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The Smart Church, #20, June 2008

By Connie Goodbread

Path to Membership

Do we take the faith seriously?
Do we help people to understand the depth of the community they are thinking of joining?
Do we understand service and the importance of honesty?
Do we challenge people to their best selves?
Do we urge first ourselves and then others to become more, understanding that we are never finished?
Do we have high expectations?

Unitarian Universalists are not a chosen people…nor do we have choices made for us. We are a people who choose. – Forrest Church

What is your congregation’s path to membership? That question can stir up mixed emotions. We often have a deep fear of proselytizing and that fear leads us to avoid talking about our faith at all. This leads to a path to Continue Reading »

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June 1, 2008