Announcements: New Clothes for an Old Friend
Welcome to the internet home of the Unitarian Universalist Society for Community Ministries, Inc. (UUSCM or SCM). We hope you find our new design more informative, convenient, and easier to use. See this "Announcements" area on the homepage in the future for important announcements about forthcoming events and membership deadlines. To report problems with the site or to suggest new content ideas, please contact Merida Wilson.
Ralph Mero wins UUSCM Community Minister of the Year Award
Former UUA Director of Church Staff Finances, Ralph Mero, will be awarded the UUSCM Community Minister of the Year Award, in recognition of his never-ending support for the creation of sustainable Unitarian Universalist community ministries. The presentation will occur at the UUSCM Annual Meeting at the 2008 UUA General Assembly in Florida, Saturday, June 28. Please read this month's edition of Crossroads, the Newsletter of the UUSCM, for more details about Rev Mero's unique ministry.
What is the Society for Community Ministries?
The Unitarian Universalist Society for Community Ministries (UUSCM) is a Unitarian Universalist movement of lay ministers & ordained clergy committed to promoting a broad spectrum of healing and social justice ministries. We believe that only through many diverse forms of ministry can we heal the broken, create justice, and live in harmony with the spirit of life. We hold a vision of a larger ministry that sees the world as its parish.
Finding Information on this Site
The UUSCM website has been re-organized and has an updated appearance. To locate information within the site, please click on the navigation tabs above the banner or click on blue text to find all the information you're accustomed to seeing on this website.
Read this page (below) for announcements as well as for general information about the Unitarian Universalist Society for Community Ministries.
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Crossroads is the UUSCM Newsletter. To download the latest edition, click here.
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Membership The deadline for membership renewal is June 1. Pay Online via Paypal by clicking here.
Click on the Membership page to join SCM or renew your membership online using PayPal.
Check out upcoming conferences and other events in the “Coming Events” page.
Use the Networking page to find out more about our membership, including board and member listings and chapter contact information.
Use the Archive page to locate documents and images from 2005 or earlier.
Use the Resources page to discover more about the world of possibilities in Community Ministry, including legal, financial, ritual and sermon resources you can use in your own ministry, as well as employment resources and useful internet links.
Use the Lay Ministries page to perform ministry outside of the path toward ordination.
Left to Right: Former UUSCM President Jeanne Lloyd, Current President Deborah Holder, and former president Maddie Sifantus at 2007 UU General Assembly - Portland
What does the UUSCM do?
The Society for Community Ministries (SCM) is a national professional organization with local chapters that exists to support both lay and ordained community ministries. SCM has an eight member Board of Directors and three workgroups that provide support, advocacy, and education about and for community ministers and their ministries.
In addition, the SCM holds its Annual Meeting at the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly that provides opportunities for networking, support, and collegiality. The Society offers three annual community ministry awards, provides a bi-annual newsletter, membership directory, listserv and website, and mentors theological students seeking fellowship.
The leadership of the society also actively works with the UUA, the UU Minister's Association Community Ministry Focus Group and the Ministerial Fellowship Committee to address issues relevant to community ministry. Such work was the catalyst that brought into being a separate fellowship category of community ministry, sanctioned by the Ministerial Fellowship Committee for Unitarian Universalist ministers in 1991.