[Fuusm-l] Congregational Leadership

[George Banziger]

FUUSM Members and Friends:
   I have presented the following idea about congregational leadership
orally to some individuals and received a favorable response--so I am
presenting it in writing in anticipation of our Annual Meeting.

    In her report a few weeks ago about the Board discussion concerning a
FUUSM minister, Robin  Bozian mentioned four primary tasks of the minister:
     -Worship Services
     -Caring/Outreach
     -Administration
     -Face of the congregation.

   I propose that we use the funds allocated in our budget for the
half-time minister to augment the budgets of the first three entities of
this task list. We should also increase the membership of the Worship &
Music Committee and of the Caring Committee and ask these committees, if
they are willing, to share the tasks that had been done previously by the
committee chair.  They may opt to designate a person as the primary lead
for their function. If there is an agreed-upon committee chair, we should
consider a part-time wage for the leader of these committees, using funds
allocated to the half-time minister in the FY 2026 budget.
    In the case of the "administration" tasks, we can increase the hours
(and wage rate) of our extremely competent administrative assistant, if she
is willing.
    In the case of the "face of the congregation," we can ask the Board to
designate someone for this purpose on an annual, quarterly, or some other
basis.

    This idea obviously needs a lot more discussion, but I wanted to get
the ball rolling before the Annual Meeting.

   We owe a huge debt of gratitude for the people who have thus far managed
the tasks of these two important committees and to our administrative
assistant for the dedication and creativity she has shown in her work.
Martha McGovern (Worship & Music) and Cathy Rees (Caring) have carried out
the respective tasks of their committees with dedication, creativity, and
assiduous attention to detail. I would like to nominate those two, along
with Dawn Hewitt, for Unitarian sainthood! 😄

    Maybe the Board has a person in mind for a half-time position.If they
don't, I think it would be very difficult to find someone to assume such a
position by July1, 2025.


George  Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)
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