Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations presents

The 6th National Conference for Midsize Congregations

Join other UUs in fun and fascinating workshops .

Enjoy the hospitality of the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Your registration for The 6th National Conference for Midsize Congregations  with the UUA includes the conference fee, your room rate, and most meals. DO NOT register for rooms or the conference directly with the hotel.

The 6th National Conference for Midsize Congregations "Congregational Change is Personal: Meeting People Where They Are and Moving On" Conference materials are available and will be added to as materials are received from program and workshop leaders.  To find out the workshop number please click on Workshop Program-At-A-Glance . Conference Feedback Form  (in PDF format ).

Keynote Presentation: Managing Transistions

• Report by Deborah Weiner
• Learn more about the Keynote Speaker, Sarah Bridges 
• Presentation: Managing Transitions 

Worship

• Friday Morning Worship , by Victoria Safford
• Saturday Morning Worship , by Kenneth W. Collier
• Sunday Morning Worship , by Vail Weller

Conference materials NOW Available!  

• 1A Radical Hospitality: How to Attract and Retain Visitors
• 1B Staffing for Growth in the Midsize Congregation
• 1C Many Paths One Journey – Taking the Next Steps
  • Synopsis: JUUst Change Consultancy
• 1D From Large MidSize to Small Large: Breaking Through Self-Defining Barriers
• IE Deep & Soulful: Vital Youth Ministry
• 1F Transforming Congregations: Transitions in Governance and Organization
  • Bibliography
  • Vision Alignment Model for Congregations
  • Congregational Governance Styles
  • A UU Perspective on Changing Worship Styles
  • Vision Alignment Model for Congregations In Support of Transformation
  • Qualities of Transformational Congregations
• 1H Stewardship is a Personal Lifestyle, Not an Annual Church Event
  • Painless Person-to-Person Annual Budget Drive Workshop
• 2A Marketing 101 for Congregations
• 2B Goldilocks and the Three Boards
• 2C Congregational Identity and Board Effectiveness in a Multicultural World
• 2D Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara: The Congregation That Found Its Wings
  • Core Values
• 2E Effective Adult Programs in the Program-Sized Church
  • Starting or Restarting an Adult Religious Education Program: FAQ
• 2F Transforming Congregations: Transitions in Staffing Models
  • See 1F
• 2G Spiritually Vital and Alive: Creating Inspiring and Contemporary Worship
• 2H What We Can Learn From the FCT Survey
• 3A Build it – They will Come!
• 3B Life Above the Plateau: Could Your Midsize Church Be Larger?
• 3C Inspired Faith, Effective Action
  • Share these links with MSS attendee
• 3D 1st Unitarian Church of Des Moines: 505 in ’05
  • Five Year Plan
  • Passive Barriers
  • Review of Recent and Past Growth
• 3E The Consultation on Ministry to and with Youth
  • PowerPoint Presentation
• 3F Spiritually Effective Decision Making
  • When faced with change I...
  • Me, We, Thou
• 3G Transitions in Worship/Faith Development
  • See 1F
• 3H Beyond the “Any WarmBody in the Eleventh Hour” Method of Nominating
• 4A The Uncommon Denomination: The Good News about Marketing Our Faith
• 4C Our Unfinished Journey
• 4D All Souls Church, Unitarian - Breaking Through to Large Church Size
  • Notes and Reflections
  • Moving from Midsize to Large Size
  • Covenant of Right Relations
• 4E Growth by Young Adults
• 4F Practicing Wholeness: Resources for Congregational Leaders
  • Comparing Congregational Gifts and Goals
  • Mission: What and How
  • Vision: What and How
  • Covenant of Relational Practices
  • Summary of the Relational Congregational Practices
• 4G An Introduction to“Singing the Journey”
• 4H Umbrella Giving, Planned Giving and Endowments

Schedule

• Workshop Program at a Glance! 
• Conference Brochure 

What to do while you're in Phoenix

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