MidAmerica Webinars
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Latest Webinar Video
Latest Webinar Video
Safe Congregations: Where to Begin
The following links are shared in the webinar. The starting place is always: www.uua.org/safe, and from there you can follow the prompts, or click directly on these links.
Safe Congregations Home page
Safety for Religious Education and Children
18 Sexually Safer Best Practices
Website with State by State information on Mandated Reporting
Building Security in Congregations
Financial Safety for Congregations
Safety as an Embodiment of Covenant
Planning for Active Shooter Engagement
Alternatives to Calling the Police
Annual Program Fund
Annual Program Fund
UUA Congregational Giving Manager, Norrie Gall, joins us to explain the Annual Program Fund (formerly known as "Fair Share"), the gifts congregations give to the Region and UUA. She also answers your questions as we explore APF changes happening in the MidAmerica Region.
Originally presented February 2019
Fostering Congregational Stewardship
Fostering Congregational Stewardship
Here's a communication strategy for canvas time. What difference does a strategy of “abundance” create in a giving campaign and how can we use lessons from “asset-mapping” and "appreciative inquiry" to create excitement and joyful community discernment about what makes your congregation special.
Elizabeth Ann Terry, UUA Congregational Giving Specialist, is inspired by the power of religious institutions to have meaningful impacts on their communities. She has been a witness to congregations that utilize the spiritual practices of covenant and abundance to move their congregations into bright and purposeful futures.
Originally presented January 2019
Canvass Conversations
Canvass Conversations
Rev. Christina Leone-Tracy shows us how Fox Valley UU Fellowship in Appleton, Wisconsin put a new emphasis on giving as a spiritual practice and had a "reverse offering" with excellent results.
Originally presented November 2018
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