Hospitality

Does your congregation have a vision of being more diverse racially and ethnically or of being more effective in a multicultural world?

membership coordinator, and she focused much of her energy on integrating new and not-so-new members.

If we are not so busy doing church business on Sunday mornings, we will be more welcoming to our visitors and attentive to the fact that they are guests.

In its 7th year and with about 40 adult members, a small congregation in the South realized it was stuck—its membership hadn’t increased in 3 years. True, a few new folks joined each year, but the...

Many years ago, I was working with employees of MBNA Bank at their branch headquarters in Newark, Delaware.  Over every door in the building, in big block letters, were the words, THINK OF...

Prepare for the surge of church shoppers that many congregations experience. Here are tips to make sure your facilities and programs are prepared for them.

Like many Unitarian and Universalist ministers of yore, I’m a circuit-riding preacher: a perpetual guest minister. (Not many 19th century traditions...

This year, please try this. An empty chair, any empty place with the spirit of invitation swirling in and out of the open spaces throughout the circle.

Our websites are where we tell the world who we are, what we do, and why it matters.

We have many important entry-points for prospective Unitarian Universalists. Our literal front doors can be as important as our website.