For further resources about growth and enhancing congregational vitality…

Uncommon Denomination Materials Order 100-500 blank postcards: Congregational Services has a limited supply of postcards at the low cost of $15 per 100-card pack (of a single image). You may arrange for printing of the reverse blank side from your local area printer OR print your message and contact information directly from your office printer. Use the Postcards Order Form. Uncommon Denomination Home Overview   • Hospitality & Belonging Tier 1  • Where To Begin  • Resources Tier 2  • Where To Begin  • Resources Tier 3  • Where To Begin  • Resources Marketing 101 for Congregations  • PowerPoint  (3.8 MB)  • PDF  (2.9 MB) Imagine a Religion... NEW resources NEW Web Banners! Issue Advertisements Marketing Outreach Presentation GA '06  • PowerPoint  (15.7 MB)  • PDF  (5 MB) St. Louis Media Campaign Summary Overview of UUA Marketing Outreach 1999-2005 Report on UUA Marketing Outreach 1999-2005 (prepared April 2006) Kansas City Media Campaign Reports Uncommon Denomination - Updates on Use Houston Media Campaign North Texas/Fort Worth Media Campaign Frequently Asked Questions Legal Information Further Resources Contact Us

Church Vitality & Growth:

• Alban Institute - Congregational Resource Guide on Congregational Vitality
• Read Net Results – an online magazine and website
• Help for Inviting a friend to church by email (from Net Results)Using new technology to help advertise your church can be easier said than done. This effective idea for "word-of-mouth by email" was developed by Bruce Reyes-Chow, pastor of Mission Bay Community Church.
• Percept Demographic Data is a service available through the UUA. Click for more details and information on how to order.
• Additional UUA resources on congregational vitality and growth are available through the UUA's Office for New Congregation and Growth Resources.
• Meaning of Membership, report from Commission on Appraisal
• "Spread The Word ", Determining the Effectiveness of Advertising Unitarian Universalism on Public Radio , Final Report for Unitarian Universalist Funding Program

Hospitality & Belonging:

• Conducting Guest Interviews
• Sunday Super Greeters Keep Visitors Engaged, Returning
• Talking to Guests
• Invite a Friend by Email from Netsults, Using new technology to help advertise your church can be easier said than done. This effective idea for "word-of-mouth by email" was developed by Bruce Reyes-Chow, pastor of Mission Bay Community Church.
• All Souls Unitarian Church , Tulsa OK Visitors and Newcomers Information
• Volunteer Coordination and New Member Integration:
  • Visit Jefferson Unitarian Church in Golden Colorado
• Path to Membership Class
  Jefferson Unitarian Church also has a wonderful Path to Membership class

InterConnections

• offers you all the documents needed by a Membership Committee…and more!
• Interconnections Resources for Lay Leaders of UU Congregations

From the UUA Bookstore

• Articulating Our Faith by Barbara Wells and Jaco B. ten Hove
• Churchworks by Anne Odin Heller
• Letting Go: Transforming (Transforming People for Ministry) by Roy D. Phillips
• New Member Gift Set
• A Chosen Faith (English and Spanish language editions available) by John A. Buehrens and Forrest Church
• Welcome to UUism pamphlet

In the Media

In the following article reporter Jeffrey MacDonald refers to The Uncommon Denomination as a "national" campaign by which he means that The Uncommon Denomination is available nationally, and for use by any of our congregations:

Mainstream churches take a leap of faith into TV advertising , By G. Jeffrey MacDonald | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

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