Across the United States, UUs are exploring new approaches that prioritize intentionality.

People want to go where they can leave the world behind and make a better one, says Natalie Briscoe, lead for the Southern Region of the UUA.

It's time to refresh your pamphlet racks! The new pamphlet Our Shared UU Values and our new "wallet card" is available!

Outreach and marketing is communication that makes it easier for people to find us, and to have a pretty good idea of what they will find when they visit.

Each week in the summer, Rev. Carolyn Patierno, minister of All Souls UU Congregation in New London, CT, hosts a lemonade stand on the sidewalk in front of the congregation. She greets passersby with a cold cup, no-strings-attached. What she has found is a source of connection and shared ministry.

Both in-reach and outreach are important in our congregations, but we need to find the right balance between the two.

The need for our congregations to effectively engage with people online has never been greater! In this free five-session series, Peter Bowden shares video-based strategies to support online visitors, increase engagement with weekly worship themes, and amplify advocacy and witness efforts.

What is Faithify? It is the crowdfunding for UU projects. Think of it as GoFundMe for UUs. Or Chalice Lighters on steroids. Faithify is a crowdfunding site where passionate people INSPIRE, UNITE, and FUND Unitarian Universalist ministries.

Your UUA staff loves to use photos from our congregations on the UUA website! Here's how:

Choosing or changing the name of the congregation is an important decision, for it will help shape the congregation's vision and image. Following are some considerations. What Kind of Community? Many descriptive words can describe a religious group that gathers together....

How a congregation’s community radio station makes church participatory, provocative, and fun.

Image files that congregations can use on Facebook, Twitter, postcards, posters, websites, and more.

Interested in attracting new people to your congregation or UU group? In these times, it's not as easy as it might seem. The UUA Outreach team helps us understand that it's not just about "being visible" or "getting the word out." It's about building relationships....

Rev. Sue Phillips Dawning Future, November 2015...

It’s not your parents’ church anymore, that’s for sure. You may have heard that Unitarian Universalist religious expression will take different forms in the 21st century than it has in the past. Here are some things we know: The way we have been ‘doing’ congregational life is modeled on a...

Entry points are a great way to introduce your congregation to new people and help them learn how to get involved.

The key to successful outreach amid the changing religious landscape, particularly with the unaffiliated or Spiritual But Not Religious sets, will likely be to speak to why people would want to show up in the first place, not just what can keep them there year after year.

If we want people to hear our life-giving message, we need to learn to compete within these visual media.

When InterConnections wrote a lengthy article about church websites in 1998 an estimated 40 to 60 percent of our congregations had them. In 2006 the figure was over 90 percent. (It's close to 100% in 2019) Increasingly, it’s the way that visitors find us. Many congregations report that most of...