General Congregational Meeting on Developmental Ministry - PLEASE RSVP
On Sunday, March 5th all members of UUSM are asked to attend a congregational meeting to affirm the pursuit of a Developmental Minister to work with us for the next 3+ years.
There is a TON of information at tinyurl.com/ministerialtransition and also in the email below.
We need you on March 5th:
We want as many people as possible to actively participate and to get educated beforehand if possible. We also must have a quorum of at least 55-ish people onsite that day for the vote to proceed.
If you have questions, we need to hear them so we can understand where there is lack of clarity or even disagreement.
About Developmental Ministry (DM): DM is a type of transitional ministry that occurs between two long-term called/settled ministries over a period of 3 or more years. It’s ideal for a congregation that has specific goals it wants to work on before calling its next long-term minister.
It is called “developmental” ministry, because the work that a Developmental Minister will engage in with the congregation is developmental in nature: think (re)learning to walk before running, or (re)learning to do yoga poses with a “professional” instead of a “friend who’s done it for years”.
What we see as our work to be done: Your board of directors feels we have some congregational goals to pursue that are optimal for Developmental Ministry. Here they are in super simplistic form in no particular order:
1. Let’s get better at working and playing better together – respecting difference while recognizing our common goals of making this life of ours the best it can be (as individuals and in community);
2. Let’s reconnect with and recommit to our shared mission and vision;
3. Let’s revitalize membership and leadership and leadership development so that our UU congregation becomes a better instrument for personal and community development;
4. Let’s invest in strengthening programs that help us learn more about where we come from, get better about connecting with each other and create a culture of caring for strangers and friends alike
5. Let’s develop stronger stewardship of the programs and resources that fuel our mission and vision – that means fundraising but it’s more than that; and
6. Let’s address structural issues in our church governance that may make our congregational work harder than it needs to be.
We would surely benefit by bringing in a minister for 3 or more years to work with us specifically on these issues.
It’s like bringing in a personal trainer when you’re stuck on losing those extra pounds.
In service,
Developmental Ministry Task Force Co-Chairs Kim Miller (kmillerlaw@aol.com / 310-471-1625) and Jacki Weber (jacki.weber@gmail.com / 310-849-5835).
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