FUUSN Adult Faith Development Task Force, Nov. 6 (and more)

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