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Helping You Create Safe Congregations for Children, Youth, and Vulnerable AdultsLeader Resource | April 22, 2011Tagged as: Background ChecksPage/Article -
Church members generally agree that saving church records is a good thing – but the reality of doing that raises a number of questions. Which items should be saved, and by extension, is it okay to throw some items out?Leader Resource | By Kathleen Parker | March 27, 2011 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Records & Security, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Sample Scripts from the 2009 UU University Governance Track.Leader Resource | By Robert L. Eller-Isaacs, Laura Park | June 20, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Mission speaks to the congregation’s calling, the source of its integrity and it’s central reason for being. What are we called to be and do?Leader Resource | By Douglas Zelinski | March 16, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
What do you do when two Sunday services are not enough? That’s the situation Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship in Appleton, WI (599 members), faced in 2001. Despite two services, the sanctuary and religious education classes were still too full. “We take seriously the rule that...Leader Resource | By Donald E. Skinner | March 15, 2009 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article
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Is the glass half full or half empty? Does economic uncertainty bring only problems, or could it also bring opportunities? Those are questions facing all of us in congregations this fall as markets fluctuate and members see their savings, and maybe even their jobs, in jeopardy....Leader Resource | By Donald E. Skinner | December 15, 2008 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Finance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Who cares about Congregational Polity? Doesn’t it just boil down to the fact that we as a congregation can do whatever we want with no interference from any bishop, or presbytery, or Pope, or even the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston? Perhaps. Consider a deeper theological...Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke | March 15, 2008 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational PolityPage/Article -
A president of one of our congregations reports their unwelcoming experience visiting another UU (Unitarian Universalist) congregation.Leader Resource | By Donald E. Skinner | December 15, 2007 (reviewed June 2024) | From InterConnectionsTagged as: HospitalityPage/Article -
Using the metaphor of Janus, the guardian of portals in time, this classic resource frames the work of interim ministry in three phases: looking back, being in the present, and looking forward.Leader Resource | By UUA Transitions Office, Ministries and Faith Development | September 1, 2007 (reviewed February 2026) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Interim MinistryPage/Article -
Collecting and analyzing data is important as a feedback loop. Here are some tools to help.Leader Resource | May 12, 2007 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
As voluntary associations, dependent upon voluntary contributions of resources, churches need to weight the opinions of members in their decision-making, based upon members’ demonstrated commitment to the congregation in one or more of the resource areas.Leader Resource | By Stefan Jonasson | June 17, 2006 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Leadership Development, Membership Growth & Outreach, Stewardship for CongregationsPage/Article -
Five key components needed in the governance system of congregations, including visioning, coordinating, planning, training and implementing.Leader Resource | By Stefan Jonasson | May 15, 2006 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
How might fees for Sunday School impact your congregation?Leader Resource | By Stefan Jonasson | March 19, 2006 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Children's Faith Development, Large Congregations, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
This process can be run in a morning, afternoon, or a longish evening. The program works well with teenagers on up to seniors. Provide a variety of spaces for people to sit and work—some will want to work at tables, others may prefer comfortable chairs, and still others may want to sit on the...Leader Resource | June 16, 2005 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Learning to practicie helpful and healthy behaviors allows us to act on our stated beliefs and values.Leader Resource | By Qiyamah Rahman | June 11, 2005 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
All congregations must understand that the instruments of congregational polity will vary with the size of the congregation. The practices of governance must be suited to the characteristics of the individual congregation.Leader Resource | June 1, 2005 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for Congregations, Large Congregations, Small CongregationsPage/Article -
An overview of how UU governance developed over time.Leader Resource | June 1, 2005 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for Congregations, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Governance is the system by which a congregation exercises its authority. A congregation may use any system to govern itself; it may change systems frequently or entirely ignore the systems it claims as its own, but as long as the congregation lives, it will continue to exercise authority.Leader Resource | June 1, 2005 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
The vision, mission, covenant and other guiding documents can be incorporated into the life of the congregation in an unlimited number of ways in order to keep them in front of the members. The following are some suggestions:Leader Resource | March 18, 2005 (reviewed August 2025) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
To keep your mission, vision, covenant and other guiding documents relevant, it's helpful to revisit them every 5-7 years.Leader Resource | March 18, 2005 (reviewed August 2025) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article