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It’s time to decide what kind of world we want to live in and it’s time to decide what we are willing to do to get it.
By Megan Foley | January 15, 2024 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Building Community, Social Justice -
In this short YouTube video, Rev. Sunshine Wolfe shares some strategies for dealing with worship disruptions. Additional resources for congregations who want to do more:UUA Safer Congregations PageKeep the Trolls Out: Zoom Bombing Update 2023Threats from Without, Care from Within 210 — this is a…
By Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe | December 11, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Safe Congregations, Worship -
Do you know about the Central East Region’s Chalice Lighter Program?The CER Chalice Lighter Grant Program uses the spark of small, regular contributions from individual UU’s to ignite the growth of our UU faith, both in numbers and in justice, compassion, and spirituality. These contributions are…
By Central East Region of the UUA | November 27, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Fundraising for Congregations -
At this time of year – a cold bite to the air, long dark nights – I feel a deep, almost primal impulse to huddle around a hearth-fire, spending time with people dear to me.
By Lenore Bajare-Dukes | November 20, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Building Community -
In times like these it’s hard to keep up. It’s easy to despair. It’s difficult to keep yourself centered and continue with every day life while the world is in so much turmoil.
October 20, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Pastoral Care -
Are you looking for the unexpected joy in your community?
By Beth Casebolt | September 11, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Building Community -
It’s AUGUST. It’s HOT. Here in Washington DC, the air is like sticky soup. August is when people get out of town or they hibernate in the air conditioning or by the pool.
By Megan Foley | August 12, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Building Community -
Change can be challenging and disorienting but can move us to a better place. The Central East Regional Chalice Lighter Program Committee wants to share with you news of the exciting, transformative changes to the program.
July 24, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Awards, Scholarships, & Grants, Fundraising for Congregations -
It’s that time of the year again, when new leadership joins congregational boards. Summer is a time of transformation for some congregational leaders. I often receive questions around this time on how to hold a board retreat. Last year, Pat Infante and I held a webinar on holding a board retreat.
By Sana Saeed | July 10, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Governing Boards, Leadership Development -
This is a story of two moments online and how some of the ways we white UU’s show up can cause harm.I’m writing this now because General Assembly is around the corner …
By Evin Carvill Ziemer | June 12, 2023 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Anti-Racism, Building Community