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A difficult parting from any type of ministry puts a minister on a temporary hold from ministry search. Here is an overview of the process.Leader Resource | October 22, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Healthy Behavior, Ministerial Transitions, Staffing & Supervision, Support for MinistersPage/Article -
When a professional leaves their position, it’s important to set their successor up well. A covenant between the outgoing and incoming professionals is one piece of a healthy transition, creating shared understandings and paving the way for the new staff member to fully embrace their role.Leader Resource | By Jan Gartner | August 14, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy Behavior, Staffing & SupervisionPage/Article -
Your UUA leadership wants you and your congregation to meet this moment as democracy and basic freedoms are under threat, and offers these timely, curated resources.Reference | March 13, 2025Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Action, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Voting RightsPage/Article -
Community Resilience Checklist Graphics are available for Unitarian Universalists and others to use in congregation and community settings, as well as on social media. These are part of a collection of resources available at the Community Resilience Hub.October 25, 2024Tagged as: #UUTheVote, Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Action, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Voting RightsPage/Article -
A collection of resources gathered for Unitarian Universalists, UU congregations, and communities for guidance and support for the sacred work of making meaning in a time of instability and fear.October 16, 2024Tagged as: #UUTheVote, Community, Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Action, Healthy Behavior, Records & Security, Safe Congregations, Voting RightsPage/Article -
Whereas, the emergency declaration for COVID-19 was terminated in 2023 without sufficient strategies in place to manage the persistent challenges of the virus, exacerbating its disproportionate impact on marginalized groups (i.e., disabled, uninsured and underinsured, incarcerated, BIPOC, LGBTQIA...2024 | Action of Immediate WitnessTagged as: #COVID19, Ableism, Healthy Behavior, Social Witness Process, Support and Caring in CongregationsPage/Article
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This training helps you create your behavioral covenant, communicate its importance to your congregation members, and strategize to make your covenant come alive in your congregationTraining | By Safe Congregations Team | June 4, 2024 (reviewed June 2025) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
The Peer Pastoral Care for Youth training program empowers young people to nurture themselves and each other.April 1, 2024 | From LifeTagged as: Compassion, Connections, Empathy, Growth, Healthy Behavior, Interdependence, Relationships, Unity, Youth/TeensPage/Article -
Being in community can be challenging. But being in a faith community can give us the opportunity to explore our edges and test our assumptions.By David A Miller | February 9, 2023 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
The safety I once perceived was because I did not have the complete perspective.By Christine Slocum | December 1, 2021 | From SpiritTagged as: Building Community, Health, Healthy Behavior, RelationshipsPage/Article -
Sample language to help a congregation write its own Limited Access Agreement for the highly-boundaried participation of a member who has been accused or convicted of violent and/or sexual offenses.October 5, 2021Tagged as: Adult Boundaries, Child Safety, Healthy Behavior, Safe CongregationsPage/Article
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Guidance for developing strongly-bounded agreements between a congregation and a known offender.November 17, 2020Tagged as: Adult Boundaries, Child Safety, Healthy Behavior, Safe CongregationsPage/Article
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Ordained ministers serving congregations have a unique role and relationship with congregants that doesn't have any analogies or parallels in other institutions. Healthy Boundaries are essential.October 5, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Adult Boundaries, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
Have you ever wondered why people sometimes act out of character during times of stress? Here's a fun way of understanding how the Frontal Cortex and Amygdala work together.Video | May 15, 2020 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Conflict Management in Congregations, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
This guide can help you (as a minister or other religious professional) determine if your ministry is vital, needing attention, or needing intervention.By Tandi Rogers | April 16, 2020 (reviewed November 2025) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Healthy Behavior, Support for MinistersPage/Article -
Stuck at home together, every family member’s behavior affects others some exponential degree more than usual. Families may wish to try making a covenant together.By Jason Seymour | April 13, 2020 | For Families | From LeaderLabTagged as: #COVID19, Covenant, Families & Faith Development, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
The interdependence of our faith communities is integral to our polity (as is our independence). This is what makes us an Association of congregations. What can this interrelationship look like when it comes to congregational staff? Here are a few examples: Newly hired staff are welcomed and...Leader Resource | By Jan Gartner, Jonipher Kūpono Kwong, UUA Church Staff Finances | August 4, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, Healthy Behavior, Interdependence, Staffing & SupervisionPage/Article -
Covenant: A deep abiding promise, grounded in my deepest values, that I hold myself accountable to. Does your congregation suffer from constant, divisive conflict? Is your congregation looking to develop its first covenant to help members with healthier behavior?...Workshop | By Connie Goodbread | June 13, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
Avoiding triangulation will not eliminate conflict in a congregation but it will help keep it in the constructive and creative zone.Leader Resource | By Kathy McGowan | June 11, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
Systems theory is extremely helpful in understanding how people work in groups and why change is sometimes so difficult.Leader Resource | By Sarah Movius Schurr | May 10, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Healthy BehaviorPage/Article