It caught on, and now it goes to about 70 households, reaching 100 members. The website has a public sector and a members-only area that requires a password. In the members' sector, there's the church newsletter and also a membership directory, where members can create or change their own entries and look up other members.
Members also have two private bulletin boards, one for gardening and one for other topics.
An estimated half of all UU congregations have websites and 10 to 20 percent have congregational e-mail. These new tools have made some aspects of keeping in touch easier, but they also require work to keep them user-friendly. Websites and e-mail lists must be kept updated and tidied up. She finds the list especially valuable in times of crisis. When a member died on a Tuesday, she was able to send a group e-mail the next day to most members about the Friday memorial service.