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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Bylaws & Policies, Safe Congregations
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Past General Assemblies, Stewardship for Congregations
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Past General Assemblies, Stewardship for Congregations
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Past General Assemblies
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • Problems can arise when staff fail to recognize the unique responsibilities and relationships inherent to congregational employment. 
    By Jan Gartner | November 2, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Staffing & Supervision
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • Conflict engagement requires engaging in healthy communication and modeling healthy boundaries.
    Book | By Sana Saeed | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • One evening at a Board meeting, we came to a question about our definitions of membership....
    Book | By Erica Baron | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • 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 LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • Being able to name harmful behaviors is the first step in being able to respond to them.
    By Renee Ruchotzke | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations
  • Assemble a team of people with complimentary skills to serve on the Committee on Shared Ministry.
    Book | By Patricia Infante | October 28, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • The point of a community of practice is for people who want to get better at something to learn from each other through regular interaction. Even people new to a field can help the group learn. Their observations and questions can identify unrecognized practices and raise awareness of which...
    By Meck Groot, Joe Sullivan | October 20, 2022 | From Practice Makes Possible Blog
  • 10/21/2022 - Providing pastoral care enables lay leaders to deepen their faith development and spiritual leadership (even in congregations with ministers).
    October 20, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Pastoral Care
  • 10/7/2022 - Learning to let go and do less can be helpful as we focus on the quality of community and programs rather than quantity.
    October 7, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Shared Ministry Teams
  • The mental model of the "Social Discipline Window" can be helpful in understanding different patterns of how we might respond when someone is causing harm in our communities.
    Book | October 5, 2022 | From LeaderLab
    Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Covenant