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First Universalist Church of Denver Congregational Transition Initiative

(CTI)

Current Process Summary

The Future Begins Now!

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Table of Contents Slide / Page Number

Contents 2

Mission Statement 3

How CTI Teams Interact with Church Leadership and Congregation 4

Timing and Activities of Three Phases of AI / CTI 5

Framework for AI and CTI Teams 6

What is Appreciative Inquiry? 7

CTI Integration Team: Who we are, what we do 8-9

Governance Core Team: Who we are, what we do 10-11

Healthy Congregations Core Team: Who we are, what we do 12-13

Ministerial Transition Core Team: Who we are, what we do 14-15

Transitional Minister Search – Process Timeline 16

Appendix - AI and CTI Process Integration 17-26

!2First Universalist Church of Denver

● The Congregational Transition Initiative process exists to help our church realize its mission of offering community for connection, renewal and transformation.

● The process will focus on 3 developmental areas identified by the consultants:

○ Governance

○ Healthy Congregation

○ Ministerial Transition

● We will integrate our efforts in these 3 areas through an ongoing, intentional exchange of ideas and information with the congregation, staff and leadership.

● Through this process, we will establish the foundation necessary to launch a longer-term healing, transformational AI process.

Mission Statement – CTI Process


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CTI Integration

Team

HealthyCongregation

Team

Governance Team

MinisterialTransition

Team

Board of Trustees

Committee on Ministry

Healthy Congregation • Future vision • UUA best practices • Right relations policy • Congregational history • Reconciliation

Ministerial Transition • Temporary ministry liaison • Interim vs developmental • Vision of senior minister role • Ministerial searches

Leadership Development Committee

Ministry and Staff

Governance • UUA best practices • Governance models • Organizational structure • Bylaws • Policies

First Universalist Congregation

Congregational Transition Initiative (CTI)

CTI Integration • Task force leadership • AI process facilitation • Communications • Recruitment • Inspiration and energy


Jan - Mar 2019

Apr - May 2019

Jun - Aug 2019

Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

Forming CTI Integration, Governance, Healthy Congregation and Ministerial Transition Teams

January 2019

Who: Governance + Healthy Congregation + Ministerial Transition Core Teams

What: Information Gathering + Research

Utilize Information Gathering Process Data to Engage in Full Appreciative Inquiry Process

Who: Ministerial Transition Core Team + volunteers

What: Use information gathering process to define Interim/Developmental goals + Search for and select Interim/Developmental Minister

Phase 2

Phase 1

Phase 3


CTI will have multiple Task Teams that need your participation

Congregational Discovery, Dream, & Design

Process (Appreciative Inquiry - AI)

Healthy Congregation Task Teams? (TBD)

Governance Task Teams? (TBD)

Healthy Congregation Design Team

Transitional Minister Search Team

Governance Design Team

Ministerial Transition

Core Team

Healthy Congregation Core Team

Governance Core Team

CTI Integration

Team

AI / CTI Team Framework

How do I get involved?

AI process needs: • 50 Interviewers (Discovery) • 200 Participants (Dream) • 25 Participants (Design)


What is Appreciative Inquiry (AI)?

The Principles of AI • People individually and collectively have unique gifts, skills and contributions to

bring to life • Organizations and communities are sources of unlimited relational capacity, created

and lived in language • The images we hold of the future are socially created and, once articulated, serve to

guide individual and collective actions • Through human communication (inquiry and dialogue), people can shift their

attention and action away from problem analysis to lift up worthy ideals and productive possibilities for the future

AI Process • Discovery – What gives life? (appreciating what we do well) • Dream – What might be? (envisioning what we are called to be) • Design – What should be? (co-constructing a shared vision of the future) • Destiny – What will be? (committing to specific actions to create that future)

