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1 How To Keep Our Children As Adults and Grow Our Faith 1

2 Copyright 2010 Rev. Christana Wille McKnight No portion of this presentation may be used without permission from the author. 2

3 The Unitarian Universalist denomination has substantially lower retention rates of individuals who have been raised in the church than comparable denominations in the United States. Our low retention negatively impacts our ability to grow as a denomination. 3

4 Over the last 50 years, the average percentage of adult UU members who were raised in the church is 12.5%. See Table I 4

5 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

6 Presbyterian - 44% UCC - 48% Episcopalian - 50% ECLA 67% See Table II 6

7 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% UU Presbyterian UCC Episcopalian Lutheran 7

8 Unitarian Universalists raised in the church lack a clear sense of religious identity and commitment. 8

9 Raised UUs struggle with the significant difference between their religious education experience and the adult church. 9

10 The denominational culture of Unitarian Universalism is currently focused around meeting the needs of people who have not been raised in the church. 10

11 Unitarian Universalist congregations frequently struggle with how to integrate raised UUs into the adult church. 11

12 What needs to change in order for raised UUs to remain in the church as adults? 12

13 Strengthen the development of religious identity and commitment through family involvement and religious education. 13

14 Educate raised UUs on how the adult church functions, and how it differs from religious education. 14

15 Change denominational culture to be more welcoming of raised UUs, including helping congregations meet the needs of raised UUs. 15

16 Change congregational culture to support integration of raised UUs in all aspects of congregational life. 16

17 How can we enact these solutions in our congregations? 17

18 By using targeted programs and education to address the needs of raised UUs. 18

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20 The Family Chalice Project Utilize existing program which has developed homebased community rituals that root UU adults and children. Family Education Develop Adult RE courses on such topics as Raising a UU Child, Living as a UU Family and What it Means to be a Unitarian Universalist. 20

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22 Spirituality and Service Utilize, with adaptations, an existing program which employs a service model and incorporates historical, spiritual and institutional Unitarian Universalist perspectives. 22

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24 Liturgical Integration Utilize Worship Web to ensure that children, youth and adults are exposed to the same thematic and liturgical experience (i.e. Water Communion). Raised UU Small Group Ministry Utilize Small Group Ministry model and/or electronic media to create raised UU identity groups within the larger church context. 24

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26 Intergenerational Integration Institute intentionally multigenerational opportunities that incorporate UU faith, values, and mission. Member Integration Educate clergy, membership professionals and lay leaders about appropriate methods of integrating and welcoming raised UUs as adult members. 26

27 The average growth in adult membership from 1998 to 2009 was 1,174 members annually, or an approximate average annual growth rate of 0.78% of our total adult membership. 27

28 Since an average of 12.5% of our adult members report having been raised UU, it can be concluded that we are gaining approximately 147 raised UUs in the denomination annually. 28

29 1,174 new members annually x 12.5% of adult population who identify as raised UU = 147 new members on average annually who identify as raised Unitarian Universalist or one of the pre-merger denominations. 29

30 Approximately 4,000 young people graduate annually from UU religious education programs. 30

31 An achievable UU retention rate of 52% - the average retention rate of comparable denominations- would result in an average growth of 2080 members per year. 31

32 Failure to attain an achievable retention rate of 52% results in a lost growth opportunity of 1,923 members per year. See Table III 32

33 3500 Growth Potential with Raised UUs Raised UU Annual Growth Overall Annual Growth Current Projected 33

34 Why should we devote our churches limited resources to retaining raised UUs? 34

35 Retention is cost effective. Raised UUs already have a significant relationship with the church. Retaining raised UUs is a moral imperative. Retaining raised UUs is a religious imperative. 35

36 Various studies have shown that it costs between 3 and 7 times as much money to hire a new employee or find a new customer than it does to retain an existing employee or customer. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that retaining raised UUs will be less expensive than recruiting and retaining new members in our congregations. 36

37 We will grow our movement primarily in our existing congregations. We must grow our movement one Sunday at a time, one relationship at a time. -UUA President Peter Morales Raised UUs are already in our congregations, and we already have relationships with them. Retaining them would produce organic growth that will strengthen the fabric of our congregations and our denomination as a whole. 37

38 Our congregations are surrounded by the spiritually hungry and religiously homeless. Growing our movement is the moral equivalent of feeding the hungry and housing the homeless. Growth is not something that is merely organizationally desirable, growth is a moral and religious imperative. -UUA President Peter Morales We must feed and house our own spiritually hungry and religiously homeless. It is our moral obligation to be part of the solution rather than contributing to the problem. 38

39 The ideal of a blessed community is one that has a place for everyone. One of the great challenges for our movement is involving our youth and young adults in ways that make them want to make a lifelong commitment to our faith. -UUA President Peter Morales Our religion cannot be the blessed community we strive for, until our youth and young adults want to, and do, make a lifelong commitment to Unitarian Universalism. 39

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