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Living Your Purpose III:
Making It Stick
General Assembly 2014 Program # 309
Friday, June 27 10:15 AM – 11:30 AM
Omni Narragansett AB
Living Your Purpose I
Core Values & Mission
Workshop #309
Kathy McGowan, Congregational Life Staff, Southern Region-UUA
Rev. Renee Ruchotzke, Congregational Life Staff, Central East
Regional Group-UUA
Lynne Theophanis, Lay Leader, UU Congregation of Binghamton,
NY
Shawn Steketee, Lay Leader, UU Congregation of Binghamton, NY
Living Your Purpose Workshop Series
Living your Purpose I: Core Values and Mission
Thursday, June 26, 2014 10:15 – 11:30
Living Your Purpose II: Aspirational Values and Vision
Thursday, June 26, 2014 2:15 – 3:30
Living Your Purpose III: Making It Stick
Friday, June 27, 2014 10:15 – 11:30
The Nested Bowls
Ends/Vision
Mission
Values
Values: What timeless, transcendent qualities of our religious community will we carry
forward to guide our future?
Mission: As we work to embody our values, what overarching purpose calls to us? What
overarching difference are we here to make in the world and for whom?
Ends/Vision: In advancing our mission, what specific, more measurable differences will we
make, for whom, and at what cost or priority during some specified time in the future?
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“Vow with the Universe”
“Aspirational
Values”
Vision
“Core
Values”
Mission
“Accidental
Values”
Rev. Renee Ruchotzke
Cohesive Leadership
Goals
(SMART)
Includes:
Mutual
 Staff (Minister, Religious
Accountability
Educator, Administrators, Music
Directors)
Commitment
 Governing Body
to Mission
 Committee on Shared Ministry,
Strategic Planning
Creative Conflict
 Committee Chairs
 Team Leaders
Vulnerability-Based
 Active members
Trust
Adapted From:
The Advantage: Why Organizational Heath Trumps Everything Else by Patrick Lencioni
UU Congregation of Binghamton
• From Nominating Committee to Leadership Development Team
Different Levels of Commitment
in Our Congregations.
1. Staff: paid staff and leaders with “high
commitment” who hold themselves
accountable to the congregation’s mission
2. Committed: leaders and volunteers who
care enough about the mission or the
institution to help keep the church
functioning by filling needed roles
3. Belong: members or pledging friends who
attend worship and some programs and
volunteer at various levels. May need
some attention around mission and
discerning their own gifts/passions.
4. Interested: occasional attendees to
church programs who are still in
discernment.
5. Oblivious: people in your community, or
who may stumble across your website or
attend a program held in your building
Oblivious
Interested
Belong
Committed
Staff
UU Congregation of Binghamton
LOVE REACHES OUT
1. Divide yourselves in groups of three.
2. Decide which role each of you will use.
3. Each group should have one of each of these three roles:
• Greeter
• Building and Grounds Chair
• Worship Leader
4. Discuss:
What is one way that you would serve the mission
“Love Reaches Out”?
Report Back
Making it Sticky
Alignment
“Plumb Lines”
“Portable” Statements
• One Day at a Time
• Act justly, love mercy and walk humbly
with your God
• WWJD
• Be the peace you want to see in the world
• Bending The Arc of the Universe Toward Justice
• Standing on the Side of Love
UU Congregation of Binghamton
The “Learning Community” Cycle
Retreat/
Reflect
Report/
Adjust
Measure/
Adjust
Set Goals
Plan/Act
The “Learning Community” Cycle
Retreat/
Reflect
Report/
Adjust
Measure/
Adjust
Set Goals
Plan/Act
• Not to “prove value” as a supervisory tool
• To foster growth in both the organization
and the leaders
Does the measurement
have a meaning that
supports our mission?
Measurement of Ministries
• Vital Signs / Dashboard Indicators
– Compare from year to year
– e.g. weekly attendance, pastoral visits
• What has “Oomph?” What is stale?
Individual Assessment
• What about the ministry are you
passionate about?
• What skills do you need to serve better?
• Are you still clear about your “portable”
mission statement?” Is it still useful?
• Do you have the resources needed for
the ministry?
Big Hairy Audacious Goal
?
(BHAG)
Big Hairy Audacious Goal
(BHAG)
UU Congregation of Binghamton
Thank You!