This is just a notice to check out a new page on our website labeled Equity. It is an update on the work we have been doing to be more antiracist; in the way we work together, with our client congregations, and in our offerings and communications. Along with other Unitarian Universalist congregations, we have […]
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A Guest Post by Connie Goodbread, Acting Director I will never be the same. These past two years and quite frankly, the four years before that, changed me. It seems to me that the whole world has been changed. We are seeing changes in our congregations. Worship has changed. Ministry has changed. The way we
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We are hearing from you that recruiting stewardship leaders is a real challenge. Here are some tips! Although some people have extra responsibilities or are worn out from their daily lives, others are impatient to engage again and are looking for new or different things to do. If you are doubtful that you will find
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Q: When is a good time to think about Planned Giving for your congregation? A: All year long – yes, that was a trick question. Some congregations do not have an active Long Term Stewardship program, so let’s hope this set of words help spur some interest, since a good time to get started or
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Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are past and many congregations are working on their Spring pledge drives in earnest, this might be a good time to define some words associated with stewardship. Here is a short list of vocabulary, with some comments about each one – this is not your mother’s dictionary! Stewardship
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The UUA General Assembly Workshops are now openly available! Our team presented in three of the workshops. You’ll find them in the links below. UUA General Assembly 2021 Workshop: Sustaining the Multi-Platform Church UUA General Assembly Workshop: Courage to Dream Big, Ask Big UUA General Assembly Workshop: Spiritual Practices to Support Generous People and Communities
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Having the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in digital format is not as rich as it is when we can call meet in person. Still, it has allowed a lot more people to participate and benefit than was possible, even with the virtual elements, before 2020. This year, folks from the Stewardship For Us team and
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NOTE: Please join us this Friday, May 21 at 10 am Pacific (11 am Mountain, Noon Central, 1 pm Eastern) for an Open Forum Zoom on the topic of planned giving programs. An invitation will be sent to everyone on our email list on Thursday – with the connecting link. If you haven’t already, you
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Many congregations send a single letter to all congregants for a year end effort. This year consider doing more – and you will get a different response! It can be as simple and easy as fits your capacity. Just be aware that if it is easy for you to do (efficient) it may be easy
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An Open Forum Follow Up Thank you to the 36 folks who joined us last Friday for the Open Forum on Capital Campaigns in the healthy distance world. There were some great questions and suggestions captured in the chat that the participants downloaded themselves during the Zoom. We also promised that we would post the
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