The Faith Lab Toolbox series contains videos, songs, activities and quotes on a variety of themes for you to draw from for consistent faith engagement with young UUs. This page is dedicated to the Covenanting Toolbox on building, sustaining and repairing covenants.

Guidance and questions to consider for congregations considering asking for or track COVID-19 vaccination status for volunteers, members, or all participants.

Resources to help you make sound decisions and ensure that you are treating your employees fairly and legally.

We know that congregants are eager to be able to sing together and to enjoy the singing of their choir and soloists, but we need to exercise caution.

Additional tips and ideas to make your congregation's planned giving program successful!

Legacy giving is all about cultivating authentic and meaningful relationships, having direct conversations including the ask, and keeping the relationship going.

A roadmap for your planning including guidelines, identifying donors, making the ask, continuing the relationship, and communication tips.

The different types of planned giving include bequests, umbrella giving, and life income gifts. They can include real estate, mineral and timber rights, oil and gas leases, as well as money.

Planned Giving -- including bequests, trusts and other legacy gifts -- enable your members and friends the opportunity to continue support of the congregation after they pass on.

Resources to give you frameworks, starting points, tips and tools to help your congregation serve its mission in today's environment of virtual and in-person connection. 

When an organization uses a photograph on their website in violation of the copyright of the image, they run the risk of fines and lawsuits. This is true for congregations too.

Are you already livestreaming and want to do more to integrate the online and in person participation? Here are some practical tips!

Rev. Jim Keat gives his Top 10 Tips for Hybrid Worship. As the Digital Minister of Riverside Church he has important wisdom to share for our new world. Most ministers and lay leaders are not trained in simultaneous in person and online presentation, but doing this well is vital for full inclusion.

Planned giving uses some standard fundraising techniques, but with much more emphasis on building a relationship before, during, and after the pledge or gift is received.

The Faith Lab Toolbox series contains videos, songs, activities and quotes on a variety of themes for you to draw from for consistent faith engagement with young UUs. This page is dedicated to the Care Groups Toolbox on creating communities of care.

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What is some of the inner work we need to do for the deep spiritual practice of inclusion?

Facilitators have the important roles of organizing, coordinating, behavior-modeling as well as being a participant in the group.

Most Small Group Ministry sessions have a similar format or pattern, with some variations. Here is an overview of a typical format with explanations.

How can your congregation be a good employer during the COVID-19 outbreak? Caring for staff is an opportunity to model your values and spirit for the congregation, to demonstrate the kindness, creativity, and interdependence that these days ask of us....