""


Unitarian Universalist Church
                                                                                   in Eugene, Oregon

                         Where Your Liberal Spirit Belongs

     
   ||  Weekly UUpDate  ||  Homepage  ||  Office  ||  Webmaster  ||  Sitemap  ||  
  

 

SINCE 1909

477 EAST 40th AVE
EUGENE, OREGON  97405
 541-686-2775

LEADERSHIP

UUCE Home
webCalendar
UUpDate
SiteMap

    Accessibility Committee
   
Annual Reports
    Archives Committee
    Board of Trustees
    Board Minutes
    Bylaws
    Cte on Cong. Ministry
    Committees Roster
    Committees Manual
    Coordinating Council
    Endowment Fund
    DRE Advisory
    Facilities Council
  
  Finances
    Green Sanctuary
    History
    Interweave
    Membership Matters
    Minister Emerita
    New Home-to-Be
    Newsletter
    Nominating Committee
    Nonviolent
        Communication
    Pastoral Associates
    Policies
    Social Justice
    Stewardship
    Strategic
Planning
    Web/Listserv info
    Worship Associates

Policies

    Policies
    Bylaws

    Personnel Policies
    Publications Policies
   
RE Policies
    Youth Guidelines
    Safe Congregation
        Policies
    Website Policies
    About Absentee and
         Proxy Voting

Listserv for Lay Leaders
and interested members

   Usher/Greeter Guide
   Coffee-Making Manual
~ How to BE Welcoming

 

LEADERSHIP - STAFF, BOARD, COMMITTEES


BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2009-2010

President   ~~~ ~
       Sarah Hendrickson 484-5701
Vice-president
~
       Mary Otten  684-4717
Treasurer
~~~~
       -
Secretary
~~~~ 
       Ann Fuller
485-3001
Member-at-Large
~
       
Elliot McIntire 434-2315
Member-at-Large
~
       
Alex Crider-Phillips  685-1437
Member-at-Large
~
       
Douglas Turvey  686-4197
Member-at-Large
~
       
Anna Sontag  686-0927
Member-at-Large 
       Norma Landy   741-6619
Member-at-Large
~
       
Erin Troberg 344-8259

MINUTES - CURRENT

MINISTER
       Rev. Stephen A. Ames   686-2775

STAFF - 686-2775

Director of Religious Education
       Candee Cole
Music Director                           
       Tom Sears
Office Administrator               
       Steve Hutchison
Publications Specialist                
       Ishbel Lane
Sunday Morning Childcare         
       Svetlana Dunbar
Office Assistant                     
       Joyce Levesque
Religious Education Assistant   
       Marika Banyacski
Choir Pianist                           
       Lynn Smith
Custodian                                
       Matt Kosanke

    Committee Members’ Covenant~

• speak truthfully and respond with care and compassion
• respond thoughtfully, seeking first to understand, then to be understood
• speak directly to any person with whom I have a concern, rather than complain to others
• understand that there will be differences among us & accept and care for others despite these differences
• refrain from judging other people's motives
• test my assumptions and examine my motives
• honor my responsibility for upholding the spiritual principles and traditions of our  community
• cherish the health of the congregation above individual agendas

Info on THIS page

Accessibility Committee
Adult Rel Ed Committee
Archives/History Committee
Book Clubs
Budget
Building Project Oversight Committee
Canvass
Care Committee
Centennial Celebration Cte
Chalice Lighters
Choirs
Music Committee
Coffee Fundraiser
Committee on Congregational Ministry
Community Offering Committee
Coordinating Council
CUUPs (Covenant of UU Pagans)
DRE Advisory Committee
eMail Discussion Lists
Endowment Trustees
Facitlities Council
Fair Trade Coffee Sales
Finance and Budget Committee
Fundraising Committee
Greeters and Ushers
Green Sanctuary Committee
History Committee (Archives)
Interweave Chapter
Leadership/Coordinating) Council
Library Committee
Listservs
Long range planning
Membership Committee
Memorial Garden
Men's Groups
Music Committee
Newsletter
Nominating Committee
Pastoral Associates
Personal Reflections
Personnel Committee
Planned Giving Committee
Poetry Groups
Publications
Religious Education Committee
SingleMoms
Sister Circles
Small Group Ministry (SGM)
Social Justice
Sound Board
Stewardship
Strategic Planning Committee (SPC)
Thundereggs Coffee Social
UFOs
Ushers and Greeters
Webmaster
Web Team
Threshholds Literary Journal
Women's Alliance
Worship Associates
Young Adults
Youth

