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Agenda. Introductions, Hopes & Concerns COM Overview Umbrella Exercise Healthy Congregations Overview Assessment Overview. Committees on Ministry An Overview. Rev. Ren é e Ruchotzke Regional Leadership Development Consultant Central East Regional Group. Our congregational roots. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Agenda
•Introductions, Hopes & Concerns•COM Overview
•Umbrella Exercise•Healthy Congregations Overview
•Assessment Overview
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Committees on Ministry An Overview
Rev. Renée RuchotzkeRegional Leadership Development Consultant
Central East Regional Group
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Our congregational roots
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Our congregational roots:
•Members have a high level of commitment
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Our congregational roots:
•Members live in covenant
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Our congregational roots:
•Members consent to constantly learn together
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Our congregational roots:
•Ministry is shared by Clergy and Laity
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Our congregational roots:
•Churches support and aid one another
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Old Model:Ministerial Relations Committee
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Old Model:
Ministerial Relations Committee•Support for the Minister
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Old Model:
Ministerial Relations Committee•Support for the Minister
•Advocate for the Minister
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Old Model:
Ministerial Relations Committee•Support for the Minister
•Advocate for the Minister
•Only interest is the Ministry of the Minister
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MinisterM R C
Congregation
Ministerial Relations Committee
Possibility of
TRIANGULATIONTRIANGULATION
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Newer Model:Committee on Ministry
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Committee on Ministry•Looks at total ministry of the congregation
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Committee on Ministry•Ministry = fulfilling the mission
Mission
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“If a sailor has no destination – no clear idea of where to go – the sailboat meanders or stays adrift. The sailor needs a destination in order to adjust the sails in relation to winds. Communities are no different. Without a destination (mission), their responses are random, habitual, or meaningless. Congregations with a vision set their sails. Leaders are sailors.”
(Peter Steinke)
The Importance of Mission
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Committee on Ministry•Assessment: How are we doing?
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Committee on Ministry•Creates a culture of Adaptive Learning
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Committee on Ministry•Encourages a community of faith and love
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Committee on Ministry•Are we living our covenant?
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Committee on Ministry•Help to lead congregation through conflict
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Role of Committee on Ministrywithin the congregation
CovenantWisdom
Trus
t Mission
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Role of Committee on Ministry•Authority comes from stature
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Role of Committee on Ministry•Trustworthy
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Role of Committee on Ministry•Advisors offering wise recommendations
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Role of Committee on Ministry•Accountable to Congregation (mission and covenant)
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Role of Committee on Ministry•Reports to the Board
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Role of Committee on Ministry•Partners with the Minister
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COM Member Selection • Minister is non-voting Ex-Officio member
• Options for member selection
1. Minister nominates, Board chooses
2. Board nominates, Minister chooses
3. COM nominates, Board chooses
4. Board nominates, COM chooses
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COM Member Rotation
1/3 of the Committee should rotate off every 3rd year
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Questions?
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Which Umbrella?
Which Umbrella?
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MinisterMinisterCommittee on Committee on
MinistryMinistry
Board of TrusteesBoard of Trustees Whole CongregationWhole Congregation
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The mission of the congregation dates back to the late 1980’s.
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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A covenant of right relations was adopted at a congregational meeting a couple of years ago, but no one has looked at it since.
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There have been problems with there being no coffee available at coffee hour.
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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The minister is overwhelmed with home and hospital visits in your aging congregation.
MinisterMinister Committee Committee on Ministryon Ministry
Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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Two members are former business partners who had a falling out. They are involving other members in their conflict and it is starting to affect the life of the congregation.
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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The minister’s sermons have become a little flat.
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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A small group of members want the minister to keep a detailed timesheet of all of her activities.
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Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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The beloved church treasurer has been caught embezzling from the endowment.
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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A member of the congregation has a habit of hitting on visitors
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Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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A member of the Board of Trustees has a habit of hitting on visitors
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
Whole Whole CongregationCongregation
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Your congregation prides itself on being like a family, but members are so busy visiting with one another that newcomers are being ignored.
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Board of Board of TrusteesTrustees
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Questions?
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Healthy CongregationsA brief overview
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• Institutions tend to institutionalize the pathology, or the genius, of the founders.
