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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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UU, uua
UU Women Endorse Morales
04.27.09 | Permalink | 2 CommentsThe UU Women’s Federation board has unanimously endorsed Peter Morales for president of the UUA. For a while it seemed like all the powers-that-be were lining up behind Laurel Hallman. Now it gets a little more interesting.
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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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belief-o-matic, beliefnet, fox news, UU
Whither the Belief-O-Matic?
12.05.07 | Permalink | Comments Off on Whither the Belief-O-Matic?Most every time I lead a new member workshop, I ask if anyone found out about us by taking the Belief-O-Matic quiz over at Beliefnet.com. Invariably, some folks sheepishly raise their hands. I didn’t find out about UUism from it, but it did help push me over the “I’m not really UU, am I?” edge. […]
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