Also see:
Committees Manual
Annual Reports

OPPORTUNITIES        
TO SERVE, CONNECT, AND PARTICIPATE      

COMMITTEE
or GROUP

PARTICIPANTS / DESCRIPTION
- and web page links for more info

Accessibility Committee

ACCESSIBILITY COMMITTEE

Chair: Leslie Gilbert 520-2624
Recording Secretary: 
Mary Otten 684-4717
Corresponding Secretary: 
Cindy Pitcairn
David Gilmartin, 653-9684
Jeanne-Marie Moore 684-9797
Facilities Council Liaison: Ken Ross

ACCESSIBILITY PAGE(S)

Adult Programs

Adult RE Committee

Adult Religious Education Committee
2009-2010

Brian Lewis  870-6658
Barbara Prentice 302-8151

ex officio Dick Loescher 485-1157

Adult Religious Education

top

Annual Canvass

see Stewardship below

Archives/History Committee

Getting organized while preparing for the
100th Anniversary in 2009 -
Current history

See also Centennial Celebration Planning Committee

ARCHIVES COMMITTEE

John Clay 338-2960
Kathy Dillon 689-1620
Bob Taylor 744-8049
Eve McConnaughey 345-0227
Bob Kaeser 9354588
Ken Ross 686-1549
Jack Stevens 689-1620
Gil Osgood 484-1180
Linda Sage 342-3174
and others

Book Clubs

Fourth Thursday Afternoon Book Group -
Dorothy Mitchell

** New readers are always welcome
at these book groups
** Watch for book selections in the weekly UUpDate

top

Building Project Oversight Committee (BPOC)
Budget Committee
Canvass

see Stewardship below

top

Care Committee
Centennial Celebration Planning Committee

Preparing for our 100th Anniversary in 2009
webpage

Jeanette Ruhl

See also Archives Committee

ChaliceLighters

More info:
http://www.pnwd.org/pages/chalicelighters.php

The Chalice Lighter Program assists the growth of new and existing congregations in the Pacific Northwest District by providing grants. The amount of a grant depends on congregational needs and current Chalice Lighter participation. It is funded exclusively through contributions from Unitarian Universalists who participate as Chalice Lighters.

Local contact: Elliot McIntire

top

Choirs

MUSIC COMMITTEE
2009


Jean Weick 338-0090
Tom Sears 686-5972 - Director of Music
Lauren Bruyere
Lynn Smith - next chair
Martha Snyder
Verna Tuesday 

MUSIC PAGE

Coffee Store Fundraiser

Fair Trade Coffee Sales                             top

Committee on Congregational Ministry(COCM)


COMMITTEE ON
CONGREGATIONAL MINISTRY
(COCM)


Juliakay Clark   541-344-0589
Erik Fisher   
Judie Hansen  (Secretary)  541-338-2959
Rev. Steve Landale  541-686-2775
Dick Loescher 541-485-1157
Gil Osgood  (Chair)  541-484-1180
Maren Peterson-DeGroff   541-465-9006

ALL of us

more information

ByLaw 100.2
See also Safe Congregation Policies


   

Covenant
     
• speak truthfully and respond with care and compassion
     • respond thoughtfully, seeking first to understand, then to be understood
     • speak directly to any person with whom I have a concern, rather than complain to others
     • understand that there will be differences among us & accept and care for others despite these differences
     • refrain from judging other people's motives
     • test my assumptions and examine my motives
     • honor my responsibility for upholding the spiritual principles and traditions of our  community
     • cherish the health of the congregation above individual agendas

Community Offering Committee

The third Sunday Community Offering began in 2006 when the church leadership suggested a pilot program to contribute ALL funds received from a monthly offering to pre-selected non-profit, local community organizations. This charitable act not only supports our wider community, prompting goodwill in human relations, but also encourages generosity within individuals and within the church. To date, our community collections have averaged nearly $1350/month.

