Megan Foley

Full name: Rev Dr. Megan Foley (she/her)

Deputy Director of Congregational Life

Congregational Life

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Rev. Dr. Megan Foley serves as Deputy Director for Congregational Life as well as Regional Lead for the Central East Region staff. Before joining regional staff she served for six years as the minister of the Sugarloaf Congregation of Unitarian Universalists in Germantown, Maryland. Megan holds a Doctor of Ministry in Public Theology degree from Drew University, a Master of Divinity degree from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Connecticut at Storrs. She was born in Oakland, California, and lived around the world before coming to live in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband, Neil and their two sons in 2002. She brings expertise in small congregational life and focused ministries to the regional team.

From Megan Foley

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Every congregation I go to has a list of things they have to do or want to do that they just can’t do because they don’t have the resources – money, volunteers, energy, space, whatever it is. Maybe it’s time to change your framing so that you can create abundance.

Leader Resource | By Megan Foley | September 11, 2019 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Change & Conflict
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When thinking about needed or wanted change, congregations can sometimes feel stymied. And, let’s face it, human systems like religious communities don’t tend to like to change. In a way, we need to trick the system in order to allow in energy and creativity.

Leader Resource | By Megan Foley | September 11, 2019 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Change & Conflict, Membership Growth & Outreach
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One of the things we don’t get here in Washington DC is the slight nip in the air that tells you that the school year is about to begin (and allows you to wear your new school clothes rather than your old sweaty summer clothes for another month) but nevertheless, it is September, and it’s the official season....

By Megan Foley | September 9, 2019 | From Better Together
Tagged as: UUA Staff
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Summer is bringing some staffing changes to Central East Region. Our biggest piece of news is that Andrea Lerner, who serves our congregations in the Metro New York area, will be retiring from the Central East Regional staff as of June 30th of this year....

By Megan Foley | May 20, 2019 | From Better Together
Tagged as: UUA Districts & Regions, UUA Staff
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I’ve been reflecting on the many ways that our churches would do well to describe the ways they aren’t attached to the habits and practices of this world. We UUs are not only called to make this world better. We are often called to do so by subverting the dominant paradigm, by creating and living a counter narrative to

By Megan Foley | May 13, 2019 | From Better Together
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Creative Darkness, closest friend, you whisper in the night;...

By Megan Foley | December 10, 2018 | From Better Together
Tagged as: UU Beliefs
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You may remember that last spring the UUA was embroiled in a controversy over hiring practices for staff such as myself who serve our congregations.

By Megan Foley | May 14, 2018 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Covenant, Racial Justice, Leadership Development
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You should have recently received information about the new formula the Unitarian Universalist Association will be using for congregational giving in the Central East Region beginning in July – a formula that uses your operating expense budget as a guide, rather than the number of members you have...

By Megan Foley | January 8, 2018 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Annual Program Fund, Covenant
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Small congregations offer intimacy and inclusion, but can sometimes feel exclusive to newcomers. How might you bridge that divide?

Webinar | By Megan Foley | October 30, 2017 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Hospitality, Hospitality, Membership in Congregations, Membership Growth & Outreach, Small Congregations
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It’s not your parents’ church anymore, that’s for sure. You may have heard that Unitarian Universalist religious expression will take different forms in the 21st century than it has in the past. Here are some things we know: The way we have been ‘doing’ congregational life is modeled on a...

By Megan Foley | August 18, 2017 | From Central East Region
Tagged as: Change & Conflict, Outreach & Marketing

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