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A small congregation of about 50 adults takes a leap of faith, hires a new minister and buys a building, and grows to 180 members.Congregational Story | By UU Fellowship of Mankato, Mankato, MN | September 5, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From GA PresentationsTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
After a major conflict, the church rebounded from 160 to over 500 by embracing its multicultural values and its spiritual connections.Congregational Story | By All Souls Church Unitarian, Washington, DC | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Focusing on key values and core mission enabled the congregation to grow without straining their budget.Congregational Story | By White Bear UU Church, Mahtomedi, MN | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Currently the congregation has more than 1000 active members, and its leaders believe they have broken through "unseen and powerful barriers by taking care of the church building, planning for the future, and welcoming visitors."Congregational Story | By The First Unitarian Church of Dallas, Dallas, TX | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
A congregation in a community of 8000 grew from a house church to 220 members, partly on the strength of the religious education program.Congregational Story | By Quimper UU Fellowship, Port Townsend, WA | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
A church focuses on shared ministry, community building, and religious exploration as a growth strategy.Congregational Story | By UU Church of Annapolis, Annapolis, MD | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
With Branches in Socorro and Edgewood, First Albuquerque grew in depth and in numbers (564 to 715) in five years.Congregational Story | By First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Hear lay and professional leaders describe how they have grown in depth and in numbers (93 to 128) in the past five years.Congregational Story | By UU Congregation of South County, Peace Dale, RI | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach, Small CongregationsPage/Article -
Lay and professional leaders describe how they have grown in depth and in numbers (304 to 405) in the past five years.Congregational Story | By UU Church of Bloomington, Indiana, Bloomington, IN | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
After an intentional decision to grow out of a 30-year 250 member plateau, they grew the membership to 400 in eight years.Congregational Story | By First Unitarian Church of Des Moines, Des Moines, IA | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
During the 5 year period when they grew from 170 to 240 members, they made an intentional effort to keep the long time members connected, and most stayed.Congregational Story | By Unitarian Universalists San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, CA | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
First Unitarian Society of Madison, WI, the largest Unitarian Universalist congregation in North America, grew from 400 to 2,000 members in 17 years.Congregational Story | September 1, 2011 (reviewed March 2024) | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
General Assembly 2008 Event 3042 Presenters: Rev. Harlan Limpert, Director of District Services for the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA); Rev. Thom Belote, minister of Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist (UU) Church in Overland Park, Kansas. Rev....Utility | June 22, 2011 | From GA PresentationsTagged as: General Assembly, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
Over the past decade, Unitarian Universalism has grown in 33 states and D.C.By Christopher L. Walton | May 23, 2011 | From UU WorldTagged as: Growth, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
In an effort to encourage and support growth in Unitarian Universalist congregations, the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is proud to announce the launch of the new Leap of Faith initiative. Still in the early stages of development, this pilot project grew from conversations between UUA...October 1, 2010 | From NewsTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article
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Resilient communities are grounded in a culture of relationships that is served by the bureaucratic apparatus rather than dominated by it.By Louise Green | February 6, 2010 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Congregation-Based Community Organizing, Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article -
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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What do you do when two Sunday services are not enough? That’s the situation Fox Valley Unitarian Universalist (UU) Fellowship in Appleton, WI (599 members), faced in 2001. Despite two services, the sanctuary and religious education classes were still too full. “We take seriously the rule that...Leader Resource | By Donald E. Skinner | March 15, 2009 | From InterConnectionsTagged as: Membership Growth & OutreachPage/Article
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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 -
Small congregations are trying to do too much. They are struggling to put together a quality meaningful worship service and a Children’s Faith Development Program every Sunday. Let’s try something different.Audio Recording | By Connie Goodbread | February 15, 2009 | From LeaderLabTagged as: Membership Growth & Outreach, Multigenerational Faith Development, Small CongregationsPage/Article