The Community Offering Committee oversees the selection of the community agencies/organizations, makes contact with agency representatives, introduces representatives from the selected agency at the third Sunday service(s) and mails the check representing the church’s contribution to the selected agency.

To choose recipients for the third Sunday Community Offering, the committee solicits input from church members and friends, draws upon personal experiences, considers Sunday service topics, seasonal celebrations and church traditions. See any one of us if you have a non-profit in mind.

Coordinating Council

Minutes

All group and committee chairs, or their designees,
are members of this committee.
Mary Otten 684-4717, chair
Ken Ross 686-1549 Secy

See also Committees Manual

CUUPs
Covenant of UU Pagans

The CUUPS group provides ritual events for the UUCE congregation as a way to provide regular earth-based worship to its pagan members and as a way to offer non-pagan members opportunities to learn more about the sixth source of Unitarian Universalism. All members of the congregation -- pagan and non-pagan alike -- are invited to attend CUUPS events.

Info: Grace Hart or Elan
web page

DRE Advisory Committee

see also Religious Education Committee (below)

Religious Education
Advisory Committee

Hilary Gerdes, 686-1555, Chair
Alex Trotter 686-4197
Candee Cole 683-9064
Gail Ragsdale 607-8910

top

Email Discussion lists

Free UUCE listservs are available, including
UUCE-News
UUCE-Share
UUCE-Chat
BIZ-UUCE
Young Adults
CUUPs
Interweave
Green Sanctuary
RE-Families
and more...

For more info about what a list is, about Netiquette, and details about these listservs, visit About Listservs/Lists

Endowment Trustees

Facilities Council

Charge to the Committee

FACILITIES COUNCIL

Ken Ross 686-1549 communications
Dave DeCou 998-2110
Sharon Gaglia 935-9542 worker
Doug Hintz 689-6120 worker
Bob Kaeser 935-4588
Jim Kayser
484-1840 worker
Matt Kosanke 505-2350 custodian
Jack Stevens 689-1620 finance coordinator
Glen Treiber 343-5348 worker
Chuck Wagar 543-1489 worker
Ed Zack 434-5676 worker

MINUTES

Fair Trade Coffee

Buy Fair Trade, organic caf and decaf coffee beans, and CHOCOLATE -
and help support RE and the church general fund.
First and third Sundays.
Contact Jane Ganter, Marina McIntire, and Jeff Jackson.

More info

top

FinanceOversight Committee
(FOC)


Financial Oversight Committee
Overview

Ed Gerdes, 541-687-1394
Olga Turner, 54
1-485-0242
Lori Maddox, 541-484-2702
L
inda Schultz,
541-654-0554
Garry Ehrlich, 541
-687-9229


Fundraising Committee

Committee Members Needed

All fundraising requests go first to the Fund Raising Committee, which considers the request and takes into account the calendaring.  Then the committee will take the request to Executive Committee for final approval, unless it is a perfunctory fundraising request where the proceeds will go to the general fund.  In this case, the committee has authority to approve the request. 

e-Auction - Alex Crider-Phillips, Betty Hosokawa

Greeters and Ushers

top

Green Sanctuary Committee

Our purpose is

  • To build awareness of societal environmental issues among UU's
  • To generate commitment for personal lifestyle changes
  • To motivate UU's to community action on environmental issues
  • To build a connection between spiritual practice and environmental consciousness
  • To build awareness of and rectify environmental injustices

Green Sanctuary Committee
2008-2009

Executive group
Co-chair: Amy Raven 686-1970
Co-chair: Judy Sawyer 302-0944
Secretaries:
Sharon Gaglia 935-9542
& Lorna Baldwin 683-1155
Treasurer: Audrey Maslin 485-1461
Ombudsman:
Chuck Wagar 543-1489

Green Sanctuary web pages

History Committee

see Archives Committee
(as we prepare for our 100th Anniversary in 2009)

top

Interweave Chapter

Dedicated to confronting oppression as lesbians, gay men,
bisexual persons, transgender persons,
and their heterosexual allies. 

