Video, Audio and Text resource icons

LeaderLab

Refine your search by selecting topic (e.g. growth, governance), format (webinar, training), or author.

Changing a filter will refresh results (and remaining options) immediately.

Displaying 61 - 80 of 1030

  • Replenishing their well of being is essential to a minister's ability to serve faithfully and authentically.
    Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke | March 21, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Support for Ministers
  • We can be in right relationship with ourselves, other people, a divine source, plants, animals and the earth. We can flow in and out of right relationship. As Unitarian Universalists we believe there are endless opportunities to get back in right relationship if we fall out.
    March 17, 2023 | From Youth Ministry
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • A community of care is any group of individuals who support each other’s wellbeing, act in ways that foster hospitality, acceptance, and inclusivity, co-create and abide by mutual agreements (covenant), and have a process of repair when needed.
    March 17, 2023 | From Youth Ministry
    Tagged as: High School-Aged Youth Faith Development
  • Help people live lives of purpose and meaning by providing worship experiences that grapple with the big questions.
    Video | By Sarah Movius Schurr, Pacific Western Region of the UUA | March 17, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Worship Tips, Small Congregations
  • “Have you been to the bathroom yet?” It’s not the typical pre-workshop conversation my colleagues and I share as we set up projectors, easels, and workbooks for participants. My answer was no, so my colleague proceeded to describe what she found there. There was a beautiful painting in an...
    By Wren Bellavance-Grace | March 7, 2023 | From Covenanting
    Tagged as: Covenant
  • We welcomed Rev. Leela Sinha (ze/zim/zir) to share about zir Sinha Intensive/Expansive Framework to describe a variety of ways people’s brains, energy patterns, and work and play styles differ. Ze uses this framework in coaching individuals and teams in embracing their strengths and...
    Webinar | February 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • This panel presentation focused on supporting neurodivergent children and youth. Katie Resendiz, Rev. Sierra-Marie Gerfao, April Rosario, and Meredith Plummer joined us. Between them they have extensive experience across many kinds of neurodivergence and decades of experience with...
    Webinar | February 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • Meredith Plummer's presentation is titled "Trapdoors and Treasures: The Undiagnosed Autistic in Congregational Leadership." She has served as the Director of Lifespan Faith Development at the First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati since 2009. Please find the talk and Q&A session...
    Webinar | February 24, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • Dr. Ramon Selove discusses their experience in congregational life, with direct applications for neurodiversity inclusion.
    Webinar | February 23, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • Each Sunday I step into the pulpit and call to worship the congregation sitting in the sanctuary of our 1842 New England Meetinghouse. The sanctuary is simple and elegant. Tall windows line each side, reaching up two stories to the high ceiling, with four chandeliers. The clear panes bring...
    By Ellen Spero | February 22, 2023 | From Covenanting
    Tagged as: Covenant
  • In our first interview with Heather Petit we talked about everything from a definition of neurodivergence, models of disability, communication, and much more.
    Webinar | By Heather Petit | February 22, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • This page provides benefits process guidance as well as recommended benefit levels. When providing benefits for your employees, both "how" (process) and "how much" (levels) are key to putting Unitarian Universalist values into action. Includes important reminders specific to UUA benefits.
    By Jan Gartner | February 16, 2023 | From LeaderLab
  • Being in community can be challenging. But being in a faith community can give us the opportunity to explore our edges and test our assumptions.
    By David A Miller | February 9, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Covenant, Healthy Behavior
  • Guidance and caution when your congregation is looking to hire a minister that is not in fellowship with the UUA.
    February 8, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Ministerial Transitions
  • Leadership in our dominant culture tends to evoke images of politicians inspiring crowds with fiery speeches, or breathless heroes leading the charge. But church leadership isn’t a political campaign or an action movie. Many of us engage in church life through meetings — of boards, committees,...
    By Wren Bellavance-Grace | January 24, 2023 | From Doing Our Inner Work
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Governance for Congregations
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Worship
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations, Staffing & Supervision