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Be strategic about your communications via email, including what to share and how often.December 20, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach
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No one fact says more about a group of human beings than its size. Dan Hotchkiss shares some of the differences in dynamics.Video | By Dan Hotchkiss | December 19, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Unitarian Universalism is faith that welcomes people from all walks of life into community with their local congregation, community, and the wider Association. If you are part of a community that is interested in joining the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) we encourage you to contact us.Leader Resource | By Heather Bond | October 17, 2019 | From The Congregational HandbookTagged as: UUA Bylaws, Membership Growth & Outreach
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When thinking about needed or wanted change, congregations can sometimes feel stymied. And, let’s face it, human systems like religious communities don’t tend to like to change. In a way, we need to trick the system in order to allow in energy and creativity.Leader Resource | By Megan Foley | September 11, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, Membership Growth & Outreach
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How might we see the impact of our hospitality with “fresh eyes?”Leader Resource | By Pacific Western Region of the UUA | August 2, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Hospitality, Membership Growth & Outreach
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General Assembly 2019 Event 266 Program Description Whether we consider faith formation, growth, social justice and/or dismantling white supremacy, Unitarian Universalists could use an identity update. This presentation embraces who we are and challenges who we think we are. Seeing ourselves as a...Video | By Paula Cole Jones | July 2, 2019 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Congregational growth is about many things—not just numbers.Leader Resource | May 8, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach
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Making the decision to add an additional worship service, or even considering such a thing, is a major undertaking in congregational life. As institutions (and even as members of institutions), we don’t always embrace even the smallest changes easily, and alterations in our worship...Book | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Adding services can provide a wonderful, invigorating climate for growth of all sorts, both individual and institutional. But large-scale change without adequate planning not only may doom the change but also may create additional problems. Therefore, ...Leader Resource | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Some useful points to consider and remember as the congregation faces the addition of a service and the consequent growth.March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Adding a worship service inevitably means more work for the congregation’s staff, both professional and support. The leaders of worship and religious education must not only repeat the service, create a separate special focus, and oversee another religious education program but also do more...Leader Resource | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Staffing & Supervision, Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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One of the key challenges in adding an additional service is providing religious education for children. What is needed, what will be offered, and how it will be done are large questions that need and deserve special consideration. The process of determining the answer to these questions runs...Leader Resource | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Children's Faith Development, Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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A congregation might choose to add an additional worship service for many different reasons: Some are from the needs of the congregation, and and others are driven by needs of individuals not yet within the congregational walls.March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Three sample surveys that can be modified easily for your specific situation.Leader Resource | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Any change is difficult for an organization, but the change in number of worship services seems to prompt some particular fears and feelings. They need to be articulated, recognized, affirmed, and responded to so the change can move forward effectively. The following are some common concerns and...Leader Resource | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Adding an additional service will have a real impact on congregational life. Once the decision to add a service is made, the designing and implementation stages begin. Here are a list of questions to help guide your planning:Leader Resource | March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Some tips from congregations who have added a second service.March 22, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship Tips, Membership Growth & Outreach
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Our congregations have come a long way in welcoming visitors and new members but they still struggle to engage and keep them for the long term. Learn some tools that will be helpful on how to begin to see the membership path in a new light.Webinar | By Southern Region of the UUA | March 13, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership in Congregations, Membership Growth & Outreach
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A sea-change is happening in American religion, and spiritual needs have only grown more intense. Take home tools to attract new people, successfully integrate them into community, and nourish their faith for the long haul.Webinar | By Tandi Rogers, Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | July 5, 2018 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach
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All congregation sizes based on certified membership at the time the stories were shared.Congregational Story | August 26, 2013 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach