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MultiSite Ministries: opening imaginations for all of us
One of the many things I like about our Unitarian Universalist models of MultiSite Ministries is that it opens my imagination of what possible in any congregation. MultiSite Ministries is simply...
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The Proof is in the Making of the Pudding
The MLUC Mission Task Force with their Proposed Mission Statement Very often, when a congregation takes on the task of creating a new mission, it is the process more than the product that is most...
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Your Website is Your Front Door
When I was a minister in a vibrant, busy congregation there was always something more caring and time-sensitive to do than sit down and write for the congregation’s website. Because the website had no...
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Multi-Site Ministries: Community Dinners
I love to cook. For me, it’s an art form, a means of sharing my caring with others, and a meaningful spiritual discipline. My idea of a perfect vacation is traveling the BBQ competition circuit and my...
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Theme Based Ministry
Thanks to a fruitful collaboration between Congregational Life staff and the Faith Development Office, a series of web pages about THEME BASED MINISTRY are now online at uua.org....
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Who’s Got the Power?
Church consultant Thom S. Rainer recently published two articles about church bullies. While I appreciated Rainer’s advice about this kind of misbehavior, I struggled with the word “bully.” Such a...
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Military Ministry: Serving Wholeness in Congregations and Beyond
I’m writing to you in my role as Endorser of Military and VA Chaplains, to encourage you to take the opportunity of Memorial Day this year to do more than light a candle or lay a wreath in memory of...
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Does Your Congregation have Good Data Hygiene?
I used to think it was primarily the problem of smaller congregations with no professional staff support. The challenge I’m talking about is folks who have their UUA Directory information way out of...
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Multi-site Pioneers
The idea of congregations coming together to gain strength, support and resources from one another is not a new concept. Witness the experience of the Sheshequin congregation and its congregational...
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Announcing (new and improved!) UUA Support for Emerging Ministries
There are so many ways to be a Unitarian Universalist religious community today! And these diverse communities provide more possibilities than ever to live our faith in the world. Emerging Ministries...
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Covenanting Communities
Lucy Stone welcome table, a Covenanting Community During the last year, the UUA Board of Trustees and UUA staff have been up to something pretty cool. Though historically the only way to become an...
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#Sustainministry in St. Louis
Last week I had attended a summit on the Economic Sustainability of Ministry, and my thoughts are still swirling from the conversation. I was one of three panelists laying out the possibilities and...
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UUA/Regional Staff Dedicated to Emerging Ministries
Have you caught the Emerging Ministries buzz? Did you pass on the links to the most recent blog posts on to your congregational leadership teammates? You know the posts — the announcement Emerging...
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Faithify Tips a Quarter Million
The following is an interview with the FAITHIFY entrepreneurs Rev. Sue Phillips and Hilary Allen. Over $250,000 has been pledged on faithify.org! Congratulations, thank you, and did you see that...
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Emerging Ministries Lab at General Assembly
Imagine walking into a room of experts of various kinds — fundraisers, generosity, membership, faith formation, staff finance, church planting, multi-site, and more, and you have access to them for a...
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What I Learned About Worship by Watching the Food Network: the art of worship...
Professional chefs and bakers adhere to a strict commandment: mise en place. (If you want to sound especially authentic, it’s pronounced “meese on ploss.”) Mise en place, which means “putting in...
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Skinner House Update
Life never stops sending new spiritual challenges our way. How do we, as individuals and communities, find the path forward on crossing cultural borders, grappling with grief and loss, navigating...
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Improving your User Experience (UX), online and in person (Part 1)
In the spring, I blogged here about our websites being our front doors. Our websites, our social media presence, and our events that involve the broad community are all important entry-points for...
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Improving your User Experience (UX), online and in person (Part 2)
UU faces taken during registration and other times, Photo credit © Nancy Pierce/UUA In part 1 I began to explore how the principles of User Experience (UX) Design can improve people’s experience of our...
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Join our “cause,” not our “club”
We know that religion is changing in America, but in those changes there’s a hidden trend. Did you know that what attracts people to a congregation or religious community and what keeps them there are...
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