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Assessing Our Leadership (PDF, 35 pages)by UUA Ministry & Professional Leadership
Promoting Effectiveness in Congregational Leadershipfor Professional and Lay Leaders of UU Congregationsby the UU Ministers AssociationUUA Department of Congregational, District and Extension ServicesUUA ...by UUA Church Staff Finances
Church Staff CompensationThe UUA has changed its approach to ministerial compensation: from a Total Cost of Ministry (TCM) model to a Salary and Housing model (PDF).Salary Recommendations Explanation of ...by Fulfilling the Promise Committee
Healthy congregation check-upsStrategic planningCompanion tool to Assessing Our Leadershipby UUA Consultation on Ministry to and with Youth
Consultation on Youth MinistryConsultation on Ministry with YouthConsultation on Ministry to YouthConsultation on Ministry to and with YouthYouth Ministry ConsultationYouth MinistryConsultationYouth SurveyYouth ...by UUA Financial Services
Endowment FundThe Endowment Fund track the growth in and use of endowment and other restricted funds for their designated purposes and issues reports on these and related matters. Investment Form (PDF)Investment ...by UUA Congregational Services
When people leave our churches it is not always apparent immediately. Some leave because they move away, some die, and some stop attending. The reasons people stop attending can be many.Some people have ...by UUA Church Staff Finances
UUA Group Insurance: Dental, Term Life and Long-Term DisabilityThe Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (MetLife) is the insurance carrier for the group dental, term life, and long-term disability policies ...by UUA Ministerial Transitions
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Retiring Retirement Minister TransitionsMinisterial Retirementby UUA Congregational Services
Creating a state of security is an ongoing process, and not an endpoint. Shocking events reported in the media can cause congregations to take immediate action on emergency and security issues, but emergency ...by UUA Youth Ministries
Download Seven Steps to Hiring a Paid Youth Advisor (PDF).1. Form a Hiring CommitteeYour first step in hiring a youth advisor is bringing together key stakeholders to form a hiring committee. The stakeholders ...by UUA Advocacy & Witness
Socially responsible investing (SRI) is ensuring that our investments are reasonably consistent with our values. The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) has been strongly committed to SRI for over ...by UUA Election Campaign Practices Committee
This site has been established to provide accurate, up to date information regarding the upcoming UUA elections for President, Moderator, and Financial Advisor (June 2009), as well as rules, policies of ...Audio/ Video Files
Accessibilityby UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 4:30 minutes)Author: the Reverend Dr. Devorah GreensteinA recent Harris poll reports that fewer Americans with disabilities attend religious services than Americans without disabilities. ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 5:48 minutes)By Don SkinnerWe've all had the experience of walking into a room where a conversation was in progress. We were able to understand a ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 2:48 minutes)Author: Don SkinnerIf your governing board meetings go on way too long, if they get bogged down in congregational minutia, it may be time to consider Policy Governance. ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 3:51 minutes)Author: Don SkinnerIs your congregation being held hostage? Is there a troublesome personality who tries to get his or her own way by withholding money, by loud assertive ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 5:41 minutes) By Don SkinnerWhen the board of trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, MD completed a strategic plan a few years ago, it realized it would also have to ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 2:29 minutes)Author: the Reverend Bill ZelaznyRecently in a conversation, a Publicity Committee chair in a church told me that she had been told by the Nominating Committee member who ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 4:11 minutes) Author: the Reverend Peter MoralesA couple of years ago I started wondering about how many visitors come to our churches. I found out that nobody knows. Even that, I find fascinating. ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 4:01 minutes)By Don SkinnerAbuse of children, youth, and vulnerable adults is an unfortunate reality in society and has even occurred in Unitarian Universalist ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 4:50 minutes)By Don SkinnerAs Unitarian Universalists (UUs), we pride ourselves on being inclusive and forgiving. We celebrate diversity and welcome all individuals. But occasionally a person ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 5:54 minutes)Author: Don SkinnerDoes any congregation ever have enough volunteers? Most of us struggle to find enough. It can be one of the most frustrating parts of being a lay leader. But ...by UU Leader | Drive Time Essays
Listen! (MP3, 5:16 minutes)By Don Skinnerby Rev. Aaron Payson, UU Trauma Response Ministry
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is proud to make available Rev. Aaron Payson's presentation of "The Life-Cycle of a Disaster," an important resources for use in congregational or district ...Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
