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  • Ministry is a complex profession with a lot of regular duties that are not always apparent. Here is short summary of what parish ministers do.
    By Jonipher Kūpono Kwong, Sarah Movius Schurr | July 25, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Support for Ministers
  • The seventh in our Skill Up series was a BIPOC panel with Rev. Marisol Caballero, Ayanna Kafi, and Mackenzie MacDade in June 2023. The webinar explored the intersectionality of being BIPOC and neurodivergent. Both of these identities require navigating systems that were not meant for them....
    Webinar | July 14, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • It’s that time of the year again, when new leadership joins congregational boards. Summer is a time of transformation for some congregational leaders. I often receive questions around this time on how to hold a board retreat. Last year, Pat Infante and I held a webinar on holding a board retreat.
    By Sana Saeed | July 10, 2023 | From Better Together
    Tagged as: Governing Boards, Leadership Development
  • [This post is a follow up to "When We Wonder Together" (Practice Makes Possible - March 7, 2023)] In March, the theme for the bi-monthly gathering for our community of practice Spiritual Leadership for Culture Change (SL4CC) was "Discernment for Faithful Risking." We distinguished discernment fro...
    By Meck Groot, Joe Sullivan | June 21, 2023 | From Faithful Risking
  • Pledging trends show that the most efficient methods in stewardship are rarely the most effective.
    By Mark V. Ewert, Stewardship for Us | June 14, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Stewardship for Congregations
  • On top of managing the “logistics” of a staff member’s departure, you will need to manage the emotional component. Congregants may have a whole range of feelings and reactions. It’s important to acknowledge all feelings.
    Book | June 9, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • Boards, especially in congregations with 100 or more members, find that delegating part of their fiduciary work to committees and/or task forces helps to free them up for big-picture and visionary discussions.
    Leader Resource | By Congregational Life | June 9, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Governance for Congregations
  • Personnel Committees don't hire, manage or supervise staff. Instead they advise the board and the senior minister on best practices.
    Leader Resource | June 9, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • Policies and procedures are a way of telling future boards “this is our best thinking and guidance on this subject.” 
    Leader Resource | By Congregational Life | June 8, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Governing Boards, Governance for Congregations
  • Bylaws guide the congregation’s board in governing by articulating board structure and key fiduciary committees and processes for key decision-making.
    Leader Resource | By Congregational Life | June 8, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies
  • One of the most important keys to congregational health and vitality--along with a clear purpose--is a cohesive leadership team.
    Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke | June 7, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Mission/Vision/Planning, Communication, Governance for Congregations
  • A summary and commentary of the UU congregational results of the Faith Communitities Today (FACT) 2023 survey that was conducted this past February-April. 
    Leader Resource | By Sarah Lammert, Congregational Life | May 31, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach
  • Among the things that has kept regional staff busy lately is conducting transition interviews. When a settled ministry ends, we meet with the departing minister to get their responses to a set of questions designed by the Transitions Office. We also meet with the board and ask them the same...
    By Meck Groot | May 31, 2023 | From Tending to Tradition
  • Recordings of workshops on Dream Team Ministry and Productivity to Possibility.
    May 17, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Ministerial Transitions, Support for Ministers, Small Congregations
  • Recordings of workshops on Ministers Considering Part-Time Models and Ministerial Experiences with Part-Time Models.
    May 17, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Ministerial Transitions, Support for Ministers, Small Congregations
  • Recordings of workshops on Employment Matters and Ministerial Search for Part-Time Ministries.
    May 17, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Ministerial Transitions, Support for Ministers, Small Congregations
  • Both in-reach and outreach are important in our congregations, but we need to find the right balance between the two.
    April 20, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Building Community, Outreach & Marketing, Small Congregations
  • In March of 2023 we were joined by Mackenzie McDade who shared her experience of ADHD as a person and Religious Educator. This presentation will highlighted the assumptions that people make about ADHD and how those assumptions prevent us from providing meaningful lifelong ministry to those with...
    Webinar | March 31, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Disability & Accessibility
  • Zoom bombers have returned to our spaces and it's time to update our tips for dealing with them in light of software updates and new tactics.
    March 31, 2023 | From LeaderLab
  • Covenant as Landscape (6:36) Many people talk about “breaking a covenant” when conflict arises. But is it the covenant that’s broken or is it that relationships are bruised? Rev. Erica Baron invites us to think about the words as the map to the covenant, and the covenant is the landscape. The...
    Video | By Erica Baron, New England Region of the UUA | March 21, 2023 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Covenant