Helping volunteers to feel good about what they’re doing is one of the best ways to keep a congregation moving forward. What works best?Respecting volunteers’ time is a good way to show appreciation, says Martha Osgood, membership co-chair at The Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church in Eugene, OR,…

Q. We had a disturbing incident at our church in Ohio this weekend. A member got an early morning call from a man who claimed to be connected with the church, but was in fact an impostor. In most convincing terms he said he’d been beaten and robbed in San Francisco and needed someone to send him…

Helping volunteers to feel good about what they’re doing is one of the best ways to keep a congregation moving forward. What works best? Respecting volunteers’ time is a good way to show appreciation, says Martha Osgood, membership co-chair at The UU Church in Eugene, OR (209 members)….

It’s 11:30 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month. If you’re on the board of trustees of your congregation, where are you? A. Home in bed, where you belong. B. Yawning your way through a tedious discussion about folding chairs and wishing you’d had Caller ID when the nominating committee…

Religious educators have always known that making Religious Education (RE) programs fun is the best way to attract children. Some have also discovered that it’s the best way to attract teachers, too….

Q. We are preparing position descriptions for many staff and committee positions at our church and wonder if anyone has anything on a church archivist or historian? A….

There are moments in each of our lives that stand out because they mark the beginning of a significant chapter—graduation from high school or college, the birth of a child, achieving a major career goal. Many of us can also remember with great clarity the first time we stepped inside the church…