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The Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations (UUA) has a large library of electronic resources. The majority of these may be found through the interactive Leaders Library. The library is updated regularly – make sure to visit the main page to search the database for a comprehensive by topic. The Leaders Library has “quick lists” of resources compiled for the following leadership categories:
- Ministers
- Church Staff (Paid and Volunteer)
- Elected Leaders
- District Leaders
- Activists
- Teachers / Parents
- Youth (14-20)
- Young Adults (18-35)
Resources for Congregation and District Leaders
The following are links to collections of resources from the UUA’s Leadership Library.
- Administration
- Annual Program Fund (APF) of the UUA
- Building & Grounds
- Canvass
- Committees
- Conflict Management
- Congregational Growth
- Denominational Affairs
- Denominational Connections
- District Services
- Endowment
- Environmental Concerns
- Ethics & Safety (“Safe Congregations”)
- Families
- Fundraising
- Giving & Generosity
- Governance
- History
- Identity-Based Ministries
- International Relations
- Leadership
- Long Range Planning
- Membership
- Ministry
- Mission / Vision / Strategy / Goal Setting
- Money / Accounting / Finances
- Nourishing The Spirit
- Pastoral Care
- Planned Giving
- Print / Newsletter Resources
- Public Relations & Communication
- Religious Education / Lifespan Faith Development
- Small Group Ministry / Covenant Groups
- Social Justice
- Staffing
- Website Development
- Worship / Music
UUA Resource Directory Index
The following list is based on the UUA Resource “Directory Index” containing information from the annual Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Directory.
- Administration Staff Group
- Adult Midwest UU Singles Enrichment Camp
- Advocacy and Witness Staff Group
- Alice Schulman Simmons Scholarship for Unitarian Universalist Women
- AMUUSE Singles Camp
- Angus H. MacLean Award
- Annual Program Fund
- Associate Member Organizations
- Association of UU Administrators
- Atherton Ministerial Scholarship
- Audit Committee
- AUUA
- Award for Distinguished Service to the Cause of Unitarian Universalism
- Awards
- Awards and Scholarships
- Ballou Channing District
- Barbara Marshman and Ann Fields Memorial Scholarship
- Beacon Press
- Bennett Award for Congregational Action on Human Justice and Social Action
- Betty and Ray Goodman Ministerial Aid Fund
- Beyond Categorical Thinking Program
- Board of Review
- Board of Trustees
- Board-Appointed Committees
- Bookstore
- Brown and Kapp Award
- Buehrens Ministerial Scholarships
- Bylaws and Rules
- Bylaws of the Unitarian Universalist Association
- C*UUYAN
- Camp deBenneville Pines
- Camp LaForet
- Camp Unistar
- Canadian Congregations
- Cedar Hill Retreat Center: cedarhill.retreatcenter @ verizon.net
- Central Midwest District
- Children of Unitarian Universalist Ministers
- Chuck and Nancy Thomas Scholarship
- Church of the Larger Fellowship
- Church of the Younger Fellowship
- Church Staff Finances
- Clara Barton District
- Clarence R. Skinner Award
- Commission on Appraisal
- Commission on Social Witness
- Committee on Socially Responsible Investing
- Committees
- Communications Staff Group
- Compensation, Benefits, and Pension Committee
- Congregational Justice Making
- Congregational Properties and Loan Commission
- Congregational Services Staff Group
- Congregational Stewardship Services
- Congregations
- Congregations and Populations (PDF)
- Continental UU Young Adult Network
- Continuing Education in Religious Education
- Council of UU Camps and Conferences
- Credentialed Religious Educators: ministry @ uua.org
- CU2C2
- Curriculum and Resource Development Office
- David Eaton Scholarship
- David Pohl Scholarship
- DiSciullo Award for Young Adult/Campus Ministry
- District Map (PDF)
- District Services Staff Group
- Districts
- Diverse & Revolutionary UU Multicultural Ministries
- Donna DiSciullo Award for Young Adult/Campus Ministry
- DRUUMM
- Eaton Scholarship
- Elected Committees
- Election Campaign Practices Committee
- Elections for President, Moderator, and Financial Advisor
- Eliot and Pickett Lodging Houses
- Eliot Institute
- Ethics and Safety in Congregational Life
- Ferry Beach
- Financial Services
- Florida District
- Frederic G. Melcher Book Award
