The workshops are independent of one another, but are best completed as a series. They may be offered weekly over a period of six weeks, as a weekend workshop (Workshops 1 and 2 on Friday evening, and Workshops 3-6 on Saturday), or in other formats that your congregation can accommodate. Ideally, participants will attend all six sequentially. However, the only workshops that must be done in order are the first and last.

A half-day (3 hours and 5 minutes, plus breaks) workshop focused on membership alone could include the following activities:

Activity	Minutes
Workshop 1, Opening	2
Workshop 1, Activity 1: Introductions through Sentence Starters	10
Workshop 1, Activity 2: Introducing the New UU	15
Workshop 1, Activity 3: Cathedral of the World	20
BREAK
Workshop 2, Activity 3: Themes in North American UU History	25
Workshop 2, Activity 4: A Story of Our Congregation	20
BREAK
Workshop 3, Activity 2: The Wind in Both Ears	10
Workshop 4, Activity 3: Action-Reflection Model	15
Workshop 5, Activity 2: The Founding of the Dedham Church	25
BREAK
Workshop 6, Activity 3: Rights and Responsibilities of Membership	15
Workshop 6, Activity 4: Review of Parking Lot	15
Workshop 6, Activity 5: Joining the Church	10
Workshop 6: Closing	3

In this plan, one break might be an extended meal break. Consider asking the Membership Committee or other congregational group to provide the meal.

The New UU should be offered at least yearly. Large congregations may want to offer it as often as every other month to keep groups to a manageable size.