We leave this gathered community, But we don’t leave our connection, Our concerns, our care for each other. Our service to each other, to the world, and to our faith continues. Until we are together again, friends, Be strong, be well, be true, be loving.

Facebook is a popular social media platform to share our faith with others, to connect with one another, and to promote UU values in the world. This is an overview from the Faith on Facebook Resource Hub.

The UUA has negotiated with Zoom, a videoconferencing provider, to provide congregations with a Business Level license for a discounted price.

In an emergency, you may want to display a message at the top of every page on your site. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic many congregations need to notify congregants of breaking news. ...

If your congregation live-streams your service, you may be able to embed a video player of the stream in a page on your website. Rather than sending folks to Facebook, YouTube, or another site, it's great to display the video player right on a WordPress page, along with the text of the order of...

Our people need to connect with one another. How might we use technology to make that happen during times of social distancing?

Be strategic about your communications via email, including what to share and how often.

The technology in our pockets now makes it possible to provide live translation of speech to text at church.

We live in anxious times, and this anxiety spills into our workplaces, homes, neighborhoods, and congregations. How can we productively work with anxiety? How can we prepare ourselves and our congregations for anxious challenges that may arise?

Healthy groups provide feedback loops so they can learn and grow as a group. One practice is to designate a "process observer" who takes notes on group process.

Any tool, including NonViolent Communication, can be dangerous if it is used as a weapon, so let’s use the best tool for the job – and let’s use it in a way that doesn’t hurt anyone, including ourselves.

The WooThemes&nbs… plugin, used to display stories or testimonials in the sidebar or footer of pages on your site, hasn't been tested with the last few versions of WordPress. We recommended it when the UUA Theme was new, but they don't appear to be maintaining it. It still works last we checked,...

The UUA Theme (version 1.3.0) now supports the widely-used MetaSlider pluginthese instructions to install MetaSlider and create your slideshow. Then, display your slideshow on the homepage: From the Dashboard, choose Appearance › Customize. You see the customization page for the homepage. Click...

A congregation's web presence is often its first chance to make a good impression. Design policies that balance accountability,creativity, and engagement.

Planning to Show a Film? You are legally and ethically required to follow public performance laws.

Your UUA staff loves to use photos from our congregations on the UUA website! Here's how:

Congregations and other Unitarian Universalist (UU) organizations should adopt a permissions policy for photos and video. Here is a sample.

Even with the wide sharing of photos and video on social social media, congregations still need policies that enable them to follow copyright law, protect the vulnerable and follow the core value of consent....

In most cases, a communications vehicle that represents a congregation should be owned and operated by the congregation as a whole, and be used to further the mission and values of the congregation. Along those lines, here are some specific areas that might be helpful for congregations to consider...

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...