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Explore the congregation’s approach to military service and attitudes toward military veterans and currently serving military personnel.Workshop | July 29, 2014 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Hospitality, Military Chaplaincy, Veterans DayPage/Article -
In this workshop, participants have the opportunity to talk about messages they received about military service.Workshop | July 29, 2014 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Hospitality, Military Chaplaincy, Veterans DayPage/Article
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In the video, ministers (including military chaplains), lay veterans, active duty military personnel, and military family members present a compelling case for UU military ministry.Video, Workshop | July 29, 2014 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Hospitality, Military Chaplaincy, Veterans DayPage/Article -
The Military Ministry Toolkit program draws on several books which can also support your congregation to explore or implement military ministry.Workshop | July 29, 2014 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Hospitality, Military Chaplaincy, Veterans DayPage/Article -
Overview for facilitators of the Military Ministry Workshop Series.Workshop | July 29, 2014 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Hospitality, Military Chaplaincy, Veterans DayPage/Article -
This toolkit challenges our faith communities to become truly welcoming to a group of people who have sometimes felt unwelcome.Workshop | By Seanan R. Holland, Gail Forsyth-Vail, Monica L Cummings | July 29, 2014 (reviewed July 2024) | For Adults | From Faith Curricula LibraryTagged as: Adult Faith Development, Hospitality, Military, Military Chaplaincy, Veterans DayPage/Article -
Is rudeness a quality of Unitarian Universalism? How else to explain the lack of hospitality exhibited by many congregations toward unbidden guests? This workshop will explore the prevalence of rudeness in our society, how it is seeping through the walls of our congregations, and what we can do...Webinar | By Mark Bernstein | June 26, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Conflict Management in Congregations, Healthy Behavior, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Changing how we do church is scary, but not changing means decline and a lost opportunity.By Terasa Cooley | June 1, 2014 | From UU WorldTagged as: Creativity, Culture, Membership Growth & Outreach, Vision for UUismPage/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 -
We can blur the lines of our traditional congregational and geographical borders to share resources, work together and increase our presence and impact to each other and the communities we serve.By David A Miller, Tera Landers | May 5, 2014 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregations in PartnershipPage/Article -
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