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Paid staff in the congregation have particular boundaries during ministerial traditions

Before serving on the search team, potential members should have a clear understanding of the commitment of time over the course of the year-long search process.

The goals of the search team selection should be to have a high-functioning, wise, and thoughtful group that is committed to the congregation and its vision for the future.

The governing board usually holds the responsibility of the search process—with the Congregational Transitions Director's support and guidance—until the settled search team begins its work.

The governing board should review their bylaws, so they can determine if the UUA's recommendations for a search team selection process will be compliant.

Learning about the flow of the search cycle, breaking down the process into phases, and doing each element within each phase helps make the search process more manageable.

The UUA search process includes opportunities to examine how oppression, supremacy, and bias work in the world and how they are at play in our search system's processes and practices.

The ministerial search process requires lay leaders to practice skills of holding confidentiality about detail while being transparent about the process.

Congregations that have a two-year interim ministry between settled ministries give themselves time to process the previous ministry and get ready for the next ministry.