Living Your Purpose III:Making It StickGeneral Assembly 2014 Program # 309Friday, June 27 10:15 AM – 11:30 AMOmni Narragansett AB

Living Your Purpose ICore 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

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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Ends/Vision

Mission

Values

“Core Values”Mission

“Aspirational

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“Accidental Values”

“Vow with the Universe”

Rev. Renee Ruchotzke

Cohesive Leadership

Mutual Accountability

Commitment to Mission

Creative Conflict

Vulnerability-Based Trust

Adapted From: The Advantage: Why Organizational Heath Trumps Everything Else by Patrick Lencioni

Includes:Staff (Minister, Religious

Educator, Administrators, Music Directors)

Governing BodyCommittee on Shared Ministry,

Strategic PlanningCommittee ChairsTeam LeadersActive members

Goals (SMART)

UU Congregation of Binghamton

• From Nominating Committee to Leadership Development Team

Different Levels of Commitment in Our Congregations.

Oblivious

Interested

Belong

Committed

Staff

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

UU Congregation of Binghamton

LOVE REACHES OUT1. 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

Your Mission is what is hanging

on the wall….

Your System is what is

happening

down the hall.

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Andy Stanley

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

Your Mission is what is hanging

on the wall….

Your System is what is

happening

down the hall.

-

Andy Stanley

The “Learning Community” Cycle

Retreat/Reflect

Set Goals

Plan/ActMeasure/Adjust

Report/Adjust

The “Learning Community” Cycle

Retreat/Reflect

Set Goals

Plan/ActMeasure/Adjust

Report/Adjust

• 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)

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Big Hairy Audacious Goal (BHAG)

UU Congregation of Binghamton

Thank You!