SCUU 2015 Priorities Survey Results

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New Roof on Sugarloaf House

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Weekly News From SCUU 12/18/2014

Advocate Peace!! Next Steps with Rev. Megan This Sunday! Christmas Eve Service and Cookie Reception Wednesday!!! & Thanks Julie for publishing the eflyer...

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SCUU 2015 Priorities Survey

Dear SCUU Members and Friends, please spend a few minutes taking this survey:

SCUU 2015 Priorities Survey  adapted from last Sunday's "next steps" discussion!

21 members of SCUU came together to continue the congregation-wide conversation about where our community is heading. We compiled a list of things we want to see at Sugarloaf going forward. Whether you were there or not, this is your chance to weigh in!

Weekly News From SCUU 12/11/2014

Advocate Peace!! Next Steps Survey, Circle Dinners, Racial Justice, and Cookies?? Read on!! & Thanks Julie for publishing the eflyer...

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Notes and Next steps from 12.7.14 Meeting

General ideas:

• Reach new members like in Clarksburg
• Greater UU participation in UU circles
•  Social outreach of some sort – scouts, etc – “were here and we can do this” in general
•  What happens to make our dreams feasible?  More space, more money?
• Catch 22 – need more members to keep the space, the space can’t necessarily hold more members
• “Feasibility Matters”
• Homeostasis plus: We can sustain ourselves in excess of turnover (10% per year expected in this area)

 Things we already do:  How do we enrich them? THINKING ASPIRATIONALLY

Worship

•  Full time preaching ministry (3x/mo)
•  And/or consistent, high quality worship
• Guest speakers
•  Music director
• Alternate or special services, not on Sundays
• Services at different times and different formats to meet different needs and schedules

RE

• One of our greatest assets
• RE Director
• Staff particular programs: Coming of Age, Our Whole Lives, youth group (programming for after 7^th grade)
• Find ways to make worship accessible to people who are teaching RE (podcast entire service)
• Teacher training

Property

•            Well maintained, clean (professional housekeeping), attractive property
•            Driveway – get a new estimate for different options and make decisions from there
•            Using property more often for churchy gatherings
•            Non worship service programming (coffeehouse, book clubs, movie night, etc)
•            Expanded occasional parking
•            Gardens to produce food – give food to food bank, offer community garden plots
•            Landscaping to be pretty, cutting garden
•            Memorial garden
•            Buildings are energy efficient, solar panels (could even pay for roof)

Ministry of Fun

•          Campfires (as allowed, firepit okay), barbeques
•          Saturday night functions
•          Youth social activities, lock ins
•          Movie nights
•          Circle Dinner
•          Brew our own beer
•          Off site social activities

o   Approach area restaurants for banquet rooms

o   Happy hours

o   Connect with Germantown Sportsplex or County places to do hiking, soccer, etc, 5K

Member care

•          Succession planning
•          Volunteer training
•          Make the caring we do do more visible
•          Caring committee for those who need additional support, recognize life events
•          Membership coordinator/coordination
•          System for fostering volunteerism in an effective and fun way

o   Volunteer Worksheet Suggestion

Outreach (us making the world better)

• Pick 2-3 community organizations to support with charity Sunday, social justice projects with kids/families, do other things with them to connect
• Social action in the community

Evangelism/ marketing (reaching out to get more members/money)

• Connect with other churches, community groups
• Adopt a road?
• Wear shirts at community events

What’s next?

Figure out where the energy is behind the ideas

• Volunteer planning
• Prioritization and Strategic Planning – what do we do now?  What’s in 5 years?
• Put a $$ on the items
• Create a new organizational structure that works, then prioritize, then pay?
• Including volunteerism (how can we let someone get the full picture of what the volunteer opportunity is really like?)
• Volunteer fair
• Along with pledge drive?
• What’s our mission?
• Action items: What are the committees like and what do they do?
• How to prioritize?  Prioritize these through:
• Survey on back of OOS and survey monkey to prioritize from this list (Adam and Alyssa)

·         Small incentive like $5 starbucks or amazon through our link

Attending: John Laughlin, Dolges, Julie, Jeff, Helen, Haegers, Michael Y., Colin, Anneke, Barbara, Jim, Dick, Chris, Adam S., Kathy B., Jim W., Karen, jp, Liz and Dave

Proposed New Sign Draft II

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Karen writes: I am liking this sign. The blank hanging sign can be whatever we want, as needed. Obviously we wouldn’t have one up there without a message.

Weekly News From SCUU 12/04/2014

Advocate Peace!! Rev. Megan service this Sunday, followed by Next Steps Discussion Series! & Thanks Julie for publishing the eflyer...

WOW!! the new edition of the Weekly News from SCUU digest that you will receive as an eflyer email. Tis a beautiful thing.

Link to Weekly News from SCUU 12/04/2014. 

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