In planning for post-pandemic church, you may find this opening reading useful. As the author reflects, "No one's done this in living memory."

The departure of a staff team member provides a fruitful time for reflection, visioning, and change. Some UU professionals are equipped to work with congregations during transitions, providing specialized skills and tools that help a congregation prepare for robust new leadership....

Join Jan Gartner, the UUA’s Compensation and Staffing Practices Manager for the Office of Church Staff Finance, as she talks about the advantages of sharing staff and the new UUA platforms for finding and offering shared staff.

Make it easy for people to give using online technology!

This resource may be helpful in understanding and using different kinds of circles in your congregation, and the kind of practice and training that are needed for each.

Think about the different needs of both the in-person and online participant when meeting in small groups.

Think about the different needs of both the in-person and online participant for Worship, Concerts, Theater, Poetry Readings, etc.

It's important to understand that our faith communities have gone through a traumatic experience, and that is having an impact on our physical and mental functioning. 

It is important for leaders to communicate with clarity, timeliness, and compassion, about the changes that are coming. 

Where are the greatest needs right now in your community, both among your membership and your surrounding community?

Three qualities of church that will be important in our next phase of how to be together are attention to mission, nimbleness, and inclusion.

In the months ahead, many congregations plan to offer a combination of online and in-person programming options. Will there be new budget items? How might staff hours or responsibilities be changing? Here are some considerations.

In the middle of a pandemic when none of us have all of our cylinders firing consistently, when all of us are experiencing extra pressure, confusion, and fear, as well as illness, loss, and grief, we need to be clear.

Improve the quality of your process by taking time to create a shared understanding of all of the things that should be taken into consideration.

This video features two Directors of Religious Education who have developed innovative programs for teaching about the 8th Principle.

Learning to understand human communities (and in our case, congregations) as systems has been an ongoing learning process for the past several decades for family therapists, organizational development consultants and social scientists....

At the 2024 UUA General Assembly, we voted to "Center Love" Amidst the Ongoing Impact of COVID-19 as an action of immediate witness.As part of this commitment, we need to be mindful about boundaries in our interpersonal interactions, especially around touch.Melanie Davis, author of the Our Whole...

Which ministries do you want to prioritize to create multi-platform experiences? Here are some scenarios to help you figure that out!

Here are some key questions for your congregational leadership as you look at programming that meets the needs of those meeting in person and those meeting on-line.