Membership in Congregations

Sometimes it's not the big things we do for children, but the little things that show how much we care for them and how vital they are to our religious...

When people join our congregations, how much do we ask of them? Are we so grateful they've chosen us—and so fearful they might leave—that we ask...

At First Unitarian Universalist Church, Rochester, MN (322 members), people who used wheelchairs had to be pushed up a steep hill to get into the...

When high school youth leave your congregation for college, jobs, the military, or other endeavors does anyone other than their parents notice? An...

When visitors decide to join the congregation, we celebrate in a number of ways—with ceremonies, by taking them to lunch, by giving them books, with a...

For those small congregations which aren't able to muster many volunteers for the Membership Committee, here is one that operates with just three leaders.

Every congregation has lots of visitors who come once, twice, even sign up for the newsletter, but never return....

Q.A.Notice to Visitors: People who attend St. Mark's regularly are for the most part kind and friendly people, but they tend to be a bit shy and...

When visitors come through our doors on Sunday morning most of us know what to do. We greet them warmly, talk to them during coffee hour and invite them...

When Mitch Levy's wife asked him for a divorce three years ago, he hadn't seen it coming....