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The New Year can a be time to take stock of our lives and make adjustments to old habits, or set new goals in the form of New Year’s Resolutions. It’s hard enough to do this as individuals – it’s even harder to do as congregations.Feature | By Renee Ruchotzke | January 13, 2025 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Building Community, Communication, Congregational Polity, Shared Ministry TeamsPage/Article -
Board leadership holds the space between the values and intentions of congregation as a whole and how the mission is lived in the ministry & programs.Video | By David Pyle | July 2, 2024 | From The Congregational HandbookTagged as: Congregational PolityPage/Article -
For Unitarian Universalists, ministry is not a supernatural state of any kind. It’s a choice, a process, and an ongoing relationship.By Liz James | March 1, 2020 | From LifeTagged as: Becoming a Minister, Congregational Polity, MinistryPage/Article -
When Unitarian Universalists pass the plate on Sunday to every hand present, it’s an act of saying who we are and what we believe in.By Liz James | November 1, 2019 | From UU WorldTagged as: Congregational Polity, Democracy, Fundraising for Congregations, Generosity, StewardshipPage/Article -
Ordination into the UU ministry, in our UU polity, is solely at the discretion of congregations, but should include deep discernment..By UU Society for Community Ministries, UUA Commission on Appraisal (COA) | April 5, 2018 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Becoming a Minister, Congregational PolityPage/Article -
Congregational boards are entrusted with many of the operational and sometimes programmatic decisions....Leader Resource | April 4, 2018 | From LeaderLabTagged as: 5th Principle (Conscience & Democracy), Bylaws & Policies, Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
A tale of two villages, one who decided to change with the times as needed, and the other, which held on to old ways in spite of them no longer working.Story | By Renee Ruchotzke | November 29, 2017 (reviewed November 2024) | For Children, Youth, Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Change, Congregational Polity, Courage, Creativity, Democracy, Diversity, Governance, Nature, Resilience, Transformation, UU Theology, WisdomPage/Article -
The practice of congregational polity dictates that the business of our congregations take place at congregational meetings. Learn how to hold an annual meeting and how to hear reports, elect new positions and approve the annual budget.November 2, 2017 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Polity, Effective Meetings, Governing BoardsPage/Article -
As a movement, we talk about thinking big. We also need to think small. We need mini-ministries. We need to encourage and equip people to create communities and experiences where they are and with what they have.By Liz James | February 5, 2016 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Polity, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Congregational polity is not fundamentally about autonomy or protecting individuals from spiritual coercion. This understanding repels healthy people, weakens connections among churches, and perpetuates widespread suspicion about leadership....Video | By Sue Phillips, New England Region of the UUA | June 27, 2015 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Competencies for Leadership, Congregational PolityPage/Article -
A Report by the Commission on Appraisal, Unitarian Universalist Association, June 1997 Copyright © 1997 by the Unitarian Universalist Association. All rights reserved. See also Provocative Propositions on Polity: a self-study course on congregational polity based on this report. Contents Preface...Utility | October 3, 2014Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
How did Unitarian Universalism become congregational? This section provides a brief history of the emergence of congregational polity in Unitar-ianism from its colonial roots and considers why these roots are still important to Unitarian Universalism. It also describes the evolution of American...June 6, 2013Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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With this report the Commission invites Unitarian Universalists to embrace a new vision of congregational polity. We have called attention to the paradigm shift in liberal religious thought as a whole-from independence to interdependence, from individualism to relationalism....Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Bylaws (adopted in 1961 and amended since) are a basic document of our community of autonomous churches. Like the founding charter of any community, this document reflects the original vision of the community. It also reflects in the history of its...Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Religious leadership at the congregational level is a key area in which different understandings of congregational polity create difficulties within our Association....Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Utility | June 20, 2011Tagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article