For history of Appreciative Inquiry, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreciative_inquiry, some AI content here summarized from the Rocky Mountain Center for Positive Change, https://rockymountain.positivechange.org/how-we-work/appreciative-inquiry-ai/ !7First Universalist Church of Denver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreciative_inquiry





https://rockymountain.positivechange.org/how-we-work/appreciative-inquiry-ai/

https://rockymountain.positivechange.org/how-we-work/appreciative-inquiry-ai/

CTI Integration Team

Co-Chairs: Mary Raynard + Mark Schneider

BOT Liason: Doug Griffes

Communications: Ben Curnett

AI Dream Summit: Elasha Nunez

Governance Core Team Liaison: Spud Van de Water + Pete Gutierrez

Ministerial Transition Core Team Liaison: Stefanie Rucker + Rick Granquist

Health Congregation Core Team Liaison: Katie Krebs + Pam Leder + Sheila Nitzel

Staff/Minister Liaison (Ex-Officio): Cris Cardenas + Rev Doyle-Burke


CTI Integration Team

Definition: Leadership team to oversee and support topical core teams (Governance, Ministerial Transition and Healthy Congregation)

Mission: Guide the church and the CTI teams through the transition suggested by the consultants. Ensure a cohesive, inclusive, Appreciative Inquiry guided process of transformation, growth and healing for our congregation.

Tasks: ○ Connect workgroups ○ Assist with recruitment ○ Bring focus to mission/goal ○ Convene and coordinate AI Team



Co-Chairs: Spud Van de Water (AI) + Pete Gutierrez (Content)

BOT Liason: Past Moderator Advisory Committee

Communications: Joan Wise-Skutt

Member at Large: David Livingston

Member at Large: TBD

Member at Large:TBD

Staff/Minister Liaison (Ex-Officio): Cris Cardenas + John Hubert

* Other specific task teams and focus groups, including the Governance Design Team, will be formed by the Governance Core Team as needed – please contact Co-chairs if interested in participating. !10First Universalist Church of Denver


Definition: Core team tasked with researching, designing and proposing a governance structure that meets our congregation’s needs.

Mission: Research and seek out governance models used by analogous congregations. Propose and build a structure for our church that will address both the immediate needs for clarification and modification of our existing governance model, as well as the longer-term needs for a recommended future model.

Tasks: ○ Governance models review ○ Organization structure review ○ Bylaws ○ Policies ○ UUA best practices



Co-Chairs: Katie Krebs (AI) + Pam Leder (Content)

Communications: Elasha Nunez

Member at Large: Xander Trullinger

Member at Large: Mimzy Tackney-Moen

Member at Large: (TBD)

BOT Liason: Sheila Nitzel

Staff/Minister Liaison (Ex-Officio): Yvonne Wilken + Rev Doyle-Burke

* Other specific task teams and focus groups, including the Healthy Congregation Design Team, will be formed by the Healthy Congregation Core Team as needed – please contact Co-chairs if interested in participating. !13First Universalist Church of Denver


Definition: Core team tasked with designing and implementing church-wide appreciative inquiry process.

Mission: Design and facilitate a large scale AI process to determine who we are as a congregation and where we are going. Take specific actions / make recommendations that promote healthy interactions, transparency and constructive conflict resolution within the Congregation.

Tasks: ○ Right relations policy ○ Reconciliation ○ Congregational history ○ Congregational future ○ UUA best practices


Ministerial Transition Core Team

Co-Chairs: Stefanie Rucker (content + Ministerial Search) + Rick Granquist (AI)

Communications: TBD

BOT Liason/Transitional Minister Search Team: Jill Van de Water

Member at Large/Transitional Minister Search Team: Karl Krebs

Member at Large/Transitional Minister Search Team: Rhoda Whitney

Member at Large/Transitional Minister Search Team: Lois Jurado

Member at Large/Transitional Minister Search Team: (TBD)

Member at Large/Transitional Minister Search Team: (TBD)

* Other specific task teams and focus groups will be formed by the Ministerial Transition Core Team as needed – please contact Co-chairs if interested in participating.



