A Daylong Workshop for Congregational Leaders

We have received notice that the Greenville, SC Fellowship is hosting a workshop by Connie Goodbread of the UUA Southern Region on Saturday, January 23, 9am to 3pm. At our senior staff meeting this morning, Mark, Lisa, Joy and I agreed that we’d love to see many of...

Introducing the New Fundraising Policy

When UUCA began giving away every Sunday collection to Share-the-Plate recipients last year, we essentially began a year-round “ask” for money from our congregants.  Nearly everyone is in favor of this community support program, but it drastically changes the “giving...

Spirit Play Needs You—Truly

As you may recall, last spring the RE Committee announced a new way to offer Spirit Play to our kindergarten-5th graders.  The Spirit Play curriculum is already an outstandingly interactive, age-appropriate, fun way to encourage faith development in our youngest UUs...

Staffing for Growth

There is an excellent presentation on YouTube by Rev. Scott Tayler, UUA Director of Congregational Life, and Mark Bernstein, Growth Consultant, CERG (Central East Regional Group of the UUA covering most of OH and WV, all of NY and parts of PA and NJ) addressing  four...