Interweave at UUCE
Welcoming Congregation status

Contacts: Nisco at Nisco Junkins 915-0097
or Marilyn at Marilyn Junkins 968-9200

Justice

Kitchen Manager

Leadership Council

Long Range Planning

see Strategic Planning Committee or Endowments Committee or Planned Giving Committee or BPOC (Building Project Oversight Cte)

Library Committee

Dorothy Mitchell 345-9114
Dave Franzen 302-0944
Jean Coberly 688-3009
Bucklin Moon
Norma Landy 741-6619
Kathy Dillon 689-1620

Listmanagers / Webster

Application for web page
Application for new listserv
Web Policies

Membership

Introducing newcomers to the local church and UUism -
Membership webpage / Visitors webpage

See also Greeters and Ushers

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
2009

Marilyn Junkins 968-9200
Nisco Junkins 915-0097

Sue Craig 607-0204
Julia Clark 344-0589
Robin Schantz-Mulford 484-4306
Audry Maslin 485-1461

January 2009:
336 voting members

Memorial Garden

OPEN

top

Men's Groups

The open men's group welcomes new members, and there are at least two other closed men's groups. More info at Men's Groups

Music Committee

MUSIC COMMITTEE
2008-2009

Pat Hendricks. 942-3713 Chair
Jean Weick 338-0090
Tom Sears 686-5972 Director of Music
Lauren Bruyere
Lynn Smith - next Chair
Martha Snyder
Verna Tuesday 

MUSIC PAGE

MUSIC COMMITTEE CHARGE
The Music Committee, composed of between 5-8 non-elected choir and non-choir, members and friends of the church, serving one-year renewable terms.  Responsibilities include supporting the Music Program by: offering constructive feedback on decisions considered by the Music Director, suggesting ways in which to build on the health and reach of the program, helping coordinate and produce special music events, undertaking special fundraising projects that benefit the musical life of the church, making recommendations to the Board, in conjunction with the Music Director, regarding the Music Program budget, making available to the congregation a brochure providing information about the music program, assisting in the process of hiring music staff, and advocating for the Music Director when appropriate

Newsletter
(monthly, on the website)

   


Weekly
e-Calendar UUpDate

Newsletter on the web

Newsletter Guidelines

Subscription to print newsletter

Editor

Newsletter Mailing Party - every third Thursday 10:30am, Social Hall


UUpDate on the web

top

Nominating Committee
2007-2008

Pastoral Associates

Pastoral Associates
Kathy Dillon and Bonnie Romane, Co-Chairs
Kate Savannah, Fred Schultz, and Dianne Watson

See also CARE Committee

Personal Reflections

Once a month, a church member is asked to share their journey. The annual collection is published as a fundraiser. We have almost 18 years in the whole collection.
Jeff W.

Personnel Committee


Personnel Commitee

Mary Brau (541)683-4278
Hilary Gerdes (541)686-1555
   
   
   

Personnel Manual

top

Planned Giving Committee

The Planned Giving Committee consists of three to five voting members appointed by the Board for staggered three-year terms. The Board shall appoint the chair, and the committee shall elect a secretary from its membership. The committee's duties shall be as follows:

·  Advertise and promote the Endowment Fund
·  Create a procedure for identifying prospective donors.
· Develop a plan for accepting donations and recognizing donors and their bequests.
·  Become knowledgeable about the various ways people may bestow gifts.
·  Organize workshops and seminars on estate planning and planned giving with outside consultants, as needed.
·  Organize workshops to inform church members about wills, deferred giving, and other endowment-related activities.
  Approved by the Board, April 14, 2005.

Poetry Groups

Publications/Publicity

top

Religious Education Committee

The Religious Education Committee works closely with the Director of Religious Education (DRE), Candee Cole, to plan and implement the religious education program for children and youth in our congregation. Committee members research and develop curriculum for weekly RE classes,  provide backup and support to the DRE during worship services and RE class time, and organize numerous community-building RE activities during the church year (such as the multigenerational Social Justice/Community Service project scheduled for the Spring of 2005). The committee is currently planning the details of its support of the RE program during the DRE's upcoming 3-month sabbatical.

