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		<title>Ballou Channing 2014 Spring Conference and Annual Meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 3, 2014 First Universalist Society of Franklin, MA 262 Chestnut Street, Franklin, MA www.fust.org &#160; Register on-line at Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/bcd-spring-conference-and-annual-meeting-tickets-11184770951?aff=eorg  or call BCD Office:   508-559-6650 “A New Liberal Religious Great Awakening” Our nation has experienced several periods of religious re-awakening with increased enthusiasm and interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and church [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=203&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Six Assumptions and Realities About Planning</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Dec 2013 22:40:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Job descriptions for ministers, board presidents, religious educators, music directors, and board members are all different. But there is, or at least should be, one duties statement common to all &#8212; “think about planning.” Both lay and ordained leaders have the responsibility to help their congregation focus on where it is going and understand why having [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=191&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Needed Congregation Conversations</title>
		<link>http://bcduuablog.org/2013/11/01/needed-congregation-conversations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Nov 2013 22:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ballou Channing District]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony B. Robinson, an observer and commentator on modern church life, wrote an article titled Changing the Conversation: Nurturing a Third Way for Congregations that discussed internal conversations congregations need to have to find their way into the new dynamics of the 21st century.  His article got me thinking about the kinds of conversations our [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=186&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are You an Effective or Transformative Leader?</title>
		<link>http://bcduuablog.org/2013/10/02/are-you-an-effective-or-transformative-leader/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2013 19:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ballou Channing District]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague of mine, the Rev. Robert Latham, a church consultant who has many years experience in congregational ministry wrote an article a few months ago that I thought was a very good observation about leadership.  I got his permission to use his reflectionsss for this blog. Leaders make everything happen that&#8217;s going to happen. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=178&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>10 Tips on Being a Great Congregational President</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 15:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rev. William Zelazny]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year when I present the New Leader Orientation Workshop I will get at least one person say something like, “this is my first time as a president.  Any tips for me about what to do?”    Just by chance, a short while ago, while doing some on-line research about volunteer management I came across a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=102&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Strategic Vision for the UUA</title>
		<link>http://bcduuablog.org/2012/06/08/97/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ballou Channing District]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The attached video is a screencast of a presentation by Terasa Cooley, UUA Director of Congregational Life, describing a new strategic vision of the Unitarian Universalist Association.  This follows conversations initiated by UUA President Peter Morales&#8217; paper, Congregations and Beyond. Related Resources Vision for Unitarian Universalism: Congregations and Beyond Homepage for the “Congregations and Beyond” [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=97&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BCD in the Boston Pride Parade</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 13:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ballou Channing District]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All Souls Unitarian Universal Church in Braintree invites all Ballou Channing District congregations to march with them in the Boston Pride Parade on June 9, 2012. The contingent will march under the District banner along with a Standing on the Side of Love banner. A chartered bus to the assembly site will depart from All Souls [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=88&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Unitarian Universalist App for iPad, iPhone, iTouch</title>
		<link>http://bcduuablog.org/2012/06/08/new-unitarian-universalist-app-for-ipad-iphone-itouch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ballou Channing District]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Download and share &#8220;Illuminations,&#8221; the new Unitarian Universalist app for mobile devices developed by the Unitarian Universalist Association.  Presently available via iTunes for Apple devices including iPad, iPhone and iTouch, this app features a library of inspirational words, the seven principles, and a digital chalice with a dynamic realistic flame. Android version coming soon. Get [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=73&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Conferences for UU Religious Education</title>
		<link>http://bcduuablog.org/2012/06/07/summer-conferences/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diane Elliott]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The summer is an excellent time to renew ourselves professionally as well as spiritually.  There are two opportunities within New England that can provide professional opportunities for religious educators to meet with colleagues, glean new ideas and reinvigorate ourselves for the up coming year:  Star Island and Ferry Beach. Below please find further information about [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=140&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ghandi, Sugar and the “Needy Church”</title>
		<link>http://bcduuablog.org/2012/04/22/ghandi-sugar-and-the-needy-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 15:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Peter]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just stumbled across the classic story of Gandhi and a little boy who wanted to eat sugar.  Do you know it?  On this read it made me think of our congregations and our stewardship… Once upon a time a mother came to Gandhi with her little boy.  She told Gandhi her son ate too [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?host=bcduuablog.org&#038;blog=35891909&#038;post=12&#038;subd=bcduuablog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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