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....

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...

If you’re fortunate, you’ll never arrive at your meetinghouse to find your rainbow flag or marriage equality banner ripped, defaced with swastikas, burned, or simply stolen. But what if you do? How should you respond? Late one Saturday afternoon in 2001, at First Parish of Sudbury, Mass., a...

After many years of making do with rented space or with buildings that were too small or unsuitable in other ways, your congregation has finally built or bought the building of its dreams. Or close enough....

As congregations prepare for a new church year, newly elected officers will be taking up responsibilities on governing boards. Here are ten tips to help that work go smoothly, courtesy of the Rev. Ian Evison, Congregational Services director for the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Central...

When a Unitarian Universalist (UU) group began to form in 2009 in suburban Cincinnati it wasn’t long before its members decided it needed a name. They thought about naming the new congregation for the town where they met, but then they opted for something different. “We noticed all these...

When a congregation wants to add a new program, is there an established process to follow? Does it have to have a “champion” before it gets off the ground? How do you put the idea out there to see if people will support it? In short, how should a prospective program be evaluated?

When the Rev. Barbara Meyers began a mental health ministry at the Mission Peak Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship in Fremont, Calif., in 2005 it was the only one. Not anymore....

This past summer the First Unitarian Church of Rochester, NY, produced a video, “Coming Home,” for its homecoming weekend September 10–11. The 4:09-minute video, a combination rap/music production, captivated the congregation and garnered a lot of attention across the Unitarian Universalist...