RE Webpage

Religious Ed Committee 2008
Melanie Namkoong—Chair 484-9843
Nancy West—Chair Elect 431-6815
Laurel Allender, Scribe—744-2680
Anndee Lloyd-Burchett, member at large—686-6630
Judy Shaw
Martha Hardwick
Candee Cole, DRE 686-2775

Religious Education Advisory Committee 2008
Hilary Gerdes, 686-1555
, Chair
Alex Trotter 686-4197
Candee Cole 683-9064
Gail Ragsdale 607-8910
See also DRE Advisory Committee Page

RE PAGE
http://www.uueugene.org/RE/home.html

Adult RE
More info at Adult Programs

top

Safe Congregation Committee

Small Group Ministry
(SGM)

An opportunity to connect with others in the church who wish to explore their ideas of spirituality in an intimate setting, and who wish to make a difference together through service to the church and in the larger community. Click SGM to learn more about these meaningful groups.
Pamphlets are also available at the church.


Small Group Ministry
Steering Committee
2009

Berry Broadbent 344-9037
Rev. Stephen Landale 686-2775
Brian Lewis 870-6658
Dick Loescher (chair) 485-1157
Leora White 337-5001  

Facilitators 2009

 DorothyClark  342-2013 
Bob Coleman  461-0956 
RachelCummings  485-7561 
Lyn Fischrup  653-8922 
Norma Landy 741-6619
Dick Loescher 485-1157
Gretchen Miller  484-5701
Jane Wagner  687-0757 

SGM Webpage

SingleMoms

More information TBA

Sister Circles

Contact Vicky Schuerell to start a new Sister Circle
or to see if any current circles have openings.

top

Social Justice

SJUUCE Advisory - Jeff Jackson and Gretchen Miller, co-chairs
Ethical Eating - Susan Oldland
Bottled Water - Judy Sawyer
Gardens -

Social justice pages and listservs

Sound Board

Ruth Ross (Chair) 686-1549
Elliot McIntire  434-2315
Dick Weick   338-0090

Michael Mattick
  736-8755
August Sabini  683-1911
John Wagner  687-0757

Stewardship

StrategicPlanning Committee

The Strategic Planning Committee reports directly to the congregation (not through the Board) and is responsible for:
     º Developing a set of five-year strategic plans built upon different visions of the future of the church.
     º Carrying out this task with attention to the consequences of these visions for church finances, personnel, and facilities.
     º Building these plans based upon close communication with the congregation

SPC Committee Members 2009

David Pebworth
Kay Crider 685-1437
K.H.
Greta Sorenson 343-9093
Dave DeCou 998-2110

For background information
and previous reports:
http://www.uueugene.org/SPC/home.html

To send a message to the whole committee, use:
spc@uueugene.org

top   

Thresholds Literary Journal

Thundereggs Social

Women solve the problems of the world over coffee
Newcomers welcome
Thursdays from 2-4pm in the afternoon
at Tsunami Bookstore, 2585 Willamette
Since 1997
Questions? Judie Hansen, at 338-2959

UFOs
(Unitarilist Fun Organization)

An intergenerational group dedicated to building community within our church through service, socializing, and physical activity - more here
Diane Wooldridge 342-8071

Ushers and Greeters

Webmaster

top

Web Team

top

Women's Alliance

UUWF (UU Women's Federation)

Worship Associates

Young Adults
(18-35) 

on haitus

Youth (High School)

Site Meter                                                                                                                                          top

Unitarian Universalist Church
in Eugene, Oregon

A Welcoming Congregation
A Green Certified Congregation

Rev. Stephen A. Ames, Minister

• Candee Cole, Director of Religious Education (on sabbatical) •
Sarah Hendrickson, President of the Board
Steve Hutchison, Office Administrator

• 477 E. 40th Ave • Eugene, Oregon 97405 • 541-686-2775 •
www.uueugene.org
WebTeam

All contents copyright 1997-2010