Use our reference check guidelines, especially for those whose work will put them in close contact with children or other vulnerable persons.

Register for a free pilot year for the 2026-27 congregational year! This theme-based, whole church series supports congregational shared ministry by equipping lay leaders and religious professionals to weave together a shared message.

A brief and helpful overview of different types of UU Ministry to meet your needs.

In our final conversation of the year, we welcome music directors Jen Hayman and Paolo Debuque to share their reflections on the role of music in congregations and communities.

Resources and samples for your board and safety team to develop policies on how to respond to destructive and disruptive behaviors.

What can we do when our long-term lay leaders are worn out and we struggle to engage new members?

Property and Casualty (P&C) Insurance Coverage

Unitarian Universalism is faith that welcomes people from all walks of life into community with their local congregation, community, and the wider Association. If you are part of a community that is interested in joining the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) we encourage you to contact us.

The new Zoom Cares program offers a much better discount for congregations, which leads us to sunset the UUA Zoom Licenses program.

Our guests this month, Simone Monique Barnes and Dana N. Moore, join QuianaDenae Perkins in a dialogue at the intersection of pastoral care, radical welcome, hospitality, and small group ministry.

This evolving collection of articles and resources can help you determine a staffing configuration that works for your congregation.

When a familiar minister is interested in applying to an open parish minister position, the congregation must follow a particular process.

Our guest, Aisha Hauser, outlines the basic tenets of restorative and transformative justice and invites us into conversation about the ways we already affirm many of these practices in our spaces. 

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

Ritual is an embodied and participatory way to mark a transition or facilitate a transformation.

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.

Rev. Sean Neil-Barron and Rev. Jami A. Yandle explore what is sometimes perceived as the gulf between cisgender/heteronormative and transgender/queer communities.

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.