Church Governance

Our church, like other Unitarian Universalist Churches, is governed under the "congregational polity" model, meaning our members make all ultimate decisions including adoption of church bylaws, election of the Board of Trustees, adoption of a church budget, and call of ministers.

View our church bylaws (PDF).

The Congregational Annual Meeting is held in May each year to hear reports from the Board of Trustees President, the minister and staff members, review the past year's financial report, elect new members to the Board of Trustees, and adopt the budget for the next fiscal year starting July 1.

At the Congregational Annual Meeting on May 6, 2012, the 2012-13 church budget was approved and five board members were elected: Qhyrrae Michaelieu (incumbent), Linda Osborne, Mary Beth Schillinger, Steve Scott and Gregg Suhler. Congregational Meeting Minutes. PDF copies of the budget and annual reports are available from the links below:

2012-13 Budget
Interim Minister's Annual Report
Board President's Annual Report
Treasurer's Annual Report
Children's Religious Education Annual Report
R.E. Curriculum Map 2010-2014

The Interim Minister's Annual Report supplemented the sermon she delivered on May 6, 2012, "The State of the Congregation 2012." View the sermon (PDF).

In 2010-11, the Board of Trustees created a Governance Task Force to review and recommend changes to the church's organizational structure. In the past, a Leadership Council reporting to the board supervised many church committees and activities, and certain staff members reported directly to the board. The new structure being put in place, depicted below, assigns a policy-making and resource-providing role to the board and designates the minister as the supervisor for staff members and volunteers.