In churches with fewer than 30 members, keep your policies simple and practical.

A tiny church cannot have a dozen or so teams or committees that a bigger congregation has. Really, we can only do one thing at a time.

If your numbers really are getting smaller, you will probably have to let things go. It takes wisdom and careful discernment to let go of the right things at the right time.

Recordings of workshops on Dream Team Ministry and Productivity to Possibility.

Recordings of workshops on Ministers Considering Part-Time Models and Ministerial Experiences with Part-Time Models.

Recordings of workshops on Employment Matters and Ministerial Search for Part-Time Ministries.

Both in-reach and outreach are important in our congregations, but we need to find the right balance between the two.

Help people live lives of purpose and meaning by providing worship experiences that grapple with the big questions.

You may be coming back into more active congregational life and reacting to all that has changed. What’s next for your congregation?

Our existences are intricately woven with all life. When violence, oppression, and marginalization occur elsewhere in the world we are consciously and unconsciously bound to it, and vice versa.

Are you a small congregation looking for fresh ideas? Here are presentations and other resources from several online UUA conferences.

Title: The Change We Hope to Bring Blurb: description Speaker: Rev. Phil Lund Bio: Phillip Lund has over twenty-five years of experience serving congregations in the areas of faith formation and spiritual growth, first as a religious educator in Bloomington, Indiana, New York City, and Chicago,...

How to Bring the Culture of Youth and Emerging Adult Ministry to Multigenerational Communities.

Join UUA Youth Program staff Shannon Harper and Eric Bliss to talk about ways to enhance your youth programming by joining with other congregations.

Join Jan Gartner, the UUA’s Compensation and Staffing Practices Manager for the Office of Church Staff Finance, as she talks about the advantages of sharing staff and the new UUA platforms for finding and offering shared staff.

Come hear three real life examples of smaller congregations from around the country sharing worship with neighbors and collaborators. This is a recording of a webinar.

Being Beloved Community. Many people love smaller congregations because they like knowing everyone and being known. How can our congregations build on that strength?

Stewardship and Sustainability for the Long Haul. Our congregations are sustained by the money and time of their members -- both limited resources that are often a source of anxiety for leaders.

How can your small congregation keep your programs nimble and effective?

This is the first is a series of four webinars focused on small congregations. Learn how your congregation can be bold.