UUA-sponsored email lists on topics from membership to social justice. Worried about too much email? Get them in digest form once every few days instead of individually. Find the lists. Some of the most useful email lists: MEMB-L (Membership Committees), UU-Leaders (for lay leaders), and UU-Money (for folks who deal with church finances). Every congregation should also subscribe to UUA-L, a list for announcements from the UUA.
Small Group Ministry: Get help for your Small Group Ministry program by joining the UU Small Group Ministry Network. Get advice from other small group leaders and share session topics.
Subscriptions: Manage UU World and InterConnections subscriptions.
Youth Group Handbook: The 2006 Youth Group Handbook replaces one last published in the early 1980s. It has guidelines for starting a youth group from scratch and tips on effective leadership. It also addresses collective decision making, working effectively with adults, fundraising, social action, anti-oppression work, and worship. It includes a collection of games and activities for building trust and community. The book is $15 from the UUA Bookstore; 800-215-9076.
For more information contact interconnections @ uua.org.
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
