A Big Fat U*U Rectal Thermometer For Taking The Temperature Of Corpse Cold Unitarian Congregations
The writer of the UU Growth Blog just shared with me that the UCC has a CHURCH VITALITY website. Remember, Big Fat U*U Growth is a consequence of health and vitality which makes this site their headquarters for supporting church growth.
One of the resources on *this* site is a Big Fat U*U Rectal ThermoMeter, a *tool* designed to help U*Us take the temperature of a Corpse-Cold Unitarian Congregation. This fits in well with our conversation from our blog of the month.
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- First TEA noted Michael Durall’s list of 10 characteristics inhibiting U*U growth from the Almost Church Revisited.
- Then I shared a list of Seven Principles essential for church health from the CU*UC website.
- Butt now we have a "less than nice" tool for checking a Corpse-Cold Unitarian congregation’s temperature!
The Emerson Avenger's Big Fat U*U Rectal ThermoMeter asks U*Us to rate to what extent the following are true for your U*U congregation as a whole.
- This congregation is always ready to try something new.
- The current morale of this congregation is high.
- This congregation is strongly focused on serving the wider community beyond the congregation.
- This congregation makes a real difference in the lives of its members and their families.
- Members of the congregation have a sense of excitement about the future.
- The members and pastor(s) share a clear vision, goals, or direction for their ministry and mission.
- Lastly TEA asks U*Us to self-evaluate their U*U congregation on a scale ranging from "Less Than Warm" to Corpse-Cold Unitarian.
Comments
The Emerson Avenger is all for a thorough probing of the U*U World with the U*U Jihad Army's inappropriately culturally appropriated Hippie Drill dreaded U*U World*wide as The U*U Drill. ;-)
I will continue on my merry way being the OU*Utrageous "bad cop" of the U*U World since the UUA and Unitarian Church of Montreal not only obstinately refuse to allow me to play a good cop role, but quite happily allow "less than excellent" U*U ministers to use insulting and defamatory language to speak scornfully and in derogation of me and other people, as well as demonizing and marginalizing me in other quite serious ways.
Hopefully you don't mind *too* much if I plagU*Urize or poke fun at some of your blog posts etc. in order to get my message across. I bear no ill will to you personally but may at times provide some "less than constructive" criticism which hopefully you and other U*Us will respond to by working to improve the Big Fast U*U Product. ;-)
When you get chances to do so please tell other U*Us that I *really* would prefer to play a good cop role, as much fun as it can be being "The Dark Knight of the U*U World" and the SU*Upreme Commander of my U*U Jihad Armed Forces. :-)
I will have a very happy holiday season and brand*spanking new New Near if the UUA and Unitarian Church of Montreal respond appropriately to the most recent "electronic communications" I have sent to them or will send to them in the coming days. Unfortunately they cannot be counted upon to do so. Au contraire they can be pretty much counted upon to repond in a manner that totally disregards the claimed principles and ideals of The U*U Movement and even outright violates them. Big Fat U*U Time will tell but I am not holding my breath. . .
I wish you and yours a happy holiday season too.
May I suggest that, since today is the Fourth Day of Chalica that you gtake the time to engage in a free and responsible search for the truth and meaning of what I am saying in this blog post and elsewhere on this blog? I know you want to be upbeat about U*Uism and present it at its best, but when "the best" that U*Us can do is "less than excellent" at best and "doing their worst" at worst, *someone* has to do something about it.
Seasons *Gratings* ;-)
The Emerson Avenger
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Since it is so (in)appropriate I will let it stand but I reserve the right to move commercial SPAM to the U*U Hole.