Ministerial Development
The Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) Ministerial Development Office offers career advice to ministers. The staff maintain a library of continuing education opportunities and lead workshops and events for the development of skills and insights for effective ministry. In collaboration with others, they develop processes, instruments, and models for shared ministry, conflict management, and ministerial evaluation.Career Counseling: Counsel ministers on professional development and career enrichment opportunities appropriate to the size and culture of the congregations or institutions they serve and considering the differing stages of career development and professional needs of the minister.
Career Assessment: Working with the Director of Ministry and the Ministerial Settlement Director, manage career assessment work with ministers as they move out of conflicted situations so that they can better understand their strengths and needs, seek counsel and support and move ahead in appropriate directions in their careers.
Continuing Education Resources: Gather, assess, and promulgate information about effective ministerial development programs and opportunities for ministers and ministerial teams.
- Training Programs
- Sabbaticals
- Financial Aid for Continuing Education
Evaluation: Explore, develop and encourage the use of effective systems for the evaluation of ministry in congregational and other settings.
For more information contact professionaldevelopment @ uua.org.
Last updated on Friday, April 18, 2008.
