Contract to Call: Discerning our Future Ministry

The Contract to Call Task Force has been charged with discerning the community’s perspectives on our future with Rev. Kristina.

The Task Force is meeting regularly to plan opportunities for you to provide feedback and discernment regarding the following question: “Do we move forward and ‘call’ her to be our settled minister or do we explore other options?”

The Task Force is planning numerous opportunities for the UUCK community to provide input and to address that question. 

Your Opportunity

As the UUCK moves toward making this important decision, we on the Task Force encourage you to sign up to participate in guided small group discussions that will occur in the next few weeks. Your input is vital! It’s all about you!

When you participate in one of our small group discussions, here is what you can expect:

  • A Task Force member will facilitate a 45 minute discussion among 6-8 folks, asking questions and listening.
  • A second Task Force member will take notes.
  • Although the Task Force will record the names of participants, your privacy and the confidentiality of your remarks will be respected and protected.

Separately, the Task Force is meeting with Rev. Kristina to discern her perspectives on the community and its ministry in order to enable the task force to address the question of “goodness of fit” between Rev. Kristina and the UUCK community.  In addition, the Task Force is conducting private interviews with staff members.

Following the completion of all discussions and interviews, the task force will summarize and synthesize results across all sessions and make a formal recommendation to the Board of Trustees about next steps.

On this Sunday, October 12th, our second service (11 a.m.) will be focused on the partnership between the minister and the church community. Following BOTH the first and second services, in Hobbs Hall you can sign up to participate in a group discussion at a specified time and date. Members of the Task Force will be available to answer your questions.

October 12th is Sign Up Sunday!

Task Force Members: Becky Cline, Ellen Doucette, Saul Flanner, Ellen McWilliams-Woods, Saunis Parsons, Diana Watt, and John Wickersham.

The Task Force can be reached at: [email protected]

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