Definition: Search committee for selection of Interim/Developmental minister

Mission: Using UUA best practices and resources, and information gathered by core team and CTI team, determine the goals for the interim/developmental minister and seek out and select the best candidate for our congregations needs. Lead the process for engagement of strong ministerial leadership through a sequence of steps:

a. A temporary senior minister through mid-2019

b. An interim or developmental senior minister for the next 2 to 5 years

c. A called senior minister

Tasks:

○ Temporary minister liason ○ Interim vs Developmental ○ Vision of senior minister role ○ Ministerial searches



Definition: Search committee for selection of Interim/Developmental minister

Mission: Using UUA best practices and resources, and information gathered by core team and CTI team, determine the goals for the interim/developmental minister and seek out and select the best candidate for our congregations needs. Lead the process for engagement of strong ministerial leadership through a sequence of steps:

a. A temporary senior minister through mid-2019

b. An interim or developmental senior minister for the next 2 to 5 years

c. A called senior minister

Tasks:



Transitional Minister Search – Process Timeline Minister Onboard - August 1


Appendix

AI and CTI Process Integration



Core Team

Healthy Congregations

Core Team


CTI Integration

Team

Congregational Discovery and

Dream Process

Governance Design and

Delivery Team


Design and Delivery Team

Developmental Minister Selection

Team



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team



Ministerial Transition Team

Congregation Discovery and Dream Process ● Key Players

○ CTI Integration team lead process ○ All 3 core teams help craft questions ○ All congregants invited to summit,

and to participate in surveys collected before summit

● Process ○ Craft questions for interviews/

surveys ○ Send surveys to congregation ○ Begin summit with interviews ○ Summit attendees analyze survey

and interview data for discovery ○ Summit attendees enter dream

phase ● Goal

○ Process is healing- highlights our strengths and our collective dream

○ Vision: who are we as a congregation and how do we want to be?

● Target Date: First quarter of 2019



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Congregational Transition Initiative team ● Key Players

○ 2 church members ● Skillsets and Strengths

○ Organizational skills ○ Volunteer management ○ Communication skills ○ Passion for positive change ○ Love for our congregation

● Role ○ Craft process details ○ Connect workgroups ○ Assist with recruitment ○ Bring focus to mission/goal



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Governance Core Team ● Key Players

○ AI Representative ○ Communication Leader ○ Lay leadership representative

● Role ○ Integrate discovery and dream into

creation of a new governance process

○ Lead and support Governance Design and Delivery Team

○ Craft AI-centric process for dream governance

● Target areas ○ Governance models review ○ Organization structure review ○ Bylaws ○ Policies ○ UUA best practices



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Governance Design and Delivery Team ● Key Players

○ Governance Core Team ○ Congregational Members


creation of a new governance process

○ Execute AI-centric process for dream governance

● Target areas ○ Governance models review ○ Organization structure review ○ Bylaws ○ Policies ○ UUA best practices



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Healthy Congregations Core Team ● Key Players


● Role ○ Expand on church mission

determined by congregational discovery and dream process

○ Lead and support Healthy Congregations Design and Delivery Team

○ Craft AI-centric process for dream healthy congregation

● Target areas ○ Right relations policy ○ Reconciliation ○ Congregational history ○ Congregational future ○ UUA best practices



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Healthy Congregations Design and Delivery Team ● Key Players

○ Healthy Congregations Core Team ○ Congregational Members

● Role ○ Expand on church mission

determined by congregational discovery and dream process

○ Execute AI-centric process for dream healthy congregation

● Target areas ○ Right relations policy ○ Reconciliation ○ Congregational history ○ Congregational future ○ UUA best practices



Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Ministerial Transition Core Team ● Key Players



ministerial transition process ○ Lead and support Ministerial

Transition Team ○ Craft AI-centric process for dream

ministerial transition process ● Target areas




Core Team


Core Team


CTI Integration

Team


Dream Process


Delivery Team




Ministerial Transition Team ● Key Players

○ Ministerial Transition Core Team ○ Congregational members


ministerial transition process ○ Execute AI-centric process for dream

ministerial transition process ● Target areas



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