What Systems Thinking Tells UsAbout Congregations
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• Emotional processes in a church can cause the system to get stuck for years and years.
What Systems Thinking Tells UsAbout Congregations
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• Patterns of behavior resist being changed
What Systems Thinking Tells UsAbout Congregations
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• No emotional system will change unless people change how they behave and function with one another.
What Systems Thinking Tells UsAbout Congregations
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• Healthy congregations are more attractive to new people who sense the feeling level in the congregation as healthy.
What Systems Thinking Tells UsAbout Congregations
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Congregational health is linked to: .
What Systems Thinking Tells UsAbout Congregations
growth in mission and spiritual depth
growth in numbers.
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Weakness hopelessness pathologyblame deficits
Healthy Congregations Focus on Strength and Mission
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Weakness hopelessness pathologyblame deficits
Strength
future creativitypotentialenergy
Healthy Congregations Focus on Strength and Mission
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Questions?
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Congregational Assessment Another brief overview
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•Looks at total ministry of the congregation
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What Do We Assess?• Worship and identity as a faith community• Location and facilities (sometimes)• Internal and outreach oriented programs• Religious education for adults, youth and children• Leadership & organizational dynamics• Member characteristics• Stewardship and giving• Attitudes and right relations• System health
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Assessment Loop
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Assessment is not Evaluation• Listening • Awareness • A culture of accepting imperfection while
striving for improvement• Involves everybody in congregation• Expect and be open to criticism• “Dig for the Diamond”
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Assessment vs Evaluation
•Guard against blaming individuals for weaknesses discovered
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Assessment vs Evaluation
•If you get unsatisfactory results, need to change the system, not lay blame
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Questions?
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Resources
• Congregational Fitness by Denise Goodman• Moving on from Church Folly Lane by Robert
Latham (p. 224)• Churchworks by Anne Odin Heller (p. 124)• Learning While Leading by Anita Farber-
Robinson• Assessing Our Leadership (p. 26) • CoMs at UU Kent, OH and West Shore UU
Church, Rocky River, OH
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Resources• Upcoming Webinars• The Challenge of Assessment, Part 1 - Clergy Assessment by Rev. Joan
Van Becelaere ~ November 11, 2010, 7:00 pm . To register....• The Challenge of Assessment, Part 2 - Congregational Assessment by Rev.
Joan Van Becelaere ~ December 2, 2010, 7:00 pm To register...• The Safe Congregations Series - Beginning in January, a six webinar series
on various aspects of safety in our congregations will be offered. • Basic Safety Policies and Tips by Beth Casebolt ~ January 6, 2011, 7:00
pm.. To register...• January 27 - Behavioral Covenants and Right Relations (also offered April
2, 2011)• February 17 - Basic Safety with Children and Youth• March 10 - Disruptive Persons Policies and Practices• Being Prepared When the Unthinkable Happens by Beth Casebolt • ~ March 31, 2011, 7:00 pm.. To register...• April 28 - Creating Healthy Sexual Boundries in Congregation• Healthy Congregations Resources
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Resources• Healthy Congregations Resources• Congregational Leadership in Anxious Times by
Peter Steinke• Healthy Congregations: A Systems Approach by
Peter Steinke• Generation to Generation: Family Process in
Church and Synagogue by Edwin Friedman• A Failure of Nerve: Leadership in the Age of the
Quick Fix by Edwin Friedman• Healthy Congregations Training March 4-6.
Rocky River, OH
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Resources• Assessment tools• UUMA website page with full list:• https://uuma.site-ym.com/?
page=assessmenttools&hhSearchTerms=assessment&#rescol_171680
• https://uuma.site-ym.com/resource/collection/9D85448E-AE71-4EB1-B5B0-8C537C052ADF/Assessment_BestPractices.pdf
• https://uuma.site-ym.com/resource/collection/9D85448E-AE71-4EB1-B5B0-8C537C052ADF/Assessment_ComprehensiveCong.pdf
• Retreat Format: https://uuma.site-ym.com/resource/collection/9D85448E-AE71-4EB1-B5B0-8C537C052ADF/Assessment_CongSelf-Assessment.pdf
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