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If we want people to hear our life-giving message, we need to learn to compete within these visual media.By Susanne Intriligator | May 3, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Outreach & Marketing, WebsitesPage/Article -
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
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Sharing is a good thing. My mother taught me that it was my duty as the eldest to share what I had with my two younger sisters. And we often urge our congregations to share with one another. If one or more of our congregations are experiencing some kind of hardship or natural disaster (flood,...By Joan Van Becelaere | February 3, 2014 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Congregations in PartnershipPage/Article -
Innovative lay-led congregation has unusually high ratio of children to adults.By Nicole Sweeney Etter | February 2, 2014 | From LifeTagged as: Breakthrough Congregations, Children, Leadership Development, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article -
This year, please try this. An empty chair, any empty place with the spirit of invitation swirling in and out of the open spaces throughout the circle.By Tandi Rogers | January 7, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: HospitalityPage/Article -
Over the years congregations have employed various methods to handle complaints from congregants. Many congregations direct complainants to a Ministerial Relations Committee, a Committee on Ministry, or, if a complaint involves a staff member, to speak to that person directly. The Rev. Dr. Daniel...By Donald E. Skinner | January 1, 2014 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Congregational Administration, Governance for Congregations, Leadership Development, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article
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As leaders of a congregation, it may be tempting to assume everyone else has (or should have) the same level of commitment to the institution of the church as we have....By Renee Ruchotzke | November 19, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Competencies for Leadership, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
The descriptions of the values of many "spiritual but not religious" people line up pretty nicely with what our UU religious communities could be, or at least what they should at least aspire to be....By Renee Ruchotzke | October 17, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Competencies for Leadership, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Young Adult ministry has been a challenge for congregations of all liberal protestant denominations for decades but the game is changing in ways we couldn't have imagined back in the post WWII church building boom. There has been a lively conversation on the UU-Leaders email list about how to...By Renee Ruchotzke | October 16, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Competencies for Leadership, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Are all of the members and friends of your church aware of all of the outreach ministries of your church? Is the wider community aware of who you are serving and how? Churches need to tell their stories, advises a r… article in the Christian Century. Author George Mitrovich explains When my...By Renee Ruchotzke | October 9, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Some respected congregational analysts have predicted those congregations which are not closely connected to and collaborating with other congregations will suffer in the future. To thrive in the modern American religious scene will most likely require networks of strong mutual supportBy Joan Van Becelaere | October 7, 2013 | From Better TogetherTagged as: Congregations in PartnershipPage/Article -
Congregational leaders are often tempted to go through the motions of creating mission, vision, planning and covenant documents without taking a holistic view of the process. Do the congregations systems support the process? How do we reflect the core values...By Renee Ruchotzke | September 10, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
All congregation sizes based on certified membership at the time the stories were shared.Congregational Story | August 26, 2013 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
In my last blog post I wrote about the Baby Boomers and the Millennials. I received a few requests to write about the generational cohort labeled Gen X (rough birth years 1960-1985), sandwiched between the two and much smaller than either. Most of the ministerial settlements...By Renee Ruchotzke | August 16, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Competencies for Leadership, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
There can be a significant cultural divide between baby boomers and millennials in our congregations, which is obvious to the millennials, but often invisible to the boomers. I was reminded of this after seeing various reactions on Facebook to a recent article on...By Renee Ruchotzke | July 30, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach, Stewardship for CongregationsPage/Article -
How do we find volunteers for the different jobs in our congregation? How do we fire a volunteer who doesn't perform? How do we renew a committee stuck in stale ideas and that repels any new committee members and their potential energy? Volunteer recruitment and dealing with...By Renee Ruchotzke | July 23, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Leadership Development, Membership Growth & Outreach, Path to LeadershipPage/Article -
Many Unitarian Universalist congregations rent space in their buildings. Doing so not only helps out the community but gives the congregation some added income. Rentals—whether for weddings, meetings, rehearsals, concerts, Tai Chi sessions, or conferences—also allow the community to get...By Donald E. Skinner | July 1, 2013 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Facilities Management, Finance for Congregations, Fundraising for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article
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When the offering plate comes around on Sunday morning at First Universalist Church of Denver, Colo., many nonprofit groups in the community feel the earth move just a little. This is the third year that the congregation has given its entire offering—every Sunday—to local groups or to support...By Donald E. Skinner | May 1, 2013 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Congregational Administration, Finance for Congregations, Fundraising for Congregations, Governance for Congregations, Membership in CongregationsPage/Article
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Unitarian Universalists tend to use a lot of words when we attempt to explain our religious beliefs and values. We have a complicated faith that does not fit into typical questions about religion from outsiders. This makes sense at a national level. We have a big tent that makes room for a lot of...By Renee Ruchotzke | April 9, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Communication, Membership Growth & Outreach, Mission/Vision/PlanningPage/Article -
Like many Unitarian and Universalist ministers of yore, I’m a circuit-riding preacher: a perpetual guest minister. (Not many 19th century traditions merit revisiting, but this is one of them.) On any given Sunday, I pull up to an unfamiliar UU congregation, meet in person the lay leaders I’ve...By Erika Hewitt | April 8, 2013 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Hospitality, WorshipPage/Article