Addressing a Pandemic in Your Community
Pandemic Safety & Strategies
The UUA offers resources and strategies in our LeaderLab Learning Center to help your congregation address safety and other issues during a pandemic.
(The listing below shows the latest articles.)
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By UUA Congregational Life |As congregations return to in-person ministry there are creative ways to honor religious professionals' need to reduce their own risk. Such approaches avoid forcing religious professionals to serve in person when doing so would put their health or their household's health at significant risk.
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A combination of strategies can offer layers of precaution that increase safety and inclusion for all members of a community.
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A letter explaining the UUA's shift toward presenting COVID-19 risk mitigation strategies rather than specific metric-based guidance.
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By UUA Congregational Life |Because our UU faith is grounded in values that call us to care about one another, we want to consider the vulnerable among us when making decisions.
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Here is guidance from the UUA about around gathering in person as new variant emerge.
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By UUA Congregational Life |Guidance and questions to consider for congregations considering asking for or track COVID-19 vaccination status for volunteers, members, or all participants.
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By UUA Office of Church Staff Finances, Ministries and Faith Development, UUA Human Resources, UUA Congregational Life |Resources to help you make sound decisions and ensure that you are treating your employees fairly and legally.
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We know that congregants are eager to be able to sing together and to enjoy the singing of their choir and soloists, but we need to exercise caution.
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By Jan Gartner |How can your congregation be a good employer during the COVID-19 outbreak? Caring for staff is an opportunity to model your values and spirit for the congregation, to demonstrate the kindness, creativity, and interdependence that these days ask of us....
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By UUA Congregational Life |Trying to figure out how to talk about wearing masks in church? Here are some examples!
More COVID-19 Strategies and Tools
Explore the UU Leader Library and search on the term COVID-19 to find a wealth of resources for leading congregations during this crisis: from technical how-tos to inspirational case studies, the Leader Library will connect professional and lay leaders alike with tools for leading through this extraordinary time.
COVID-19 Worship Collection
This collection of worship resources written and/or performed during the COVID-19 pandemic is curated by the UUA's Minister of Worship Arts and created by many wonderful leaders in our midst. Updated continually, this collection is one to return to.
Originally published on Pandemic Safety.