For reading groups in the Society, here are some sources of reading guides direct from the publishers:
Avon http://www.harpercollins.com
Ballantine http://www.randomhouse.com
Beacon http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
DaCapo http://www.harpercollins.com
Doubleday http://www.randomhouse.com
Harcourt http://www.harcourtbrace.com
HarperCollins http://www.harpercollins.com
HarperPerennial http://www.harpercollins.com
Henry Holt http://www.henryholt.com
Houghton Mifflin http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
Hyperion http://www.twbookmark.com
Knopf http://www.randomhouse.com
Little Brown http://www.twbookmark.com
Mariner http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com
Minotaur http://www.stmartins.com
Norton http://www.wwnorton.com
Owl http://www.henryholt.com
Palgrave http://www.stmartins.com
Penguin http://www.penguinputnam.com
Picador http://www.stmartins.com
Random House http://www.randomhouse.com
Scribner http://www.simonsays.com
Signet http://www.penguinputnam.com
Simon & Schuster http://www.simonsays.com
St. Martin’s http://www.stmartins.com
Viking http://www.penguinputnam.com
Vintage http://www.randomhouse.com
Warner http://www.twbookmark.com
Unitarian Universalist congregations have many similar organizational issues to those in Ethical Societies. This very complete resource is now available online.
Includes many nuts-and-bolts ideas -- from by-law suggestions, effective meetings, programming ideas, social justice and religious education resources, congregational planning and budgeting, and financial and property issues. Some sections are specific to UU congregations, but most are either applicable to an Ethical Society, or can be easily "translated."
The Congregational Handbook
How to Develop and Sustain
Your Unitarian Universalist Congregation
The UUA Congregational Handbook - Table of Contents
An interesting list of ideas, from the UUA Growth and Extension Department, January, 2001.
Pick one or two ideas from the list and implement them to help create a warm, welcoming culture that nurtures membership growth.
Source: UUA Extension Education and Research, 101 Ideas for Membership Growth