Hear lay and professional leaders describe how they have grown in depth and in numbers (93 to 128) in the past five years.

Lay and professional leaders describe how they have grown in depth and in numbers (304 to 405) in the past five years.

After an intentional decision to grow out of a 30-year 250 member plateau, they grew the membership to 400 in eight years.

During the 5 year period when they grew from 170 to 240 members, they made an intentional effort to keep the long time members connected, and most stayed.

First Unitarian Society of Madison, WI, the largest Unitarian Universalist congregation in North America, grew from 400 to 2,000 members in 17 years.

This webinar helps leaders discern how to separate disruptive behaviors from persons to create a peaceful community.

This video provides insight on how to generate effective media coverage of social justice advocacy. It includes how reporters make news judgments, how to interview effectively, and how to frame events to secure coverage and rally support.

This model gives a general picture of progression in a congregation’s transition to a "stewardship culture" away from a "fundraising" mindset.

Changing your congregation's culture from a focus on money and fundraising to a culture of stewardship and generosity takes time and intention. Here are some sample activities spread out over a four year cycle.

The Unitarian Universalist Association recommends putting church records on CD-ROM and storing multiple copies in several locations for greatest safety. All your financial record keeping and official church documents should be backed up on the computer, periodically. When the threat of a severe...

Mission, Vision, and Strategic Planning are a ways that a congregation as a whole can give direction and authority to its leaders for maximum agility.

Conflict can present great opportunities for creativity, growth and transformation. Our Covenants can guide us away from destructive behaviors.

Ideas for care team volunteers to provide practical support for members and friends.

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?

Small Group Ministry can provide the lifeblood for a congregation. Here are tips and tools to start or renew your program and train your facilitators.

Resilient communities are grounded in a culture of relationships that is served by the bureaucratic apparatus rather than dominated by it.

Sample Scripts from the 2009 UU University Governance Track.

Developed by John Carver, Policy Governance addresses numerous board conundrums—interminable meetings, overloaded agendas, vague accountability, micro-management, and loss of vision! Starting back in the late 2000s, Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations studied and used the concepts of Policy...

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?