Donald E. Skinner

Donald E. Skinner

Donald E. Skinner (© Nancy Pierce)

Donald E. Skinner was the founding editor of the InterConnections newsletter for congregational leaders and a senior editor of UU World from 1998 until his retirement in 2014. He is a member of the Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church in Lenexa, Kansas.

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‘Growing Unitarianism’ movement seeks to reverse decline and promote excitement.

By Donald E. Skinner | April 22, 2013 | From UU World

Is it possible to imagine that an armed intruder could show up on Sunday morning at one of our congregations, inflamed about our inclusiveness or a particular justice stance we’ve taken in the community, and proceed to do us harm? It happened in 2008 at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist...

By Donald E. Skinner | April 8, 2013 | From InterConnections
Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Facilities Management, Staffing & Supervision, Crisis Planning in Congregations, Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, Safe Congregations

A fundraising campaign that began in 1993 at the First Unitarian Society of Wilmington, DE, now the First Unitarian Church, was supposed to be all about raising money for a new building project. But along the way the campaign came to be about more than just First Unitarian....

By Donald E. Skinner | April 1, 2013 | From InterConnections
Tagged as: Finance for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Membership Growth & Outreach
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How a small church chose to invest in a more ambitious future.

Feature | By Donald E. Skinner | March 31, 2013 | From UU World
Tagged as: Breakthrough Congregations, Community

Eboo Patel and Wendell Berry are among the featured speakers at Louisville, Ky., meeting in June.

By Donald E. Skinner | March 24, 2013 | From UU World
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500 worshipers gather for rousing service in college community.

By Donald E. Skinner | March 10, 2013 | From UU World

Massachusetts congregation seeks to ‘do something’ in response to Newtown massacre.

By Donald E. Skinner | March 3, 2013 | From UU World

It is, of course, every congregation’s desire to have most of its members actively engaged in personal growth, in deepening their spiritual development and working to improve the larger community and the world. There’s a lot of all of that going on at First Unitarian Church in Dallas, which has...

By Donald E. Skinner | March 1, 2013 | From InterConnections
Tagged as: Covenant Groups & Small Group Ministry, High School-Aged Youth Faith Development, Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35), Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, Membership Growth & Outreach, Professional Development for Religious Educators
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The Kandahar Crossing UU Fellowship is a peaceful refuge in a war zone.

By Donald E. Skinner | February 17, 2013 | From UU World

'Lost Boy' returns to Dallas with report about water well dug with help from First Unitarian Church.

By Donald E. Skinner | February 3, 2013 | From UU World
Tagged as: Living Our Faith, Social Justice

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