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An overview of UU congregational governance by the Commission on Appraisal from 1997.Leader Resource | By UUA Commission on Appraisal (COA) | June 20, 2011 (reviewed February 2026) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
In addition to Congregationalists themselves (the United Church of Christ), all variety of Baptists, the Disciples of Christ, Mennonites, Quakers, and Jews are congregational.Utility | By UUA Commission on Appraisal (COA) | June 20, 2011 (reviewed February 2026) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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An informed constituency is necessary to maintain a balance of power in our congregations, districts, and Association, but is challenging with today's fragmented communication structures.Utility | By UUA Commission on Appraisal (COA) | June 20, 2011 (reviewed March 2026) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational Polity, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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Sample Scripts from the 2009 UU University Governance Track.Leader Resource | By Robert L. Eller-Isaacs, Laura Park | June 20, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Developed by John Carver, Policy Governance addresses numerous board conundrums—interminable meetings, overloaded agendas, vague accountability, micro-management, and loss of vision! Starting back in the late 2000s, Unitarian Universalist (UU) congregations studied and used the concepts of Policy...Webinar | By Robert L. Eller-Isaacs, Laura Park | June 20, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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One of the first things that visitors see when they walk into the building of the Westside Unitarian Universalist (UU) Congregation in Seattle is Westside’s Covenant of Right Relations. The covenant, a set of guidelines designed to create “a welcoming, respectful, safe, and vibrant spiritual...By Donald E. Skinner | June 9, 2009 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Governance for Congregations, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article
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Mission speaks to the congregation’s calling, the source of its integrity and it’s central reason for being. What are we called to be and do?Leader Resource | By Douglas Zelinski | March 16, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Q: We’re doing some housecleaning at church and we have a question about how long we should be keeping our legal and financial records. Is there a recommended time period that a church should hang onto its financial records? A: This is something each organization needs to decide on its own, says...By Donald E. Skinner | March 15, 2009 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, Records & Security, UU HistoryPage/Article
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No person is perfect. How do we ask each other to return to covenant when someone makes a mistake?Audio Recording | By Karen Brammer | February 15, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Covenant, Healthy Behavior, Small CongregationsPage/Article -
Supporting one another is important, but if that is primarily what you do, then your congregation will decline. For a congregation to be alive, vital, and growing, it must have a sense that it exists to serve as well.Audio Recording | February 15, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/Planning, Small CongregationsPage/Article
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Who cares about Congregational Polity? Doesn’t it just boil down to the fact that we as a congregation can do whatever we want with no interference from any bishop, or presbytery, or Pope, or even the Unitarian Universalist Association in Boston? Perhaps. Consider a deeper theological...Leader Resource | By Renee Ruchotzke | March 15, 2008 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregational PolityPage/Article -
Congregational leaders wanting to keep up with changes and proposed changes within the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) should know of the effort underway to create transparency in the actions of committees, commissions, and task forces, as well as the UUA Board of Trustees....By Donald E. Skinner | December 15, 2007 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Communication, Congregational Administration, Disability & Accessibility, Governance for CongregationsPage/Article
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All of us are welcoming. Right? Visitors come on Sunday morning, and as soon as they step in the door they feel the love, not only from the official greeters, but from everyone else....By Donald E. Skinner | September 15, 2007 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Disability & Accessibility, Facilities Management, Governance for Congregations, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article
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What does our congregation need to do to grow? Should we be more welcoming, or is it a matter of adding more ways to integrate folks? Or should we really be focusing on outreach? It can be hard to know what to do if you're part of a membership committee....By Donald E. Skinner | July 15, 2007 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Communication, Governance for Congregations, Membership Growth & Outreach, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article
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Five key components needed in the governance system of congregations, including visioning, coordinating, planning, training and implementing.Leader Resource | By Stefan Jonasson | May 15, 2006 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Governance for CongregationsPage/Article -
Sometimes a new building is just what a congregation needs. Sometimes, if you build it, people will come and fill it. There is nothing worse than having to turn away people because you don't have room for them. And sometimes there are alternatives to a new building. Before you embark on an...By Donald E. Skinner | April 1, 2006 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Facilities Management, Fundraising for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Leadership Development, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article
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People complain about someone to a third person. Resistance to change, turf wars. Rampant gossip, secret meetings. Calls for resignations. Email and telephone cliques that exclude some people. Abrupt changes in support of and participation in congregational life. Committee on Ministry is...By Donald E. Skinner | April 1, 2006 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article
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Q. Our church has just gone to two services and had our first congregational meeting after the second service. We wonder if we are disenfranchising those who attend the first service since few people return for the meeting....By Donald E. Skinner | January 1, 2006 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Governance for Congregations, Leadership Development, Membership Growth & Outreach, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article
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Q. We had an awkward situation recently when our church sold a piece of furniture that a member had donated. The member felt we should have kept it. We felt that once it was donated it was the congregation’s to do with as it wished. Do other congregations have policies covering donated items? A.By Donald E. Skinner | October 15, 2005 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Planned Giving for CongregationsPage/Article
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Many congregations earn extra income by renting their facilities to outside groups. But is there a point at which such income might jeopardize a congregation’s tax exempt status? And what about renting to for-profit groups? The Rev. Ralph Mero, the Unitarian Universalist Association’s (UUA’s)...By Donald E. Skinner | August 15, 2005 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Finance for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Leadership DevelopmentPage/Article