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Developed by John Carver, Policy Governance addresses numerous board conundrums—interminable meetings, overloaded agendas, vague accountability, micro-management, and loss of vision! This is one adaptation by Unity Consulting. Other models of governance are also used by congregations. While...Utility | By Robert L. Eller-Isaacs | October 3, 2014Tagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Workshops and presentations at General Assembly (GA), the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), have been provided by a variety of Unitarian Universalist (UU) organizations and UUA staff groups over the course of several decades....Utility | October 2, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Governance for Congregations, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article
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Workshops and presentations at General Assembly (GA), the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), have been provided by a variety of Unitarian Universalist organizations and UUA staff groups over the course of several decades. Not all presentations have been reviewed for...Utility | October 2, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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General Assembly 2014 Event 349 This event was sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church of Delaware County. Program Description We live out our faith by serving others and, in so doing, develop our own spirituality. By serving, we are changed. Learn about one congregation’s application...Utility | September 29, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Governance for Congregations, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article
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What is our core business – as congregations; as a faith community? There is a lot riding on how we answer that question.By Joan Van Becelaere | September 22, 2014 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
General Assembly 2014 Event 243 This event is scheduled to occur on Thursday, June 26, 2014; 2:15 - 3:30 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time, in Omni Narragansett AB. Program Description Once a congregation understands its mission, the next step is to discern how it wants to deepen and grow as a...Utility | September 15, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
General Assembly 2014 Event 411 This event was sponsored by the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry....Utility | August 19, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Governance for Congregations, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article
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I've spent most of my summer working with different programs and events that help to grow lay leaders in our faith. I have had the blessing of encountering dozens of earnest, committed and evangelical lay leaders wanting to spread the good news of our liberal faith....By Renee Ruchotzke | August 6, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Shared Ministry Teams, UU IdentityPage/Article -
Satellites, multi-site, yolked ministries and partnerships can explored by all types of congregations - tiny, large, urban, rural, clustered, or isolated. Might multi-site be right for you?Webinar | By Scott Tayler, Tandi Rogers | June 27, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/Planning, Shared Ministry Teams, Small CongregationsPage/Article -
General Assembly 2014 Event #311 Satellites, multi-site, yolked ministries and partnerships can explored by all types of congregations - tiny, large, urban, rural, clustered, or isolated. Might multi-site be right for you?Webinar | By Scott Tayler, Tandi Rogers | June 27, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Mission/Vision/Planning, Shared Ministry Teams, Small CongregationsPage/Article
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How do we design and support congregational systems that help us live into our mission and vision? Using guiding "ministry action statements," goal-setting, and assessment to keep its mission and vision vital and effective.Webinar | By Kathy McGowan, Renee Ruchotzke, UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | June 26, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
A wonderful exercise to elicit emerging ideas and to discover where the energy resides in a large group.Leader Resource | June 26, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
General Assembly 2014 Event #243 Once a congregation understands its mission, the next step is to discern how it wants to deepen and grow as a congregation....Webinar | By Patricia Infante, Douglas Taylor, UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | June 26, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article
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Once a congregation understands its mission, the next step is to discern how it wants to deepen and grow as a congregation. This workshop outlines processes for discerning aspirational values and ways to create and use a vision statement in devising a strategic plan and annual ministry goals.Webinar | By Patricia Infante, Douglas Taylor, UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | June 26, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article
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Purpose-filled people are misson-driven. Workshop participants will explore discerning congregational core values, how to articulate them as mission, and how to make a mission "portable" to provide alignment for all of its ministries, strategies, and resource allocation.Webinar | By Joe Sullivan, UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | June 26, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article
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Purpose-filled people are misson-driven. Workshop participants will explore discerning congregational core values, how to articulate them as mission, and how to make a mission "portable" to provide alignment for all of its ministries, strategies, and resource allocation.Webinar | By Joe Sullivan, UU Congregation of Binghamton, Binghamton, NY | June 26, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article
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My father-in-law was a no-nonsense businessman who worked a 600 acre farm. Fiercely independent, he liked to play by his own rules. When he bought a new piece of machinery, he would remove all of the pesky shields and other safety devices that slowed him down or got in the way during...By Renee Ruchotzke | May 23, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy Behavior, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article -
Once upon a time there was a congregation that wanted a mission statement. They appointed a committee that worked hard. They held cottage meetings, World Café conversations, and got a real sense of the identity of the congregation, who they were as a "whole"—or their "center." It became time to...By Renee Ruchotzke | May 7, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Communication, Competencies for Leadership, Healthy Behavior, Leadership Development, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/Planning, Path to LeadershipPage/Article -
General Assembly 2013 Event 2032 Program Description Speaker: Margaret E. Anderson Most communication is cross-cultural. Both inter- and intranational diversities (ancestry, regionality, gender) cause misunderstandings that derail movement from promise to action. Your enthusiasm looks “pushy” to...Utility | April 28, 2014 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Communication, General Assembly, Governance for Congregations, Leadership Development, MulticulturalismPage/Article
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As recently as five or ten years ago, visitors to our congregations showed up full of questions—and brought with them some apprehensions about what Unitarian Universalism might be. Times have changed. Thanks to the Internet and social media, today’s Sunday guests have a pretty good idea of what...By Donald E. Skinner | April 15, 2014 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Communication, Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality, Membership Growth & Outreach, Membership in Congregations, WebsitesPage/Article