The UUFM Executive Board is beginning the process of establishing a Search Committee for a new minister to begin in the summer of 2020.

The Board is going to be asking every member of the congregation for their input about who should serve on the Search Committee.  So, they would like people to begin thinking about these questions:

• What are the good qualities needed for someone to serve on a Ministerial Search Committee?
• Who in the congregation works well with others?
• Who can represent and serve the whole congregation well (including looking out for the needs of children) and not just a piece or “faction” of the congregation?  Who would have no “axe to grind?”
• Who knows (or can learn) the history and culture of the congregation, whether a member of long standing or relatively new?  Who can use this history proactively instead of reactively on behalf of the congregation?
• Who has been and/or is active in the congregation and has demonstrated both responsible participation and responsible leadership?
• After a high salary, the most attractive quality a congregation can have is self-awareness–awareness of strengths and weaknesses, what the congregation is like at its best and at its worst, as well as on an average day.  Who would be able to know and relate all this to potential candidates?
• After thinking about all of these questions, who would you trust to serve on the Search Committee on behalf of the congregation?


The Board welcomes all of your questions, thoughts and suggestions on this vital matter!  Speak to any Board officer:  Rob Morrison, Jessica Sievers, Eli Martinson, Cathy Hedge, Les Loschky, Lily Colburn, or Mark Mayfield.