Plan a Good Beginning Welcoming Your New Minister

The offer has been extended and accepted, the ministerial agreement has been tweaked and signed, now what?

Being a Good Employer

The UUA offers a plethora of resources and caring support to help you be a good and faithful employer.

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Congregations as Employers

From LeaderLab
<p>Support your staff with the resources, development, and support they need in order to serve you well and to advance your congregation’s mission and vision. </p>

Congregations As Employers

The Ministerial Start-Up

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Why Start-Ups Are Useful for Your Congregation

By Central East Region of the UUA

From Central East Region
<p>Ministerial start ups are typically offered in the first year of a new minister’s ministry or for the start of a new staff member like DREs. The workshop may involve an array of lay leaders & congregants, including past & present members of the Board, Committee on Ministry, search committee, others.</p>

Start Ups

The Installation

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Ordination and Installation HandbookFor Unitarian Universalist Clergy & Congregations

By Erika Hewitt

An installation service formally celebrates the covenantal relationship between a minister and the congregation that has called the minister. Often, though not always, an Installation service occurs within the first year of a settlement between a minister and a congregation to which they are called.

Ordination and Installation Handbook (PDF)