June 2025: Words to Lead By |
Please note - there will be no July newsletters. |
A note for your New England Region... |
You've got mail! Check your mailboxes this summer as a new edition to the New England Region poster will be on its way soon. We noticed that some of you still have the old one up, and are excited to revamp this project. Send us pictures of the poster hanging in your congregation!
Please know that whether you take a break over the summer, continue to meet, or are a summer only congregation -- NER is here for you all summer long. Drop us a line, anytime! |
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Catch up on what happened at GA! |
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- Our Association gathered last week in Baltimore for General Assembly 2025. Read more from UUWorld. Some highlights:
- Delegates selected "Abolition as Faith Formation" as the next Congregational Study/Action Issue.
- Rev. Kimberly Quinn Johnson and Bill Young were elected as UUA Co-Moderators. Bill is a member of our UU Meeting of South Berkshire in Housatonic, MA -- congratulations, Bill!
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Building Insurance Update |
Hugh Dennis ( hdennis@uua.org), our new Deputy Director of Church Staff Finances, is an insurance expert. He has jumped right into helping find solutions for congregations facing building and casualty insurance challenges. Please email him directly and copy your New England primary contact. You can read more on the June 2025 Compensation & Staffing News from Church Staff Finances. Sign up to receive this newsletter monthly! |
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Social Change Now by Deepa Iyer is the our next Common Read and is a natural fit with Unitarian Universalism, our shared values, and our missional commitment to social justice. With love at the center, Iyer’s model is grounded in interconnectedness: We need one another, not only to survive, not only to thrive, but to effect the social transformations we seek in the name of justice and love.
This UU Common Read invites our people to connect with Iyer's framework as a tool for faith development. It invites us into deeper, more rewarding experiences and greater effectiveness as agents of transformative change individually, in our communities, and in the world beyond -- as a faith practice.
Read more from the Lifespan Faith Engagement Office on the UUA website. |
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Create a Living Our Vision Fund! |
Explore this creative approach for financial resilience! Learn how to create a new kind of long-term fund, a Living Our Vision Fund, for strategic initiatives and financial resilience. It’s different from reserves or a traditional endowment and funded separately from your annual programs. This Stewardship for Us session, available on LeaderLab, focuses on practical tools to create your fund and help your congregation thrive.
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IRS Rules for Non-Profits |
Curious about what the rules are for 501(C)3 organizations? Need some clarification about what your congregation can (or cannot) do? Please consult this resource from UU the Vote: Prophetic Not Partisan. |
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Learn to Facilitate a Grief Group |
The UU Mental Health Network is seeking compassionate, reliable, adult volunteers to serve as Internet Grief Group Facilitators. Training consists of live, online sessions held once a week over the course of 12 weeks. Dates have not been selected yet, but the training will likely commence in September.
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Unitarian Universalist Association, New England Region
24 Farnsworth Street
Boston, MA
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