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?”
I just watched the following videos by Gamification expert, author and speaker, Gabe Zichermann. If you, as a congregational leader, want to understanding the coming generations, watch one of the following presentations. At present we are, as Zichermann says, more disconnected from our youth than any other generation. That's right, the technological cultural differences between … Continue reading “Gamification” of Church
Join us for the following Tweetchat scheduled for December 8th. I'll be joining the conversation. Hope you will too. New to Twitter and Tweetchats? A "Tweetchat" allows you to pull together all tweets (Twitter messages) marked with the same hashtag (#something) forming a conversation. The website Tweetchat.com, and other tools, can easily pull together every … Continue reading Tweetchat: Supporting Emerging and Entrepreneurial #UU Ministries
Friends, you've heard of them. They've recently been captured on video (below). Now the burning question, ahem, is can they come to your congregation, district, region, camp, conference and/or General Assembly... YES!!! I've confirmed via a trusted source that Chalice Man and The Flame Dame are ready and willing to appear at your UU event. … Continue reading Now Booking: Chalice Man and The Flame Dame!
In this video series from the Unitarian Universalist Association, religious professionals reflect on Unitarian Universalist ministry in all its forms. Each video ranges from 2 to 4 minutes. According to the Rev. Harlan Limpert, UUA Vice President for Ministries and Congregational Support Administration, the last videos in the series will be released over the next two … Continue reading Reflections on Ministry UUA Video Series
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