Facilitated by the Board during April 2016 (synthesis posted July 2016)

Our two Cafe Conversations held during April 2016 were a great success–thank you to all who attended. Approximately 40 congregants attended and shared their thoughts on transparency and the Church. We have shared all of your ideas with the Board of Trustees and the Executive Team, which consists of Rev. Sinkford, Rev. Disrud and Kathryn Estey our church administrator. They will also share these findings with the staff.

You will find a synthesis of all the comments along with highlights from the conversations here. We as a board want to be a representative of you the congregants and foster better linkage between you and the church. Here are some of things we are working on in hopes to aid in this effort :

1. An extended annual report by the Executive Team will be coming out this summer.
2. A detailed report on social justice committees and programs that is being compiled by Stan Jewett. Stan and others have worked all year putting this together. Please look for a link to the annual reports this summer in the e-news.This will give you a report on what all the groups have accomplished over the 2015-2016 church year.
3. Board Moderator’s letter. Randy Russell, the Board Moderator, will be doing a monthly letter you will find in the e-news. This letter will give you ideas of what we as a Board are working on along with a Question and Answer section intended to improve the flow of information between the Board and Congregants.
4. Communication Committee Café Conversations. We as the Communication Committee will hold 3-4 sessions during the year for you to come and share your thoughts on topics the Board will be addressing during the coming year.
5. Revamping our web page. Corbin Scott, Communication Coordinator, is working on a new user-friendly web page designed to improve the flow of information about the Church.