membership webinar june 12
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webinar on membership issues in congregaitonsTRANSCRIPT
WebinarThey Joined, They Love
Us, Now What? will begin soon!
They Joined, They Love Us – Now What?How to keep your newer members active and involved!
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Welcome!WelcomeIntroductionsTechnical Issues
This Webinar is Being Recorded
They Joined, They Love Us – Now What?How to keep your newer members active and involved!
Connections - create 6-7 strong relationships
Beyond New UU > Faith Formation <
Many books at UUA bookstore with free study guides
Turn participants into leaders
Use articles on the web for reading and reflection
Meaningful Contributions /
Making a Difference
Sacred Dimensions at Every Gathering, Meeting, or Event
Support members in livingtheir UU values everyday
Why are we here? What difference
will we make in our neighborhood, community, the world?
How can we help each other with this?
Include education & spiritual reflection with all SJ work
Reframe committee work, tasks into forms
of ministry.
Be creative, adopt attitude of experimentation,
get input from ALL!
Leadership development is constant, consistent & fun!
Spiritual growth central to leadership; new leaders constantly being trained
Create online networks to
reinforce and extend faith formation
Use social media to connect all members with
congregation and each other
Endless variety of free online resources to link to!TED talksYouTube videosFood for the
SoulRecorded
sermons, podcasts from UU congregations
Use themes to develop theological concepts
Invite trusted members to be part of a team to create
ideas & resources to extend learning
experiences for deeper faith development.