From ucm.revjoan at gmail.com Wed Jan 6 21:13:16 2016 From: ucm.revjoan at gmail.com (Rev. Joan Javier-Duval) Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 22:13:16 -0500 Subject: [Messages] Special Announcement from Board Message-ID: Hello, all, The board would like to following message regarding the 2020 Vision Statement to be sent out Thursday or Friday. Please let me know if you have any questions or if all looks good for sending out in a special message. Thank you, Joan *A Glimpse at the Future from the 2020 Vision Task Force* The board is pleased to announce that it has unanimously approved the 2020 Vision Statement presented by the 2020 Vision Task Force at its meeting on Tuesday, January 5. The vision statement will be presented to the congregation at the January 10 worship service. The vision statement is a complex, multi-paragraph description of how the Unitarian Church of Montpelier hopes to evolve over the next five years. Among other items, it includes language on how the congregation will approach social justice issues, attract new members and friends, adapt to growth, represent and welcome all in the community, and nourish all members and friends both spiritually and intellectually. It describes how people who are a part of UCM will be impacted by the church, becoming improved neighbors and world citizens. The vision statement is a document that strives but is still practical. In fact, the vision will provide a framework for the strategic plan (which the task force will next begin working on) and act as an overall guide for UCM?s future work. The congregation will have the opportunity to review the vision statement at learning circles at 11:30 a.m. on January 17, 24 and 31 at church, after regular Sunday worship services. Each of these events will be jointly led by a member of the task force and a member of the board (which oversaw this important effort). The congregation will have the opportunity to approve the vision statement later this winter. A huge thank you to the members of the 2020 Vision Task Force for your dedication and months of hard work! Included on the task force are co-chairs Brenda Bean and Gail Falk, board members Stuart Russo-Savage and Jo Romano, Paul Ohlson, Peter Thoms, and UCM Minister Rev. Joan Javier Duval (who attended all the meetings and provided a lot of input and advice). With high hopes for our future, Amy Willis Board President -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: