Another outgrowth of the RURAL-L e-mail list
is a collection of the best contributions to the list,
organized into chapters of an ever-expanding handbook:
When
a contribution has been added to this handbook,
it will be linked from one of the chapter titles below.
If
you would like to see others discuss any of these
issues,
send your vote for that chapter to the editor:
James Park, e-mail: PARKx032@TC.UMN.EDU
You may vote for as many chapters as you please.
And, of course, new possible chapters can be added at any time.
CONTENTS
IDEAS FOR RAISING FUNDS
Harvest
Sale/Barbeque
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist Church,
Seven Springs, North Carolina
WAYS TO ATTRACT VISITORS AND NEW MEMBERS
Friends
and Family Sunday
Universalist Church of Eldorado, Ohio
CREATING MEANINGFUL
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
WHEN THERE ARE ONLY A FEW CHILDREN IN THE CONGREGATION
WAYS TO GET FREE PUBLICITY IN LOCAL NEWS MEDIA
PAID ADVERTISING THAT HAS WORKED
SPECIAL EVENTS AND CELEBRATIONS
CREATING SUNDAY MORNING
SERVICES
USING ONLY LAYPEOPLE
USING NEW MEDIA TO COMMUNICATE WITH ISOLATED INDIVIDUALS
FINDING AND EMPLOYING A MINISTER
CIRCUIT-RIDER PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Sharing
a Minister with another Church
Danville Unitarian Universalist Church
Danville, Indiana
Sharing
Ministers in Eastern North Carolina
Outlaw's Bridge Universalist Church
Seven Springs, North Carolina
SERMON-OF-THE-MONTH
ADJUSTING THE CHURCH YEAR FOR SMALL CONGREGATIONS
ADJUSTING TO CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS
SHARING MEETING SPACE WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
FINDING AND FINANCING A CHURCH BUILDING
COOPERATION WITH OTHER LIBERAL RELIGIOUS GROUPS
COOPERATION WITH ALL OTHER LOCAL RELIGIOUS GROUPS
Go to Profiles of Small UU Congregations.
Go to the UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST page.
Go to the beginning of
this home page:
An Existential
Philosopher's
Museum
.