Stewardship

We’ve been getting a lot of calls about the current health crisis and its effect on Spring Annual Budget drives, fundraisers and capital campaigns. What should we do? People ask.  My home congregation, the Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation, is just north of Seattle, the city that’s had the worst outbreak of the virus. When this […]

A myth is a story we tell again and again, that serves to explain why something is the way it is. A paradigm is a way that we look at things.  A paradigm shift is a fundamental change in the way we look at things.  As the Poet Alberto Rios said in his poem, When

The following is an article by Rev. Lauren Smith, who gave us permission to republish this piece which first appeared in the September 2019 edition of the UUA’s Monthly Tidings. Dear Friends, I hear stories like this all the time in my current capacity as Director of Stewardship and Development for the UUA: “A few

  Stewardship for Us is frequently contacted by congregations facing major decisions about their buildings. How can their spaces help them live out their missions and visions more fully? Should they invest in major capital repair? Can they do a multi-use redesign? Or maybe sell their building and move to a new location?   This

I am excited to be part of presenting an in-person workshop this Fall on stewardship practices grounded in our UU Principles, values, religious purposes, and – dare I say it? – faith. My partners in presenting will be Elizabeth Ann Terry, Unitarian Universalist Association Congregational Giving Specialist, and Connie Goodbread, Acting Co-Lead of the Unitarian

Last month, we (Rachel and Kay) attended UUA General Assembly where we facilitated a workshop together with Jessica York, Director of Congregational Life at the UUA on Money, Power, & Meaning. We had a marvelous time in Spokane learning from other sessions and seeing many folks from the congregations with whom we work. It is