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membership, P&P, UU
How do you teach the P&P? A death match of death!
07.15.09 | Permalink | 3 CommentsChalicechick reminds us that, though the Principles & Purposes are not a creed, they are treated as one by most UUs. If she’s right about that, those of us who teach new member classes are in the difficult position of needing to teach newcomers about a creed that’s not a creed. How should we teach […]
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initiation rituals, membership, UU, uus
What congregational membership means
02.26.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI want to lay out the perspective on congregational membership that I’ve been using in my work as a membership director in a large UU congregation over the last year or so. Maybe this can add to the conversation about the meaning and scope of UU identity and the importance of initiation rituals in a […]
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membership, UU
Pretend there are no members
02.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Pretend there are no membersPretend there are no individual members of individual UU congregations. How would the movement go about being the movement?
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membership, UU, uus
Clarifications about membership
02.25.08 | Permalink | Comments Off on Clarifications about membershipFirst, I love that the discussion is still hot (as in cool, not as in angry). Please accept this post (and all others) in this spirit. I want to say more when I have more time, but I want to make some clarifications about my last post. 1. In saying that the entire movement depends […]
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congregations, cultural uus, membership, uuism, uus
Without members of congregations, UUism would die
02.19.08 | Permalink | 16 CommentsWithout members of actual congregations, Unitarian Universalism would die. Without members of national UU organizations (like C*UUYAN, to pick a timely example), Unitarian Universalism will be just fine, if somewhat more sedentary in lifestyle. Let’s lay it all out on the table.1 The movement known as Unitarian Universalism is kept alive by actual people who […]
