Leadership Workshops

The District offers a variety of workshops promoting leadership development.

Leadership Conferences

Leadership Conferences are weekend-long conferences, usually in the fall, offering training and networking opportunities for congregational leaders. Multiple tracks of workshops run concurrently at the same location. Congregations can bring a team (President, committee chairs, Board members), carpool and share lodging, and gather information to enhance the congregation’s life and start the year with new insights and new contacts.

Tracks usually offered include

• Presidents Track for current Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Presidents Elect.
• Treasurers Track for Treasurers, Finance Committee members, bookkeepers, anyone with an interest in tracking the congregation’s finances.
• Membership Track for Membership Chairs, Hospitality Chairs, anyone with an interest in membership and growth in UU congregations.
• Leadership Skills Track for congregation leaders (officers, board members, committee members) who have already attended a Leadership Conference track for a specific position or are interested more advanced leadership skills.

Check the Calendar or Workshops for details on current Leadership Conferences. Detailed flyers and registration information will be posted there when conferences are scheduled.

Healthy Congregations Workshop

The Healthy Congregations Workshop was designed by Rev. Dr. Peter Steinke, a nationwide church consultant who has worked with hundreds of churches of all kinds. Peter studied with Rabbi Edwin Friedman, who adapted family systems theory to congregational life.

Peter Steinke is the author of Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach and Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times: Being Calm and Courageous No Matter What, (Alban Institute, www.alban.org)

A key to any emotional system is its leadership. A basic premise of the workshop is the belief that healthy leaders and healthy congregations are nearly inseparable. The healthy functioning of leaders contributes immensely to the healthy functioning of a congregation.

The Healthy Congregation workshop is designed for teams of leaders from congregations. Participation by fewer than four people from a congregation minimizes the impact back home. Teams could include people currently in leadership positions or people who are currently being nurturing for leadership in the future.

Again, check the Calendar or Workshops for currently scheduled workshops.