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How do Committees on Ministry function? Rev. Nancy Bowen shares an overview.Webinar | By Nancy Bowen, Pacific Western Region of the UUA | November 13, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy Behavior, Shared Ministry TeamsPage/Article -
"Your actions are speaking so loudly, I can hardly hear what you are saying." This is a quote from a http://lp.citrixonline.com/102213-NA-G2W-MKT-WBR-SM?ID=70150000000ZOrx"… on the presence of leaders that I took recently. A leader's presence reflects their underlying values—it's how they wear...By Renee Ruchotzke | October 31, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Covenant, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
In occasional circumstances, the Web Team may withhold the name of the person making a complaint. However, the Web Team will not consider completely anonymous complaints or complaints by third parties. The Web Team will not discuss list disputes with third parties....Utility | October 23, 2013Tagged as: Change & Conflict, CommunicationPage/Article
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If a subscriber disagrees with the way that a list manager handled a situation on an email list hosted at UUA.org, that subscriber may appeal the manager's decisions to the Web Team by writing to mailto:web@uua.org">web@uua.org...Utility | October 23, 2013Tagged as: Change & Conflict, CommunicationPage/Article
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These instructions describe the email lists managed at UUA.org by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). They describe how to use the Mailman program to subscribe, unsubscribe, and change your settings. Policies / Etiquette Finding a List Subscribing (Joining a List) Sending Messages List...Utility | October 23, 2013Tagged as: CommunicationPage/Article
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Are all of the members and friends of your church aware of all of the outreach ministries of your church? Is the wider community aware of who you are serving and how? Churches need to tell their stories, advises a r… article in the Christian Century. Author George Mitrovich explains When my...By Renee Ruchotzke | October 9, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Congregational leaders are often tempted to go through the motions of creating mission, vision, planning and covenant documents without taking a holistic view of the process. Do the congregations systems support the process? How do we reflect the core values...By Renee Ruchotzke | September 10, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Assessment of a congregation's ministry is a very important aspect of religious leadership and is one of the roles of a Committee on Shared Ministry. assessments....By Renee Ruchotzke | September 5, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Leadership Development, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
In my last blog post I wrote about the Baby Boomers and the Millennials. I received a few requests to write about the generational cohort labeled Gen X (rough birth years 1960-1985), sandwiched between the two and much smaller than either. Most of the ministerial settlements...By Renee Ruchotzke | August 16, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Competencies for Leadership, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
An intercultural framework can help us be in community across difference.By Renee Ruchotzke | June 26, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Diversity & Inclusion, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
Church leaders that I work with are often frustrated with the slow, almost glacial speed of change in congregational life. What might take a month or two in the workplace takes a year in the church. ...By Renee Ruchotzke | May 28, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Competencies for Leadership, Healthy Behavior, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article -
Acts of violence call for Unitarian Universalist responses. Review resources, curated by the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Faith Development Office, to help children, families, and communities process trauma, disaster, and acts of violence. And here are more helpful tools:...Utility | April 16, 2013Tagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Safe Congregations, Trauma ResponsePage/Article -
Unitarian Universalists tend to use a lot of words when we attempt to explain our religious beliefs and values. We have a complicated faith that does not fit into typical questions about religion from outsiders. This makes sense at a national level. We have a big tent that makes room for a lot of...By Renee Ruchotzke | April 9, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Is it possible to imagine that an armed intruder could show up on Sunday morning at one of our congregations, inflamed about our inclusiveness or a particular justice stance we’ve taken in the community, and proceed to do us harm? It happened in 2008 at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist...By Donald E. Skinner | April 8, 2013 (reviewed May 2025) | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Administration, Facilities Management, Governance for Congregations, Safe Congregations, Staffing & SupervisionPage/Article
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Usability Tip Choose images that enhance your story: engage your reader with faces or meaningful imagery. Use the text of your article to list participants and describe activities.Utility | March 19, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Disability & Accessibility, WebsitesPage/Article -
Well-organized website content improves usability and search engine optimization, which reduces user frustration and fosters feelings of goodwill among your site's visitors.Utility | February 26, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, WebsitesPage/Article -
The mission of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) email lists is to provide a way for groups of Unitarian Universalists (UUs) and like-minded individuals to communicate via email on issues relating to Unitarian Universalism, the UUA, and UU congregations and districts. Email lists are a...Utility | February 13, 2013Tagged as: CommunicationPage/Article
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Your mission is what is hanging on the wall, Your system is what is happening down the hall....By Renee Ruchotzke | January 22, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, Communication, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Here are some more tips for the savvy leader to learn how to recognize and respond to drama both in themselves and others.By Renee Ruchotzke | December 11, 2012 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Conflict Management in Congregations, Healthy BehaviorPage/Article -
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is about making sure your pages are well-formed: for the search engines like Googleemploying devious techniques will hurt you in the long run. Review "10 Google Dont's" for some sure-fired ways to hurt your search ranking....Utility | December 6, 2012 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, WebsitesPage/Article