09/06/2023 - Time to Visit Your Church Dashboard
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programmingAdvice for churches on how to ensure resources reach the people who need them.
Blogs
Blogs
06/20/2023 - Annual Meeting: We Tried New Things
By: Tiffany Vail - Annual MeetingWe tried some new things at the 4th Annual Meeting of the Southern New England Conference. And while they didn't go off without a hitch (do new things ever?) I would ...
03/29/2023 - New Events Newsletter Added to Offerings
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programmingHow to adequately get the word out about Conference programming has always been a challenge. Your Conference staff spends countless hours developing events - webinars, ...
12/14/2022 - Ten Years After Sandy Hook: God Forgive Me, Forgive Us
By: Tiffany Vail - Justice and WitnessMy son had just turned nine when the children were killed at Sandy Hook. He was only a little older than they were
03/30/2022 - Help Me to Help You
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programmingAdvice for churches on how to ensure resources reach the people who need them.
10/27/2020 - Spreading the Word About the 'Super Cool Love of God'
By: Tiffany Vail - Justice and WitnessHave you seen the United Church of Christ in the news this week? We announced on Sunday that the Southern New England Conference had abolished $26.2 million in ...
05/12/2020 - Zoombombing: It's Worse
By: Tiffany Vail - Leadership DevelopmentKing Street UCC in Danbury, CT, this weekend seemed to have done everything right. Someone still got in.
03/23/2020 - Beware of Zoombombing
By: Tiffany VailAccording to a New York Times article, there’s a new type of malicious behavior proliferating called Zoombombing. This is when people find publicly posted links to Zoom ...
03/17/2020 - Learning to Be The Church Virtually
By: Tiffany VailLet me just start by saying: I know this is hard. And frustrating. And exhausting. For the vast majority of our churches, providing worship or otherwise "being the ...
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12/22/2019 - We Need to Share the Magic
By: Tiffany Vail - ChristmasWe have got to reach out into our communities – to people who have been hurt or shunned or ignored – and spread the light to them.
08/27/2019 - And Now For Something New
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programmingHere we are at the end of August, and there is indeed a plan for something new. I thought I'd share it, and I invite your feedback.
03/06/2019 - Many Voices One Mission: There Are No Easy Answers
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programming Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One"It’s never easy to admit you don’t have the answers." —Tiffany Vail
09/19/2018 - Many Voices One Mission: The Sometimes Difficult, Always Important, Evolution of Language
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programming Many Voices, One Mission Together, As One"Language – and the evolution of language – is a fascinating thing. It can also be a ...
03/28/2018 - Many Voices, One Mission: Our Common Strength
By: Tiffany Vail - Conference programming Many Voices, One Mission"What we share in common, however, is even more important than where we differ." —Tiffany Vail
07/05/2017 - #UCCGS: We Try SO Hard. We Still Make Mistakes
By: Tiffany Vail - General SynodI don't often write blog posts about my personal experiences. In the 20 years I've been doing Conference communication work, I've put most of my energy into telling the ...
07/12/2016 - Millennials are - literally - at your doorstep
By: Tiffany VailIf yours is like most mainline Protestant churches in Southern New England, you've spent a lot of time and energy wondering how you can get those 20- and 30-somethings to...
09/16/2015 - Why all the E-mailing changes?
By: Tiffany VailIf you are a regular reader of the Emailing, and some of our regional e-newsletters, you may have noticed some formatting changes over the last several weeks. Depending ...
01/29/2014 - Do you have one of THOSE people in your church?
By: Tiffany VailMake sure the "plugged in" people in your church are always on the look out for ways that your church can serve the wider community.
11/26/2013 - Will you help build an MACUCC AV Team?
By: Tiffany VailThe Conference has made an initial investment in equipment to help us make better use of technology. What we need is the talent and the time of those in the pews who know...
09/03/2013 - Church posts poem on website, and learns an important lesson in copyright
By: Tiffany VailDo you think no big time copyright lawyers will come knocking on your door over something ...
01/23/2013 - We must learn how to communicate our churches' stories - here's a start
By: Tiffany VailResources from the recent "Who do WE say we are?" event are now availlable to help churches that are struggling to effectively communicate their church's stories.
11/28/2012 - Online antenna discussion group revived
By: Tiffany VailAn online Google group for church members who represent their churches in dealing with cell phone antenna leases has been revived
06/28/2012 - What does tweeting at Annual Meeting accomplish?
By: Tiffany Vail - Annual MeetingFor years, attendees of the Massachusetts Conference Annual Meeting have been asked to turn off their phones and other devices so as not to be disruptive. This year, they...
03/27/2012 - Why does your church do what you do?
By: Tiffany VailChurches tend to be very good at talking about what they do. They aren't nearly as effective at explaining why.
10/18/2011 - Church leaders today need to be authentic and transparent
By: Tiffany VailBy Tiffany Vail Associate for Communication In a social media world, being in a so-called position of authority is not enough. Today, people will not choose to hear your ...
03/09/2011 - Introducing the MACUCC Staff Blog
By: Tiffany VailBy Tiffany Vail Associate for Communication, Massachusetts Conference, United Church of Christ Today we are excited to launch the new Massachusetts Conference Staff ...