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.
Congregations as Employers
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.
The Ministerial Start-Up
Why Start-Ups Are Useful for Your Congregation
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.
The Installation
Ordination and Installation HandbookFor Unitarian Universalist Clergy & Congregations
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.