Excerpts from conversations between ministers of a dozen congregations that experienced significant growth in the early 2000s.

It's time to decide what kind of world we want to live in and it’s time to decide what we are willing to do to get it.

Be strategic about your communications via email, including what to share and how often.

Tips, tools, and spiritual grounding for each stage of congregational life, from emerging, to membership, to thriving, to renewal, or to decline and possibly dissolution.

Make joining more accessible and inclusive by allowing potential new members to find their own way to membership.

At this time of year – a cold bite to the air, long dark nights – I feel a deep, almost primal impulse to huddle around a hearth-fire, spending time with people dear to me.

Your directory or online membership database is a powerful connection tool for your members and friends. But it also has the potential to be misused or abused.

While the requirements for membership are in your bylaws, you also need policies ithat define participation, financial support, etc.

Are you looking for a UU Community that you can join for a short time? An immersive weekend or week-long experience? We have two such opportunities coming your way this year....

Winter Institute (WI) is a long held tradition of gathering over President’s Day week-end for a mid-winter retreat at Salt Fork State Park in Cambridge, Ohio.