What does our Program Council do?
What does our Program Council deliberate about?
- Manages the day-to-day affairs and operations of UUCY.
- Conducts the worship services, events, and programs that make this a Special Place.
- Applies the necessary time, talent, and treasure to achieve UUCY’s goals and justify the reason for its existence .
- Protects the resources and operations that produce positive outcomes and contribute to the mission of the church.
- The Program Council acts in the present and determines the means to achieve desired outcomes.
What does our Program Council deliberate about?
- How will our programs and initiatives flow from the energy and creativity of our members?
- What do we need to change about our current situation to achieve positive outcomes?
- Who will be responsible for initiating new programs?
- Who will be responsible for managing programs?
- How will we manage, protect, update and enhance our resources to achieve our goals?
- How do we comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable?
. As with Board meetings, visitors are welcome to attend as silent participants, unless they have made an earlier granted request to be a part of the meeting Agenda.
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| Leadership Manual Draft |
Program Council Roundtables
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Spirit and Witness
This Roundtable strives to support the overall health and well-being of the UUCY community and its members. We consider ministry as an ethic of care for which all members bear some responsibility, not just our ministerial team. Areas of support include the Committee on Ministry, the Worship Committee, the Music Committee, and the Care Committee. Who does your heart break for? This roundtable also manages our initiatives on:
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Lifespan Learning and Connection
This roundtable emphasizes lifelong learning--children, youth, and adult--and oversees planning and programming that awakens the conscience, develops moral discernment, and results in divine living and right action. The scope of its oversight includes classroom learning, worship and reflection, age-appropriate social service activities, and spiritual development. It has a particular imperative to assure that children and youth are well integrated into the life of our congregation. |
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Fiscal
Visionary growth of revenue and sensitive use of our resource of treasure toward achieving our Mission and Vision is the focus of this Roundtable. It plans for the stewardship of UUCY. Specifically, this is done through our endowment committee, our annual appeal, our fundraising efforts, and our rental program. |
Operations
The underpinnings of operations enable us to more efficiently and effectively focus on achieving our Mission and Vision. Technology, physical plant and grounds maintenance and care, security and safety, and assets inventory are all cared for in this Roundtable. |