Megan Foley

Full name: Rev Dr. Megan Foley (she/her)

Deputy Director of Congregational Life

Congregational Life

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Rev. Dr. Megan Foley serves as Deputy Director for Congregational Life as well as Regional Lead for the Central East Region staff. Before joining regional staff she served for six years as the minister of the Sugarloaf Congregation of Unitarian Universalists in Germantown, Maryland. Megan holds a Doctor of Ministry in Public Theology degree from Drew University, a Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Connecticut at Storrs. She was born in Oakland, California, and lived around the world before coming to live in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband, Neil and their two sons in 2002. She brings expertise in small congregational life and focused ministries to the regional team.

From Megan Foley

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When all is going wrong and you're scared as hell What you gonna do? Who you gonna tell? A hundred bad days made a hundred good stories A hundred good stories make me interesting at parties, yeah No, I ain't scared of you No, I ain't scared of you no more -AJR, “100 Bad Days”, Neotheater Can you...

By Megan Foley | April 11, 2022 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Change & Conflict, Spiritual Practice

We had about a minute in, when, June? when we in congregations thought we were on the path to pandemic freedom. I don’t know about you but I definitely was imagining A Return To Normal Church.

By Megan Foley | September 13, 2021 | From Better Together
Tagged as: #COVID19, Change & Conflict, Leadership Development, Support and Caring in Congregations

Three qualities of church that will be important in our next phase of how to be together are attention to mission, nimbleness, and inclusion.

Video | By Megan Foley | March 18, 2021 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Building Community, Covenant

By now you’ve probably already seen notice of the New Day Rising National Conference coming to a virtual screen near you on February 27th.

By Megan Foley | February 15, 2021 | From Central East Region
Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Social Justice

In an end-of-the-year meditation over the holidays, the teacher suggested that we students take what we were grateful for and what we had learned and what had made us stronger in 2020 and bring all of that into 2021, leaving the rest behind.

By Megan Foley | January 11, 2021 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Mission/Vision/Planning

Make sure, both at Christmastime and in other times, that you ask for that which you really want.

Homily | By Megan Foley | December 1, 2020 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Abundance, Advent, Belief, Children, Christmas Eve / Christmas, Direct Experience, Discernment, Generosity, Humanism, Listening, Meaning, Secular, WorshipWeb, Worship

Are you wondering how to set up the meeting so it runs smoothly online? Here are some Dos and Don’ts to help get your creative juices flowing!

By Megan Foley | August 27, 2020 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Effective Meetings, Governing Boards

I see commercials sometimes that refer to these as “uncertain times”. I don’t know. I think things are becoming pretty certain. I think it’s pretty certain that we’re suffering, pretty certain that our neighbors and families are sick and dying, pretty certain that we’ll be living in...

By Megan Foley | July 13, 2020 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Leadership Development

Although we’re sad to see the interim tenure of the fantastic Paula Cole Jones come to an end on June 30th, we are delighted to announce that we’ve hired a new, permanent field staff person to begin with us on July 6th: Sana Saeed.

By Megan Foley | May 4, 2020 | From Better Together

I don’t know if you’re like me, but I have trouble asking for help. First, it takes me forever to figure out I need help. Then I feel strange and awkward about asking - I don’t want to bother anyone.

By Megan Foley | January 13, 2020 | From Better Together

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