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Visioning 4/13/19 at EUUC

Visioning 4/13/19 at EUUC. Rev. Tandi Rogers, facilitator About 20 SUUC participants (Catherine Crain adapted some of Tandi’s slides to summarize the meeting.). Goals for the Day. Refreshed understanding of the purpose of Shoreline UU Church.

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Visioning 4/13/19 at EUUC

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  1. Visioning4/13/19 at EUUC Rev. TandiRogers, facilitator About 20 SUUC participants (Catherine Crain adapted some of Tandi’s slides to summarize the meeting.)

  2. Goals for the Day • Refreshed understanding of the purpose of Shoreline UU Church. • Refreshed understanding of the SUUS’s mission and the religious imperatives that it implies. • Discernment of SUUS’s values. • Analysis of our assets and opportunities. • Possible goals and success measurements to go with them. • Sense of direction. • Connection with other siblings in faith.

  3. Clarifying Our Important Values • We had a big list of potential values (e.g. community, courage, fairness, justice) and each table had to choose 10 that reflected why they come to SUUC and why they stay at SUUC • We then talked about which of these values could be an antidote for the evils of the world • We tried to come to consensus in the room for the values that we agreed were the most important • We made these into a statement and came up with: COURAGEOUS, VISIONARY, COLLABORATIVE LEADERS

  4. COURAGEOUS, VISIONARY, COLLABORATIVE UU LEADERS • What does it mean to be ___ in today's world? • What do you need to be ___ in today's world? • How could the congregation support you being ___? • If our goal and purpose of was to support you being ___ in today's world, what could that look like?

  5. Questions to Get Us There • What 3 assets do we currently possess to get us there? • What 3 things do we need to learn to get there? • What 3 things, if we stopped doing them or saying “yes” to them, would get us closer to there? • What 3 people/agencies could we partner with to us there? • What hymns shall we sing while we journey there?

  6. The Day’s Big Ideas • We want to be COURAGEOUS, VISIONARY, COLLABORATIVE LEADERS • Our assets include our buildings, our people, our generosity/financial assets, and our faith • We want to leverage our assets to help heal the world, especially in these dark times • We need to learn humility, focus, and the needs of the community • There were lots of specific ideas and potential partners we might work with • We were a small group and need to get more ideas and buy-in from the larger congregation

  7. Next Steps • Present to the congregational meeting • Possibly include discussions of these ideas in fall house meetings • Ask committees and groups such as Chalice Circles and Neighborhood groups to look at these ideas and provide feedback • Have small group conversations after church during the summer to look at and comment on these ideas • The Board of Trustees or a task force will see if our current mission and vision statement is consistent with the work that comes out of these meetings • If need be, we will do a draft revision of the Mission/Vision statements to reflect these new ideas and present to the congregation at a meeting next year.

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