Friends, here is the message I shared during our Thursday morning worship at the Feb. 1-3, 2012 Unitarian Universalist Association Congregations and Beyond consultation convened by UUA President Peter Morales. I call it "Messages from Beyond" as it shares what people who are not affiliated with congregations have told me via social media (jump to … Continue reading Messages from Beyond
The new UUs and Allies Nationwide Community Radio Network is forming now. Can you imagine UU community radio stations across the U.S. sharing the good news of our religion along with great local programming? Can you see us partnering with other like-minded groups in our towns to create a resource that strengthens our outreach and … Continue reading How about broadcasting our UU messages on the public airwaves?
The Rev. Peter Morales has issued a white paper detailing what he sees as "a historic opportunity for our faith." Released by the UUA on January 19, 2012, you may read the paper on uua.org or download as PDF below. I very much look forward to the conversations "Congregations and Beyond" will stimulate. Download it, … Continue reading “Congregations and Beyond” vision from UUA President Morales
A new UU publication, the RADICAL SPIRIT, is about to launch. To hold you over the publishers have produced the following video spoof entitled "Sh*t Seminarians Say." Note there are a number of videos circulating online with similar titles. High marks for jumping on that meme before its old news. Radical indeed! Get THE RADICAL … Continue reading Radical Spirit and “Sh*t Seminarians Say”
This video by the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis does a great job of sharing what small groups in our congregations can be like. Thanks to First Universalist for producing this, great to have video testimonials! Interested in small groups for your congregation? Check out the website of the UU Small Group Ministry Network. … Continue reading What is Small Group Ministry all about?
Social Media for Ministry and Outreach with Peter Bowden Saturday, February 25, 2012 * 9AM - 3PM At the UU Church of Silver Spring (Website | Google Map) 10309 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20903 Register Online Now Download & Share Event Flier (PDF) Social media is fundamentally changing how people form relationships, consume … Continue reading Social Media for Ministry and Outreach 2/25, Metro DC Area
Friends, I just received the following message from a user of my site UnitarianUniversalism.TV inquiring about a the development of a ROKU channel for distributing Unitarian Universalist video content via streaming video. "Hey guys. I wonder if there's any news about UUTV potentially creating a channel on the Roku box to stream its way into … Continue reading Thoughts on a UU Roku Channel?
After Tweeting @uuplanet for the last few years I've just changed Twitter usernames to @uugrowth. This is to bring my UU Growth related tweeting in line with this site's address, uugrowth.com, associated Facebook page at Facebook.com/uugrowth, and all my other UU Growthines into alignment. Questions about that? Send me a Twitter direct message via @uugrowth. https://twitter.com/#!/uugrowth/status/149182952503386112
We have two upcoming Tweetchat's scheduled on the topic of creating a "Culture of Yes!" -- one this Thursday, the other the first Thursday of the new year. This subject follows our last #UURiskFaithers Tweetchat on Supporting emerging & entrepreneurial Unitarian Universalist ministries. Tweetchat Times For these conversations we’ll be chatting using the #uuriskfaithers tag. … Continue reading Creating a “Culture of Yes” Tweetchats 12/22 and 1/5
My colleague the Rev. Nate Walker has just announced his book “Whose God Rules?: Is the United States a Secular Nation or a Theolegal Democracy?” co-edited with Edwin J. Greenlee is being released Dec. 20th and is ready to pre-order. This scholarly volume includes a foreward by Tony Blair. Contributors include Alan Dershowtiz, Martha Nussbaum, … Continue reading Rev. Nate Walker — “Whose God Rules?”
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