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GA Video Blog: Serving at-risk youth with Rev. Don

During the 2011 General Assembly conference of the Unitarian Universalist Association I conducted a video blogging experiment in partnership with the UU World Magazine.  If you watch and share these videos, please share feedback with me.  Are these interesting, helpful, relevant? I want to know! This is video #6 in the series. Video description from … Continue reading GA Video Blog: Serving at-risk youth with Rev. Don

GA Video Blog: The Fellowship of Fools!

During the 2011 General Assembly conference of the Unitarian Universalist Association I conducted a video blogging experiment in partnership with the UU World Magazine.  If you watch and share these videos, please share feedback with me.  Are these interesting, helpful, relevant? I want to know! This is video #5 in the series. Video description from … Continue reading GA Video Blog: The Fellowship of Fools!

GA Video Blog: What’s with all the ribbons?

During the 2011 General Assembly conference of the Unitarian Universalist Association I conducted a video blogging experiment in partnership with the UU World Magazine.  If you watch and share these videos, please share feedback with me.  Are these interesting, helpful, relevant? I want to know! This is video #4 in the series. Video description from … Continue reading GA Video Blog: What’s with all the ribbons?

Childrens Photo Release Forms

Photo courtesy UU Stock Photo / sparker8898 Photo release come up constantly these days.   Nothing helps improve a congregation's website like images from congregational life, and that means photos of adults, youth, young adults and yes, children!  It is essential that you get consent from your families before using images of children in your … Continue reading Childrens Photo Release Forms

GUEST POST: Why even bother with Young Adult Ministry?

The following is a guest post by Tim Atkins. Tim is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta, is 28, and has been a UU for the past five years.  He is a proud and active member of the 20/30s group at the Unitarian Univeralist Congregation of Atlanta, in addition to having served … Continue reading GUEST POST: Why even bother with Young Adult Ministry?

The Cost of Losing Our Childen – guest post by Rev. Christana Wille McKnight

The following is a guest post on the the cost of losing our children as adults by the Rev. Christana Wille McKnight.  Christana serves primarily as a chaplain, but also consults, guest preaches and teaches around issues of pastoral care, community ministry, and retention in our denomination. Christana will be presenting "How to Grow Unitarian … Continue reading The Cost of Losing Our Childen – guest post by Rev. Christana Wille McKnight

Retaining Born UUs Through Lifespan Group-Based Ministry Model

This post was originally published on the UU Small Group Ministry Network website.  I launched the UU Small Group Ministry Network as a resource website in 2001 and later re-launched it with others in 2004 as an organization .  While we had UUA Affiliate Organizations, it was an affiliate. Today it is a thriving volunteer … Continue reading Retaining Born UUs Through Lifespan Group-Based Ministry Model