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.

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And then Rev. Dr. Hall mentions the fifth grief stage of Acceptance and writes this vignette: Acceptance – Our church is changing. The religious landscape in our country is changing. I may not like all these changes. But it is the reality. We can only choose how we respond to this new reality.

Feature | By Megan Foley | October 21, 2024 | For Adults | From Better Together
Tagged as: Change & Conflict

Because your congregation is a legal entity with assets, there are important steps that must be taken as part of either a merger or a dissolutions. This article will help guide you!

By Megan Foley | October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Governance for Congregations

How to begin a courageous conversation with your co-leaders if your congregation seems to be in decline.

By Megan Foley | October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Governance for Congregations

This broad-brush overview lays out the practical and technical steps involved in dissolving a congregation, both as a legal entity and as a member congregation of the UUA.

Leader Resource | By Megan Foley, Lillian Drab-Braddick, Renee Ruchotzke | October 3, 2024 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Governance for Congregations

It's time to decide what kind of world we want to live in and it’s time to decide what we are willing to do to get it.

By Megan Foley | January 15, 2024 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Building Community, Social Justice

Sabbaticals provide a much-needed time for renewal and reconnection with yourself and your reasons for doing the work you do. All of us deserve to have a chance to return to our whole selves from time to time.

By Megan Foley | December 19, 2023 | From LeaderLab
Tagged as: Benefits & Compensation for Congregations

It’s AUGUST. It’s HOT. Here in Washington DC, the air is like sticky soup. August is when people get out of town or they hibernate in the air conditioning or by the pool.

By Megan Foley | August 12, 2023 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Building Community

Is a calling a feeling of joy, of completeness in your work?

Reading | By Megan Foley | May 22, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: Calling, Direct Experience, Leadership, Ordinations, Unitarian Universalism, WorshipWeb, Worship

What is this thing known as a calling, anyway? What is a call, really?

Utility | By Megan Foley | May 3, 2023 | From WorshipWeb
Tagged as: WorshipWeb

One way for UUs to deepen their personal antiracism work is to take the Meadville Lombard course, Beloved Conversations. Even better is when a group or a whole congregation take it together!

By Megan Foley | February 6, 2023 | From Better Together
Tagged as: Adult Faith Development, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism

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