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Thank you to everyone who submitted suggestions and comments thru both our electronic and web based feedback forms. Your much valued input was added to the wealth of information that went into the 2011 Strategic Plan for UUAA.
Background reading- All of our programs and processes are framed by our "Ends Statements" To review our Ends Statements go to: Values and Vision / Our 2006 Sankofa Project.
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Faith in Our Future -
Strategic Planning for Our Congregation's Next 5 Years
From April through December of 2011 our congregation engaged in a democratic process of creating a Strategic Plan for our next five years. The Strategic Plan was submitted to the Board of Trustees in December. As part of the planning process, every program in our congregation developed 5 year goals that will be updated every year.
This congregation has a proud heritage of making real that which we dream to achieve. We've done bold things before and we will do bold things again! Henry David Thoreau said, "You've built your castles in the sky. Now, put your foundations under them." Dreams first. Then funding and structure. We get dreams done at First UU Ann Arbor.
Wondering what sorts of ideas were suggested? Everything from "pay the mortgage" to buy a passenger van to raise goats on our land to Chalice Circles in nursing homes have been added to the mix.
^ You may want to read the "Flashes to Our Future" that came out of our April 27th interviews with program leaders.
^ On Saturday MAY 14th a group of congregants took part in a Faith in Our Future planning event. Read about what that group had to say about our future!
In thinking about where we are heading, you may want to brush up on the Core Values that Guide our Governance. These core values are the foundation for the strategic plans we are developing.
The Strategic Planning Task Force
Co-Chairs of the task force: Terry Madden and Bruce Gibb. .Other members of the task force: Jim Breck, Bob Dinan, Kathy Friedrichs, Bob Hospadaruk, Paul Morris, Margaret Pekarek, Leigh Robertson and Sandy Simon. Board liaisons: Tom Reischl and Joan Burleigh.
Phases of the Strategic Planning Process
March Recruit and form a Strategic Planning Task Force
April Phase I: Describe the current state of the Congregation and its programs. Gather leadership input on future plans.
May Phase II: Faith in Our Future membership dialogs -- a process to create a clear five-year vision for the congregation.
June Phase III: Review the vision with the lay program leaders and ministers and have them formulate program goals, plans, and resource requirements for their areas sequenced over five years.
July Continue to collect suggestions for goals and directions.
August By August 31st a set of goals will be collected and reviewed for all program areas.
September Resolve differences and integrate cross program goals.
October 15 Presentation to the Board of the goals set by program leaders and using ideas gathered from the congregation.
October 31 Sunday Service presentation to the Congregation.
December Submit the First Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Ann Arbor Five-Year Strategic Plan that articulates:
1. A five-year vision
2. Phased priority goals and desired program outcomes
3. Resource requirements to accomplish these goals and outcomes.
- If you have questions about the strategic planning process, contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it