CMwD Strategic Plan
Growth
- 15% more members, 5% / year
- 2 new congregations (not fellowships) and move forming groups to official congregation status
- Focus on congregations w/potential for growth, and help them strengthen their mission/vision/planning work
- 20 congregations w/YA or CM groups, with YAs well-integrated into cong.
Existing district groups to be involved:
G & S, GISC, CL, YAPS, W & R, UUMA, LREDA, UUMN, Consultants, DYSC
Steps to take/resources to use:
- Study KC results, explore advertising
- Demographic studies
- Congregations sharing stories & resources
- Encourage/seek out family resources, activities, support
- Use anti-oppression lens
- Faith Development resources, support -- get Judith Frediani's AA02 keynote address
- Covenant groups
- Use transition interviews & startups for raising awareness about growth
- LD supported in congregational budget lines (20)
- Continuing Education on generations, needs, worship
- Expanded consultant program, emphasizing stewardship, mission/vision, planning
- Cluster area leadership groups & meetings
LDC, REC, Nominating Committee, CERR, W & R, Consultants, UUMA, LREDA, MWLS, UUMN,YAPS, DYSC, District Assembly planning committee
Steps to take/resources to use:
- Assess actual diversity -- age, families, generations, class
- District Annual Assembly
- Cluster LD work
- Communications, sharing resources, models
- Weekend LD modules
- Connections for joint work with Meadville/Lombard & UUMA
- Congregational President's Council & Cluster Leadership meetings, including youth & YAs
- LD e-group -- 1) resource, 2) discuss & reflect, 3) next steps / using Interconnections website
- More congregations knowing each other, and connected; sharing mission/vision & planning strategies
- Messenger to everyone in CMwD twice a year
- More contributors to Messenger
- Pairs and triads of congregations working together, especially in social justice, leadership development and family ministries
ALL committees, congregation's denominational affairs & newsletter editors, District Assembly planning committee,
Steps to take:
- Denominational affairs -- assess needs, interest, what information?, clarify roles
- Consider history of region -- Western Unitarian Conference
- District Assembly Workshops
- CMwD Social Justice Task Group
- Communications Task Group
- District e-groups and listservs