Link below to these helpful publications:
Four latest additions (Feb. 2026):
**UUMA Guidelines and Code of Conduct items that apply
to the relationship between a congregation’s minister and ministers wishing to participate in that congregation
**Categories of Congregational Activities
A chart to assist in the collegial covenanting process
**Covenant-Making for Busy Ministers
**Letter of Understanding Between Parish and Retired Ministers
An example
Previously posted materials worth consulting (see descriptions below this list):
(2021) The Former Minister’s Partner, the Former Minister,and the Current Minister: Recommendations for Navigating in Unfamiliar Territory
(2013) UURMaPA Retirement Guide
(2012) Report of Joint Task Force on Retired Ministers: Recommendations and Resources for Best Practices in Right Relations among Settled, Interim, and Retired Ministers and their Families
BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS:
The Former Minister’s Partner, the Former Minister,and the Current Minister: Recommendations for Navigating in Unfamiliar Territory
This valuable resource was researched and written by Barbara Child, who accepted a charge by the boards of UURMaPA and UUMA to study the needs, interests, and issues of people in these three often intersecting roles.
The goal of the study was to see what might help them navigate for the good of all and ultimately for the well-being of the congregation and its ministry.
Barbara is grateful to Jaco ten Hove for joining her as editor on the expedition of turning a mountain of data – mainly interview notes and completed questionnaires – into a readable, functional “GPS” for navigating not roads but roles.
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The UURMaPA Retirement Guide offers wisdom from the experience of dozens of our members in their retirement. It may well be useful to ministers and partners contemplating retirement as well as those who have already retired. You may download a copy (in pdf format) by clicking on the image to the left.
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Report of Joint Task Force on Retired Ministers:
Recommendations and Resources for Best Practices in Right Relations among Settled, Interim, and Retired Ministers and their Families is the report of a joint task force representing UURMaPA, the UUMA, the UU Interim Ministers Guild, and the UUA. The task force was convened in the fall of 2011 and was charged to gather, consider and report on best practices for improving the relationships between settled ministers and retired ministers. Their 2012 report can be downloaded (in pdf format) by clicking on the image to the left.