- Second Hour Ministry Online Workshop
September 14, 2010 (6:45 pm) - Second Hour Ministry Online Workshop
September 16, 2010 (6:45 pm) - Board of Trustees
September 24, 2010 (5:30 pm) - Board of Trustees
September 25, 2010 (9:00 am) - Our Whole Lives Jr/Sr High Training
October 01, 2010 (10:00 am)
Resources
Chalice Lighter Call Spring 2010
Tuesday, 04 May 2010 07:24 | Author: Peggy Boccard |
  
April, 2010 Dear Central Midwest District Chalice Lighter: We are pleased to announce the Spring Call for our Chalice Lighter Grant. The Spring call will go to support the Abraham Lincoln UU Congregation in Springfield, IL. They will hire a Membership Development Coordinator to help them better integrate their new members into the life of the congregation. The new Coordinator will also strengthen welcoming processes and work on a variety of aspects of growth. The Springfield congregation has been fortunate to have a member who has taken on a volunteer project to research their visitor statistics and develop startup systems so that the new Membership Director will be able to begin the position with a foundation in place. The Chalice Lighter committee was impressed with the comprehensive application that was submitted. The application demonstrated strong congregational support for the new position and a clear plan for sustainability. |
Stonetree Congregational Resource
Tuesday, 10 February 2009 04:32 | Author: Dawn Cooley - Director, Stonetree Congregational Resources |
 A new resource for congregations has been growing! Find a speaker for your Sunday service or event, or make a recommendation at Stonetree Congregational Resources. Any UU in the Prairie Star District, CMWD or Heartland District can create an account on www.stonetreeuu.org. Once an account is created, you can begin to make recommendations through the system. Creating an account does not list you on Stonetree, it simply gives you the capacity to make recommendations, and it saves some information that makes searching easier for you.
A UU History in the Midwest
Monday, 19 May 2008 06:25 | Author: CMwD Ministers and more |
 A History Service with Readings and Reflections
Opening CelebrationCentral Midwest District Annual AssemblyFriday, April 25, 2008
A reading from Freedom Moves West by Charles Lyttle |
Ministerial Opportunities and Development
Tuesday, 18 September 2007 12:47 | Author: Ian Evison |
MINISTERIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM A program of the Central Midwest District, the CMwD Minister’s Chapter and Meadville/Lombard Theological School The MOD Squad is a program available to Unitarian Universalist congregations that are working towards a long-range vision of adding a new position of a settled professional minister. This may either be adding a first ministry position in a congregation without fulltime settled ministry or a new additional position in a congregation that already has one or more ministers. The sponsors of this program seek partners in the work of extending Unitarian Universalism in the Midwest. Participating congregations need a vision for growth and leadership development and a willingness to invest in this vision. Through The MOD Squad, congregations without ministers or moving towards adding new ministry positions can benefit from the assistance of advanced professionals-in-training who visit anywhere from six times a year to once a month or more. Advanced students for the Unitarian Universalist ministry are able to provide professional leadership through preaching, leading workshops or adult religious education classes, and working with committees. Students and congregations are carefully matched by the program sponsors to ensure a high quality experience for all. The sponsoring institutions provide guidance to students through a once a term seminar and through individual coaching. At the end of the church year, participating congregations provide written evaluations of the student minister, and each student completes a written evaluation of the congregation. This program aims to give both congregation and student minister an opportunity to experience intentional ministry. To insure that all parties understand each other's hopes and expectations, the facilitators of the program require that each congregation and student minister engage in a covenanting workshop at the beginning of the year. For congregations in the Central Midwest District, the district will provide a facilitator for this workshop, and the congregation is expected to pay $200 to cover a portion of the facilitator's expenses. Congregations are also urged to make arrangements for housing student ministers in a motel or similar facility. Both student ministers and congregations are expected to be familiar with the Minister’s Code of Conduct of the UU Ministers Association (UUMA).
Overnight lodging
Consultants
Saturday, 25 August 2007 07:41 | Author: Michelle Richards |
 The Central Midwest District Consultants Group provides services which help support healthy congregational life in the district. The Group provides outside expertise and facilitation services that focus on strategic planning, goal setting, action planning, leadership development, communications, and conflict management. You may download our printable brochure as a PDF. (Rev. 2008) |