Board Goals for a New Year

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CVUU Mission: Our congregation provides a nurturing community, fosters courageous spiritual growth, and inspires compassionate action.

The CVUU Board of Directors will focus on meeting the elements of our Mission Statement through the following goals and actions during 2021:


“provide a nurturing community”

  • Create mailings of information pertinent to the Congregation, such as copies of sermons, to ensure those who are not connected electronically or virtually remain engaged.
  • Continue Board Bits; tell congregation about the Board’s actions and what the Committees are doing
  • Meet our financial commitments
  • Recruit new talent and leadership; contact CVUU members and invite them to participate in CVUU committees and activities
  • Identify opportunities to create new small group ministry; increase the number of Covenant Circles and invite everyone to one
  • Solidify CVUU’s organizational structure, while allowing flexibility for growth potential
  • Examine and revise the Policy and Procedure Manual (PPM)
  • Enhance effective internal and external communications
  • Board Liaisons work with and support their committees in engaging the congregation 

“foster courageous spiritual growth”

  • Look for opportunities to strengthen personal and congregational growth
  • Provide opportunities for training (lectures, leadership training)
  • Provide opportunities for spiritual practice
  • Provide congregational workshops around spiritual understanding and growth
  • Provide spiritual teaching and opportunities for children and youth
  • Engage with individuals on their personal spiritual journey
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“inspire compassionate action”

  • Get through COVID-19 circumstances “to the other side” without wearing out or exhausting volunteer resources
  • Provide support for Reverend Viola
  • Complete the Ministerial selection process, and complete the Calling vote
  • Identify new ways to support and encourage congregants to do the work of the Congregation
  • Revisit the Organizational chart to see if there are committees that may be consolidated
  • Delineate the Organization into Program Council and Building Council functions
  • Use the PPM process to evaluate committees, provide guidance on the Board’s
  • expectations/their charge

We look forward to working with the congregation to achieve these goals through our actions together.

Anne Odell, President; Steve Ciganek, Vice President; Ken Saucer, Secretary; Mark Pryor, Treasurer; Eric Sullivan, Financial Secretary; Ellie Fetterly, Director; Martha Shore, Director; Suzanne Miles, Director; Sunny Phillips, Director; Tracy Navarra-Davis, Director and Rick Docksai, Director