We’re Getting Ready…

We’re getting ready…

Yes, as the heading says, we are getting ready to:

 Create a thriving church that will attract the best possible ministry

• Secure a solid financial picture • Increase membership • Organize our infrastructure
• Strengthen clarity and transparency to make best use of leaders’ time

Develop leadership in the church that broadens participation and ownership

• Commit support to leadership development • Create teams of Worship Associates, Pastoral Associates and Justice Associates • Strengthen membership programming and outreach • Coordinate staff support of programmatic and member services • Increase support for Religious Education and Family Ministry • Expand and diversify our successful music programming

 Deepen our commitment to Social Justice and increase our presence in the surrounding community

• Deepen relationships with CCISCO and GRIP and other ethically motivated, progressive agencies to address prejudice, corruption and social blight • Pursue greater interracial, multigenerational and anti-oppression awareness • Sharpen our focus, through democratic processes, to increase our impact • Provide more and diverse opportunities for each person to make a difference

 Become the model employer that we encourage other agencies to be

• Bring all staff up to fair compensation as defined by UUA • Update and strengthen personnel policies, procedures and program to conform to labor laws and Safe Congregation standards

Protect, sustain, and green our UUCB home

• Fulfill promise of capital campaign to be a sustainable campus for UU principles and leadership in the 21st century • Work with neighbors toward partnering on mutually beneficial ends that provide new revenue streams in lieu of developing our green space • Pursue and promote clean energy strategies as a way to learn and practice sustainability