1.
Foreword
2.
Introduction
3.
Our Congregational vision and mission
4. Our Areas of Focus identified in the spring
of 2002
Goal: Sunday services that meet the spiritual and intellectual needs of our
Congregation and are diverse, creative and inspirational
Objectives:
1. Sunday worship services that are of uniform high quality and appeal.
2. A quality, diverse Music Program.
3. Maintain a Forum program of interest to the membership and community at large.
Goal: Promotion of UU Principles in society and within the Congregation.
Objectives:
1. Emphasis and promotion of UU Principles to all members, non-members, children and youth through Sunday services and religious education
2. Community action and outreach that will reflect UU Principles and win victories for social justice and environmental protection.
C. Membership
Goal: A continuing increase in the number of members, friends, youth and children
Objectives:
1. Growth in adult membership and CYRE registration by 15% per year.
2. A fully participating membership.
D. A Religious Education Program for all ages
Goal # 1: Provide quality, year-round religious education and childcare for UUFB children and youth (through high school age) which offers:
· A loving, welcoming and safe learning environment.
· An enriching curriculum which provides understanding of UU principles as well as other religions.
· An opportunity for intergenerational exchange amoung children and adult members/friends.
Objectives:
1. Establish energized and active participation of adults and children.
2, Ensure proper planning and administration for a growing, well-funded, and well managed CYRE program with solid leadership that follows our RE Strategic Plan.
3. Ensure a rich and deep program.
4. Provide a teen program that provides smooth transitions of Teens to adults.
5. Maintain a place to call home for our children.
Goal # 2: Provide quality adult religious education for adults in the UUFB community.
Objectives:
1. Provide creative opportunities for adults to:
Ř address the increasing moral/ethical complexity of decision making in their maturing lives;
Ř grow in connections to self, others and a larger spiritual realty;
Ř and implement UU Principles in daily life.
2. Increase the knowledge of UUFB members about the background, principles and implications of Unitarian Universalism.
3. Provide creative opportunities for adults to learn how to implement UU Principles in daily life.
5. Management strategy: finding the resources
to fulfill our goals.
A. Finances
Goal: Financial stability to accomplish UUFB program goals.
Objectives:
1. Increase Pledge income for operating expenses.
2. Plan for financing a building.
3. Expand the scope of the Financial Planning Committee.
4. Promote the Planned Giving Program.
5. Supplement income with additional sources of funding.
B.
Facilities
Goal # 1: Occupy a facility which meets our space demands and will allow for member growth.
Objectives:
1. Establish a Facilities Management and Maintenance Committee with responsibilities of managing current facilities, maintaining property inventory and periodically updating future space requirements.
2. Ensure that adequate space is rented to meet current needs.
3. Ensure that program schedules optimize space available.
Goal # 2: Own a permanent facility for “our house of creative adventure”
Option 1: Purchase a building
Objective:
1. Find a building.
Option 2. Build a building
Objectives:
1. Locate land on which to build.
2. Design a building to fir our needs
Goal # 1: A fairly compensated and adequate staff headed by the Minister.
Objectives:
1. Provide a ministerial internship approximately every other year.
2. Employ a full time Director of Religious Education.
3. Employ a half time assistant/co-minister.
4. Provide increased office staff.
5. Provide health insurance and a retirement plan for staff.
6. Provide increases staff support to the music program.
7. Provide child care for all fellowship events.
Goal # 2: A well managed volunteer program.
Objectives:
1. Increase the pool of volunteers and decrease volunteer burnout.
Goal: Governance that reflects UUFB goals, policies and procedures.
Objectives:
1. Provide governance information to the Board, committees and members.
2. Ensure that all committees are adequately staffed.
6. Appendices
C. Strategic Plan developed by UUFB Religious
Education Committees.
D.
Long Range Planning Document of the Adult RE Committee.
E. History of previous planning at UUFB
F. Charter of the Strategic Planning Committee
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