webinar on membership issues in congregaitons

1. Webinar
They Joined, They Love
Us, Now What?
will begin soon!

2. They
Joined, They
Love Us – Now
What?
How to keep your
newer members
active and involved!

3. Brought to you
by MidAmerica
Region
Central
MidWest, Heartland and
Prairie Star Districts

4. Welcome!
Welcome
Introductions
Technical Issues

5. This Webinar
is Being
Recorded

6. They
Joined, They
Love Us – Now
What?
How to keep your
newer members
active and involved!

7. Connections - create 6-7
strong relationships

8. 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

9. Meaningful
Contributions /
Making a
Difference

10. Sacred Dimensions at Every
Gathering, Meeting, or Event

11. Support members in living
their UU values everyday
 Why are we here?
 What difference will
we make in our
neighborhood, co
mmunity, the
world?
 How can we help
each other with
this?

12. Include education & spiritual
reflection with all SJ work

13. Reframe
committee
work, tasks into
forms of ministry.
Be creative, adopt
attitude of
experimentation, g
et input from ALL!

14. Leadership development is
constant, consistent & fun!

15. Spiritual growth central to leadership;
new leaders constantly being trained

16. Create online
networks to
reinforce and
extend faith
formation
Use social media to
connect all
members with
congregation and
each other

17. Endless variety of free online
resources to link to!
 TED talks
 YouTube videos
 Food for the Soul
 Recorded
sermons, podca
sts from UU
congregations

18. Use themes to develop
theological concepts

19. Invite trusted members to be
part of a team to create
ideas & resources to extend
learning experiences for
deeper faith development.