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Governance is a form of facilitation: these resources include board foundations, governance models, and how to effectively use your policies and procedures.Utility | February 10, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Administration, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Is your congregation stagnant, or in decline? Congregations, like any living systems, have a natural life cycle. Find framing and tools for renewal!Utility | February 4, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Conflicts actually present great opportunities for building community by renewing covenants, recommitting to values, and clarifying our shared purpose.Utility | February 4, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Change & Conflict, CovenantPage/Article -
Starr King UU Church shares their Zoom Inclusion Policy as an example for other churches to adapt.Book, Congregational Story, Leader Resource | By Ben Ogilvie | January 23, 2025 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Building Community, Bylaws & Policies, Disability & AccessibilityPage/Article -
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 -
Your congregation is a complex, living system of relationships and structures that needs the tending by its leaders to thrive. This curated group of resources will help you understand, shape, and grow your faith community.Utility | October 23, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for Congregations, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Congregations are human institutions and, like humans, they have a lifespan. Your congregation may discern that it’s time for a good goodbye, rather than to continue on. This is no failure!October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
If your congregation has decided to sell its property, you’ll want to contact an area real estate agent to look into the sale of your property.October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Your congregation’s archives may be of historical interest, such that a larger collection might appreciate them as a donation. Here are some options:October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for Congregations, Records & SecurityPage/Article -
Because your congregation is a legal entity with assets, there are important steps that must be taken as part of either a merger or a dissolutions. This article will help guide you!By Megan Foley | October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
How to begin a courageous conversation with your co-leaders if your congregation seems to be in decline.By Megan Foley | October 4, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
This broad-brush overview lays out the practical and technical steps involved in dissolving a congregation, both as a legal entity and as a member congregation of the UUA.Leader Resource | By Megan Foley, Lillian Drab-Braddick, Renee Ruchotzke | October 3, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
In a dissolution, the congregation ceases to legally exist, and any remaining assets are transferred to another entity. This requires a vote of the congregation. Bylaws, state laws, and UUA policies guide this process.August 28, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
In a merger, the congregation’s identity and assets are combined with another congregation. This requires a vote of both merging congregations.August 28, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for Congregations, InterdependencePage/Article -
Review full text of the statement, which serves as the foundation of all the work of the UUA, its member congregations, and its covenanted communities.By Staff Writer | July 10, 2024 | From UU WorldTagged as: Covenant, Equity, General Assembly, Generosity, Interdependence, Justice, Love, Pluralism, Transformation, UUA BylawsPage/Article -
Help the members of your church board understand their roles and responsibilities and be good stewards of your congregation's mission of living UU values.Training | July 3, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governing BoardsPage/Article -
Take this training together to develop your relationships, common language and practices for you as a team and discerning body of the congregation.Training | July 3, 2024 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governing BoardsPage/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 -
More than 3,400 Unitarian Universalists came together to explore the faith’s underpinnings, take consequential votes, and be in community with one another.By Elaine McArdle | June 22, 2024 | From UU WorldTagged as: Accountability, Beginnings, Belief, Bridging, Community, Covenant, Covenant, Democracy, General Assembly, News, Online GA, Social Justice at GA, Transformation, UU Identity, UU TheologyPage/Article -
It’s that time of year again! When many congregations are electing new leaders and appointing new committee chairs in preparation for the new church year.By Central East Region of the UUA | June 17, 2024 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, UUA Districts & RegionsPage/Article