Stewardship Sermon Award
The Stewardship Sermon Award was established in 1984 and is given annually for the sermon judged most effective in exploring and promoting financial support of our Unitarian Universalist (UU) faith. It is sponsored jointly by the Annual Program Fund (APF), the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) and the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA).
Eligibility (2008)
The sermon must have been delivered before a Unitarian Universalist congregation between January 1, 2007, and February 10, 2008. The sermon should explore and promote financial support of Unitarian Universalism and should directly address money as it relates to affirming our Unitarian Universalist faith, vision and future.
All Unitarian Universalist professional religious leaders, as well as those studying for professional leadership (in at least their second year), are eligible to be considered for this award.
Sermons are judged through a blind process by a panel of UU professional
religious and lay leaders.
The recipient will receive a
$1,000 cash
award and will see the sermon on the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), UUMA and LREDA websites.
Submission Format
Sermon text must be received by the Annual Program Fund Office no later than Thursday, February 14, 2008 in order to be considered.
Please format the sermon using Times New Roman font, size 12, single-spaced, with one line separating each paragraph, and align all text to the left. Only the sermon title should be included at the top of the first page of the sermon. A cover page should include the sermon title, author's name, congregational affiliation, mailing address, telephone number, email address and where and when the sermon was delivered. Please omit any page headers and footers.
As much identifying
information as possible should be removed from the body of the sermon. Please substitute congregation names with "this congregation" or "our congregation" or some other un-identifying text. Likewise, do the same for state, region, town or geographical landmark names. Where possible, substitute people's names with their roles in the congregation. For instance, instead of "Susan Smith called me," write "the Chair of the Canvass Committee called me."
Entries may
be submitted electronically as a Word attachment to apf @ uua.org, or a hard copy may
be mailed to:
Annual Program Fund
c/o Melissa Ferris, APF Assistant
Unitarian
Universalist Association of Congregations
25 Beacon Street
Boston, MA
02108
Submission Terms and Conditions
By submitting your sermon for consideration, you are (a) agreeing to grant to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) and the Liberal Religious Educators Association (LREDA), a non-exclusive, three year, royalty-free license, to publish your sermon in any and all publications and websites of the UUA, UUMA and LREDA, and their affiliate organizations; (b) representing and warranting to UUA, UUMA and the LREDA that your submission is an original work of yours and to the best of your knowledge, does not copy or otherwise infringe anyone else's work. The license referred to above includes the right to edit your work for space saving considerations. Attribution will be made each time your work is published. As the copyright owner, you have the right to use the sermon as you see fit at any time.
For more information contact apf @ uua.org.
Last updated on Wednesday, January 30, 2008.
