Building an Even Stronger and More Vibrant Beloved Community: September 17, 2021

How wonderful to see folks in the sanctuary and throughout the building and grounds on Sunday! Having returned to our building, appreciating our community even more having been physically separated for 18 months, how do we work together to engage in more meaningful and richer ways with each other and with our mission? How do we build an even stronger and more vibrant community to “nurture the human spirit for a world made whole”?

The Membership Engagement Task Force has been meeting since February to learn more about what we do well in welcoming and engaging members and where we could improve our efforts to facilitate meaningful and satisfying participation in the life of UCE. Having reached out for input from congregants, shared anecdotal information and discussed our own experiences, the Task Force identified three major opportunities for encouraging a deepening of connection among our members and friends:

The Task Force is looking for volunteers who are passionate about and dedicated to helping members open the door to more meaningful engagement in the life of the congregation. A working group for each of the three areas is being formed. We need your help to generate intervention and program ideas in each of these three areas and develop plans to put these ideas into action. If you feel drawn to this work we hope you will join one of these working groups.

For more information contact Maggie Wilson at maggiemwilson@gmail.com

The Membership Engagement Task Force
Maggie Wilson
Carolyn Laughlin
Melanie Kitchner
Susan Carlton
Rev. Susan Frances