- Friends of the UUA
- Fund for a Just Society
- Fund for International Unitarian Universalism
- Fund for Unitarian Universalism
- Fund for Unitarian Universalist Social Responsibility
- Gallon Scholarship Fund
- General Assembly and Conference Services (GACS)
- General Assembly Planning Committee
- Goodman Ministerial Aid Fund
- Governance of the Unitarian Universalist Association
- Growth Services
- Gulbrandsen Ministers’ International Studies
- Haseltine Aid Fund
- Haseltine Scholarship Fund
- Heartland District
- Holdeen India Program
- Holmes-Weatherly Award
- Hopkins Ministerial Aid Fund
- Human Resources
- IARF
- IARF/U.S. Award
- ICUU
- Identity-Based Ministries Staff Group
- Independent Affiliate Organizations
- Information Technology Services Staff Group
- Ingeborg Haseltine Aid Fund
- Ingeborg Haseltine Scholarship Funds
- InterConnections
- Interfaith Spirituality Scholarship
- Internal Services Staff Group
- International Association for Religious Freedom
- International Council of Unitarians and Universalists
- International Organizations
- International Unitarian/Universalist Groups by Country
- Introducing the Unitarian Universalist Association
- Investment Committee
- Jackson Ministerial Scholars Fund
- John A. Buehrens Ministerial Scholarships
- Joseph Priestley District
- Joseph Sumner Smith Scholarship
- Journey Toward Wholeness Transformation Committee
- Kaufmann Ministerial Student Mental Health Fund Legacy Gifts
- Liberal Religious Educators’ Association
- Lifespan Faith Development Staff Group
- LREDA
- Lucille K. and Jerome P. Gallon Scholarship Fund
- MacLean Award
- Major and Special Gifts Program/Now Is the Time Campaign
- Marketing Outreach
- Marshman and Fields Memorial Scholarship
- Martha and Robert Atherton Ministerial Scholarship
- Massachusetts Bay District
- Meadville Lombard Theological School
- Melcher Book Award
- Membership Totals (PDF)
- Metro New York District
- Mexican Congregation
- Mid-South District
- Ministerial Aid Funds
- Ministerial Credentialing
- Ministerial Credentialing Scholarships
- Ministerial Development Office
- Ministerial Fellowship Committee
- Ministry and Professional Leadership Staff Group
- Mountain Desert District
- Mountain Retreat & Learning Centers, Inc.
- Murray Grove Retreat and Conference Center
- Natalie Gulbrandsen Ministers’ International Studies Scholarship Fund
- New Hampshire/Vermont District
- Nominating Committee
- Northeast District
- Northern California UU Camps and Conferences
- O. Eugene Pickett Award
- Office for Congregational Advocacy & Witness
- Office of Accessibility Concerns
- Office of Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian & Transgender Concerns
- Office of Electronic Communication
- Office of Information and Public Witness
- Office of International Resources
- Office of Racial and Ethnic Concerns
- Office of the Treasurer and Vice President of Finance
- Officers and Trustees
- Ohio-Meadville District
- Olympia Brown and Max Kapp Award
- Open UUA Implementation Committee
- Operations Services
- Otto M. Stanfield Legal Scholarship
- Overseas Congregations
- Pacific Central District
- Pacific Northwest District
- Pacific Southwest District
- Panel on Theological Education
- Periodicals Office
- Pickett Award
- Pohl Scholarship
- Pollack Scholarship
- PR (UU Public Relations) Distribution List
- Prairie Star District
- President’s Award for Volunteer Service
- Principles and Purposes
- Professional Organizations
- Publications Office
- Regional Sub-Committees on Candidacy of the Ministerial Fellowship Committee
- Related Organizations
- Religions For Peace
- Religions For Peace—USA
- Religious Education Credentialing
- Religious Education Credentialing Committee
- Rowe Camp & Conference Center
- Roy H. Pollack Scholarship
- Rules of the Unitarian Universalist Association
- Saug-for-All
- SAWUURA
- Scholarships
- Schulman Scholarship for Unitarian Universalist Women
- SCM
- Senexet House
- Services to Large Congregations
- Shelter Neck
- Sierra Ancha Wilderness UU Religious Association
- Simmons Scholarship for Unitarian Universalist Women
- Skinner Award
- Skinner House Books
- Smith Scholarship
- Social Justice Internship Program
- Society for Community Ministries
- Southeast Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute
- Southeast Unitarian Universalist Winter Institute, Inc.
- Southwestern District
- Southwestern Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute
- Sponsored Organizations
- St. Lawrence District
- Staff Groups
- Stanfield and D’Orlando Art Scholarships
- Stanfield Legal Scholarship
- Star Island
- Starr King School for the Ministry
- Statistical Summary (PDF)
- Stewardship and Development Staff Group
- Stewardship Sermon Award
- Susan M. Jackson Ministerial Scholars Fund
- SUUSI
- SWIM
- SWUUSI
- T. Ewell Hopkins Ministerial Aid Fund
- Theological Schools
- Thomas Jefferson District
- Thomas Scholarship
- Transitions
- UBarU
- Unicamp
- Unirondack
- Unitarian Universalist Mid-Atlantic Community
- Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association
- Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth
- Unitarian Universalist Musicians Network
- Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
- Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office
- Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry
- Unitarian Universalist Women’s Federation
- United States Congregations
- UU Holdeen India Program
- UU Retired Ministers and Partners Association
- UU World
- UUA Board of Trustees
- UUA Bookstore
- UUA Bylaws and Rules
- UUA Presidents and Moderators
- UUA Staff Organizational Chart (PDF)
- UUMA
- UUMAC
- UUMN
- UUPCC
- UURMaPA
- UUSC
- UU-UN Office Representatives
- UU-UNO
- UUWF
- UUWorld.org
- Veridan Fund for Religious Education Excellence Scholarship
- Vogt Scholarship
- Von Ogden Vogt Scholarship
- Washington Office for Advocacy
- Western Unitarian Universalist Life Festival
- Westwood Ministerial Aid Fund
- Wilton Peace Prize
- WUULF
- Young Adult and Campus Ministry
- Young Adult and Campus Ministry Groups
- Young Religious Unitarian Universalists
- Youth Council Adult-At-Large Members
- Youth Ministry Office
- YRUU
UUA Publications
Looking over the massive lists above I still didn’t see some of my favorite UUA resources (they’re in there somewhere). Some of the best UUA resources are our publications – so here they are as a group….
- Beacon Press
Independent Publishing Since 1854 - Skinner House Books
The Imprint of the Unitarian Universalist Association - UUA Bookstore,
- UUA Bookstore 2008 Catalog (PDF, 44 pages)
- Singing the Journey
New Hymns to Supplement Singing the Living Tradition - Synapse
From 1982 until 2007 Synapse was the publication of Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU: ages 14-20) - UU World
The Magazine of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations - uu&me!
A Magazine that Helps Kids Think About What Really Matters; from the Church of the Larger Fellowship - Drive Time Essays for UU Leaders
Audio recordings of “Wisdom for and by Unitarian Universalist Leaders” - InterConnections
Myriad Expert Solutions Devised by Our Congregations - Listening to Experience
12 Visionary Ministers Discuss Growth - The Religious Leader
News from UUA Ministry and Professional Leadership - Congregational Handbook
How to Develop a Healthy and Vital Unitarian Universalist Congregation - Monthly Mailing to Congregations
Announcements and Updates from the Staff Groups and Committees of the UUA - Pamphlets
Introducing Visitors and Prospective Members to Unitarian Universalism - Social Justice Actions, Resolutions and Statements
Unitarian Universalist Social Witness Positions - UUA Directory
Addresses and Other Data for Our Member Congregations
And the Blogs
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) is providing additional information related to the ongoing work of some staff & staff groups via blogs. Check here for updated blog directory.
- New Media for Unitarian Universalists
- Inspired Faith, Effective Action
- Standing on the Side of Love
- Beacon Broadside
- Unitarian Universalist (UU) Living Mosaic: supporting ministry to youth and young adults of color (Rev. Monica Cummings)
- GA 2009: Archived from live-blogging and event reports from General Assembly (GA) 2009 in Salt Lake City, UT
- UU World – UUs in the Media
- UU World – The Interdependent Web
- Interconnections Tipsheet: Timely Resources from the Monthly Newsletter for Leaders of UU Congregations
- General Assembly
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