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Open and honest communication is essential between the board and the minister. Here are some guidelines and practices to help navigate difficult conversations.December 8, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations
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Toward more inclusive and engaged decision-making with Sociocracy. This 12/3/2022 webinar recording offers an overview of Sociocracy and some real-life examples of it being used in UU congregations. This webinar was co-sponsored by Sociocracy for All. Some Theological Grounding for Sociocracy...Webinar | By Renee Ruchotzke | December 5, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for Congregations
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12/2/2022 - Sharing stories and learning from each other's experiments — whether successful or not — is one of the best ways for congregations to support one another.December 2, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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11/18/2022 - Keep worship from being a challenge for the lay-led congregation. You can make creating worship services less taxing and more satisfying.November 18, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Worship
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The UUA offers a Congregational Salary Program as a service to congregational leaders. Our approach emphasizes process and values, with recommended salary ranges provided for six job levels in four congregational size profiles.Leader Resource | By Jan Gartner, Sean Griffin | November 15, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations, Staffing & Supervision
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Ideally, policies guiding the minister, staff, and ministry teams come out of mutual conversations to create clarity around roles, responsibilities, and accountability. Ministry policies should feel collaborative and serve to guide ongoing programs and future decisions.Leader Resource | November 13, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Bylaws & Policies
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Safety policies are especially important to have in place before you need them, so they can be thoughtful without the anxiety of a current safety situation.Leader Resource | November 13, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Safe Congregations
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Many congregations are at a financial crossroads, but are our annual budgeting and financial planning processes up to the challenge? Build your congregation’s roadmap for a sustainable – thriving -financial future.Webinar | By Stewardship for Us, Barry Finklestein, Liz Coit | November 11, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Past General Assemblies, Stewardship for Congregations
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How committees and staff can create a dynamic and engaging stewardship element in a family’s spiritual life.Webinar | By Stewardship for Us, Barry Finklestein | November 11, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Past General Assemblies, Stewardship for Congregations
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In UU congregations, conflict avoidance, a sense of urgency, and either/or thinking can make it difficult to engage conflicts well. We will learn to engage conflicts of various kinds in ways that lead toward Beloved Community.Webinar | By Erica Baron, Byron "Tyler" Coles, Sarah Gibb Millspaugh | November 11, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Past General Assemblies
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Someone has just reached out to you with some critical feedback about the minister. What should you do next?Book | By Erica Baron | November 11, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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When your congregation has staff but no staff member is in a supervisory role, you will need to find a volunteer lay leader to fill that role.By Jan Gartner, Renee Ruchotzke | November 2, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Staffing & Supervision
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Problems can arise when staff fail to recognize the unique responsibilities and relationships inherent to congregational employment.By Jan Gartner | November 2, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Staffing & Supervision
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11/04/2022 - When a congregation has no clear head-of-staff, the board needs to ensure that good staffing and supervision practices are in place.November 2, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Staffing & Supervision
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Here are the latest insights, ideas, tools, and permission to do the work of the Committee on (Shared) Ministry effectively from Congregational Life Staff.Book | By Erica Baron, Sana Saeed, Patricia Infante, Hilary Allen, Melissa James | October 29, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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Help your people learn how to give helpful evaluations and so we can be much better ministers.Book | By Erica Baron | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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Conflict engagement requires engaging in healthy communication and modeling healthy boundaries.Book | By Sana Saeed | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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One evening at a Board meeting, we came to a question about our definitions of membership....Book | By Erica Baron | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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The work of the Committee on Ministry (CoM) is shared ministry, which includes attending to the vitality of the congregation.Book | By Sana Saeed | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
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Being able to name harmful behaviors is the first step in being able to respond to them.By Renee Ruchotzke | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations