The Sermon of the Month series is a monthly subscription service that provides recorded sermons congregations can download and use for worship. Along with a transcript of the sermon, each month’s offering will include suggested readings and hymns.

The stewardship team needs the support of the congregation, both in structure and in culture. Here are a few key areas to pay attention to.

Congregations larger than 150 members (or so) usually use some sort of Congregational Management software. Here are some guiding considerations in choosing from the many options that are available.

An effective stewardship team sustains and deepens a broad-based commitment to the mission and programs of the congregation by inspiring a culture of abundance and generosity,

Coupled with a strong vision for why your congregation matters, this giving guide will help people better align their resources with their values.

Articles, webinars, and trainings to help you canvas your members and friend in support of your annual operating budget.

Need a fund for strategic initiatives and financial resilience that is different from reserves or a traditional endowment and funded separately from your annual programs?

In recent years, more congregations than ever before have chosen the contract search process over other types of ministry search, for several reasons.

The UU Common Read for 2025-26 Is Deepa Iyer's Social Change Now!

Let’s explore the role imagination plays in how we think of and treat one another. How can we use our imaginations toward the liberation of all people?

Mark Ewert and Rachel Maxwell of Stewardship for Us with guests, Rev. Tandi Rogers, Aisha Hauser and Rev. Allison Palm explore our UU shared value of Generosity, what it means to us today and how it could impact your stewardship practices.

Many of us grew up hearing the story in the Gospels of Jesus ‘healing’ the blind man. Some traditions emphasize that Jesus’s miracle was the most important part of this story. I beg to differ.

In a time of stress how are we listening to and hearing one another? Please come to a service where we will get a chance to consider this and speak to others

Tip: When recording a Zoom meeting that will be shared publicly, we recommend that you not include participants' names. By default, when recording a Zoom meeting, Zoom includes the names of the participants in the lower left of each participant's video/image box. This can become a security issue,...

With so much personal, financial, and other important information able to be accessed online, it's more important than ever to use best practices for your digital security.

We are grateful to lay leaders and professionals who give of their time to assist congregations and support our work.

Join Jennica Davis in exploring how joy and community-building can be transformative forces in our lives.

As T. Thorn Coyle says, “Practice makes possible.” How can the practice of covenant help us to navigate relationships in our lives and in our congregations?

Hiring new staff is a task that most congregational leaders have little to no experience doing or have done so in a business environment. How might we conduct job interviews in a way that incorporates our shared values? What kind of diversity do we want on our search team?

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