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Property insurance challenges are becoming more common, from rate increases to policy terminations. While we can't make these problems go away, we can offer some suggestions.Book | By Safe Congregations Team, UUA Church Staff Finances | December 15, 2023 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Records & SecurityPage/Article -
What if the space we need to live our mission no longer matches the building we own? Could our building find a new calling? (Webinar)By Darcey Elizabeth Hegvik Laine | October 25, 2023 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Facilities ManagementPage/Article -
There are nuanced tax rules regarding income derived from renting your building and/or parking lot, depending on its relation to your core purpose.Leader Resource | By UUA Church Staff Finances | July 25, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Facilities Management, Finance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Who is responsible for the oversight, management and upkeep of your buildings and surrounding property?February 5, 2019 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Facilities ManagementPage/Article -
The UUA has a Safe Congregations Team that spends hours developing and curating resources: General Safety Topic Responding to Threats and Incidents Promoting Appropriate Behavior Keeping Children Safe in Congregations Becoming a Safer Congregation (Handbook) A UU Guide to Effective Safety Policie...Leader Resource | October 31, 2018 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Child Safety, Facilities Management, Safe Congregations, Safely Staffing Your CongregationsPage/Article -
Step 1: Assemble your emergency operations team Step 2: Establish contact with local partners Step 3: Questions Step 4: Determining roles and responsibilities Step 5: Approval Step 6: Share Step 7: Train Step 8: Practice Step 9: Congregational drills Step 10: Review Resources Sanctuary Congregati...Utility | May 7, 2018 | From Safe Congregagtions HandbookTagged as: Facilities Management, Records & Security, Safe CongregationsPage/Article
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A post-fire redesign of this San José, California, church feels like ‘getting a hug from the building.’By Kenny Wiley | March 1, 2018 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, Facilities Management, UU HistoryPage/Article -
"Deferred Maintenance" and "Building Reserves" are terms that are often tossed around when talking about the budget, but what do they mean?Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke | January 29, 2018 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Budgeting for Congregations, Facilities Management, Finance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Two U.S. presidents and their wives are buried in a Unitarian Universalist church in Quincy, Massachusetts.By Sonja L. Cohen | September 1, 2016 | From UU WorldTagged as: Culture, Facilities Management, History, UU HistoryPage/Article -
Arson damaged the Denton, Texas, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship; church responds with compassion and community.By Kenny Wiley | December 21, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Facilities ManagementPage/Article -
An Illinois meetinghouse honors its past and looks to its future.By Sonja L. Cohen | November 1, 2015 | From LifeTagged as: Facilities Management, HistoryPage/Article -
In Westport and Hartford, Victor Lundy designed dramatic expressions of mid-century Unitarian Universalism.By Kenny Wiley | May 14, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Arts & Music, Facilities ManagementPage/Article -
First Universalist Church of Southold, New York, built in 1837, incinerated March 14.By Elaine McArdle | March 22, 2015 | From UU WorldTagged as: Facilities ManagementPage/Article -
The (UUA) offers Building Loans, Loan Guarantee services, and First Home Grants.Leader Resource | October 22, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Loans/MortgagesPage/Article -
Many Unitarian Universalist congregations rent space in their buildings. Doing so not only helps out the community but gives the congregation some added income. Rentals—whether for weddings, meetings, rehearsals, concerts, Tai Chi sessions, or conferences—also allow the community to get...By Donald E. Skinner | July 1, 2013 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Fundraising for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article
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Congregations traditionally promote and encourage Unitarian Universalist values through sermons, religious education, and social justice work. Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul, Minn., is taking its values to a new level—applying them to the companies that it buys products from. Unity Church...By Donald E. Skinner | June 1, 2013 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Racial Justice & Multicultural MinistriesPage/Article
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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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Board approves lease-to-purchase agreement for 24 Farnsworth Street in Boston’s Seaport District.By Michelle Bates Deakin | March 14, 2013 | From UU WorldTagged as: Facilities Management, NewsPage/Article -
A dedication ceremony provides a finish line for the congregation to cross, a time to say “well done” and “we’re done.”By Donald E. Skinner | January 1, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Administration, Facilities Management, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
When a Unitarian Universalist (UU) group began to form in 2009 in suburban Cincinnati it wasn’t long before its members decided it needed a name. They thought about naming the new congregation for the town where they met, but then they opted for something different. “We noticed all these...By Donald E. Skinner | February 14, 2012 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Facilities Management, Governance for Congregations, Leadership Development, Membership Growth & Outreach, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article