Mission:
Rev. Erin Splaine and DRE Rowan Van Ness convened our task force and charged us to:
- Explore the diverse ways that FUUSN helps congregants develop all that is spiritual, meaningful, sacred, and religious;
- Examine ways that FUUSN can, outside of weekly services, improve on its mission to develop all that is spiritual, meaningful, sacred, and religious;
- Examine ways that FUUSN can connect more deeply to the enriching UUA denominational programming and curriculum offered through the “Adult Faith Development” initiatives;
- Examine ways that FUUSN can learn from and possibly partner with other UU congregations in this mission.
Activities:
Our Task Force work divides into two stages:
(1) gathering information (September through February) and
(2) reporting to the professional staff and to the Board of Trustees (March).
Our Stage 1 work includes four overlapping streams of activity, each led by one of our task force members:
- Online- and Paper- Survey of the Congregation, forthcoming (Devon Welles, Task Force Chair)
- Discussion/Focus Groups, in progress (Jenny Lerner)
- Individual interviews with members of the FUUSN community, in progress (Peggy Ellertsen)
- Interviews with Other Congregations and UUA Leaders, in progress (Andrew Morse)
Participate:
Please look for announcements about upcoming activities and contact one or more of us to participate in any of these streams.
Next discussion/focus group will take place Sunday, November 6, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m., in the Alliance Room. Coffee, juice, bagels, and home-baked breakfast treats will be served. Please arrive early or on time. In order to facilitate discussion, doors to the discussion will be closed at 9:15 AM. Please RSVP by November 4 to adultfaith@fusn.org
Helpful links and contacts:
Task Force Email (Devon Welles): Adultfaith@fusn.org
Sign up soon to request an interview (time constrained): Peggy Ellertsen (pellertsen@aol.com)h