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  • Sabbaticals provide a much-needed time for renewal and reconnection with yourself and your reasons for doing the work you do. All of us deserve to have a chance to return to our whole selves from time to time.
    By Megan Foley | December 19, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations
  • Property insurance challenges are becoming more common, from rate increases to policy terminations. While we can't make these problems go away, we can offer some suggestions.
    Book | By Safe Congregations Team, UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development | December 15, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Facilities Management, Records & Security, Finance for Congregations
  • The Peer Pastoral Care course on UU Institute is designed to provide skills to high school aged youth to be self-aware, supportive listeners who know who to turn to in a crisis.
    December 7, 2023 | From Youth Ministry
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Tips, tools, and spiritual grounding for each stage of congregational life, from emerging, to membership, to thriving, to renewal, or to decline and possibly dissolution.
    Book | December 6, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Emerging Ministries, Membership Growth & Outreach
  • Make joining more accessible and inclusive by allowing potential new members to find their own way to membership.
    Congregational Story | By Nicole Duff, Unitarian Universalist Association of Membership Professionals , East Shore Unitarian Church, Bellevue, WA | November 29, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Membership in Congregations
  • In churches with fewer than 30 members, keep your policies simple and practical.
    Book | By Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine | November 29, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Small Congregations
  • Hear the story of how UU 2030 Young Adult Ministry grew from 4 to 40 active participants at Neighborhood UU Church in Pasadena, CA.
    Webinar | By Neighborhood UU Church of Pasadena, Pasadena, CA, Summer Albayati | November 18, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Young Adult Faith Development (ages 18-35)
  • Your directory or online membership database is a powerful connection tool for your members and friends. But it also has the potential to be misused or abused.
    Leader Resource | November 16, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Membership in Congregations
  • Safety policies help to prevent interpersonal harm as well as safeguards for your assets such as money and building.
    Leader Resource | By Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | November 15, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Professional Misconduct, Safety and Staffing in Congregations, Safe Congregations
  • While the requirements for membership are in your bylaws, you also need policies ithat define participation, financial support, etc.
    Leader Resource | November 13, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Membership in Congregations
  • Gift card — also known as "scrip" — fundraising is another opportunity for people to stay within their budgets while still helping the congregation's bottom line.
    By Renee Ruchotzke | November 10, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Fundraising for Congregations
  • A tiny church cannot have a dozen or so teams or committees that a bigger congregation has. Really, we can only do one thing at a time.
    By Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine | November 2, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Small Congregations, Worship
  • What if the space we need to live our mission no longer matches the building we own? Could our building find a new calling?
    By Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine | October 25, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Facilities Management
  • Involuntary terminations are never easy. Ensure the best possible outcomes for the congregation while offering kindness and respect to the employee. This is a chance for the congregation leadership to practice UU values.
    By Jan Gartner | October 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • Anticipate and plan for how to respond to violent threats, vandalism, doxxing, and other forms of intimidation and harassment.
    Training | By Sunshine Jeremiah Wolfe | October 21, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Trauma and Disaster Response
  • A team from the UU Church of Akron, Ohio created this series of teaching videos to help others learn how to avoid microaggressions in their interactions.
    Congregational Story | By UU Church of Akron, Fairlawn, OH | October 18, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Welcome & Inclusion for LGBTQ
  • The UUA doesn’t dictate any particular governance model, but congregations have historically explored new models in "waves."
    By Renee Ruchotzke | October 16, 2023 | From The Congregational Handbook
    Tagged as: Governance for Congregations
  • When you’re a member of a vibrant congregation, you hope for a deep and radical welcome there. You want to be able to bring your whole self, and feel called to be your best self, accountable to the vision of beloved community the community shares. In these congregations, when actions, words, or...
    Training | September 21, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Covenant, Safe Congregations
  • Practice radical inclusion by assuming that at least one young person you know will experience a mental health challenge this year. There are plenty of trainings so you can skill up your support.
    September 18, 2023 | From Youth Ministry
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Based on the theology of Creative Interchange, this training is for teams who have the honor of co-creating meaning while shaping the worship experience of the congregation.
    Training | By Erika Hewitt | September 13, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips