A deeper dive of questions into what is needed to foster and support diverse leadership in our congregations.

Are you okay with being routinely spiritually challenged by your UU leaders? In the midst of that, how much comfort, support, and/or reassurance do you need?

What is meant by “collaborative leadership?” Can collaboration exist side-by-side with clear lines of accountability?

How might past experiences of leaders create a "mold" that doesn't fit subsequent leaders?

What does genuinely being present to the difference of others require of us Unitarian Universalists? What makes being present to the difference of others hard or challenging?

How are the community's unspoken expectations of "how one shows up as a leader "in alignment or not in alignment with our UU commitment to diversity?

A discussion guide to help your congregation foster diverse leadership, both lay and ordained, making it more survivable and vibrant.

Is developmental ministry your calling? The search process for developmental ministers has a specific process and timing.

The search process leading up to calling or hiring a minister (or other program religious professional) sets the tone for the covenantal relationships vital to the congregation's ministry.

The task force summarizes the information from all of the small group and interview reports into the summary report.

Small group meetings are an essential element of the decision process to discuss the ministerial role and choice of the minister.

The congregation’s governing board appoints a special call process task force to coordinate the discernment and decision-making process.

The contract to call process gives both the congregation and the minister to reflect on their mission and what their vision of ministry is for the future.

When a congregation calls a minister and the minister accepts the call of this particular congregation, they enter into a covenantal relationship for an indefinite period of time.

When the short-term ministry search team receives applicants, they need to review and sort though information, check references, and do research.

This guide will help your search team to find a short-term minister.

Information needed by the church's governing board, other leaders, and potential search committee members.

The offer has been extended and accepted, the ministerial agreement has been tweaked and signed, now what?

The offer is contingent on a successful background check as well as coming to agreement on the specifics of the offer being made.

When the interim search team receives applicants, they need to review and sort though information, check references, and do research.