| Needs the Congregation has from Liz |
Promises Liz makes to the Congregation |
| Present stimulating and challenging Sunday services. |
Keep providing/improve quality of worship. |
| Be professionally competent and display good character. Behave courteously and with right relations toward congregants and other staff. |
Highest possible professional standards and boundaries. |
| Use a collaborative approach in administering the church. Be a facilitator who helps the congregation reach its goals, and a visionary leader who is willing to share her goals with us. |
Grow my ministry collaboratively and balance partnership with ministerial leadership, in accordance with the church’s needs and opportunities. |
| Help the congregation in developing lay leadership within the church. |
Continue to support and develop lay leadership skills/understandings. |
| Supervise and support church staff as appropriate, and to continue to develop her administrative skills to meet the needs of a growing church. |
Prioritize and develop my staff support/supervisory skills and awareness. |
| Take care of herself. |
Self-care. |
| For Liz to let us know what she needs to fulfill her work so that we may be responsive. |
Let church know what I need to do to do my work. |
| Be open to directly given feedback. |
Encourage and respond well to open feedback (not anonymous). |
| For Liz to foster connections to the larger UU movement, and to educate us on our denominational responsibilities and privileges. |
Maintain service and connections to larger UU movement and develop UUCSS’ awareness of denominational responsibilities and privileges. |
| For Liz to be connected to the world outside UUCSS and to use these connections and experiences to support her ministry. |
Keep feeding my ministry with resources and experiences outside UUCSS and integrate them into UUCSS ministry |
| Nurture and sustain connections and right relations within UUCSS |
Nurture and sustain connections and right relations within UUCSS. |
| Provide pastoral care and counseling. |
Continue to offer pastoral care and counseling, and to develop the church’s pastoral capacities. |
| Be empathetic. |
Be empathetic. |
| Have a sense of humor. |
Maintain my sense of humor |
| Be charismatic. |
Be charismatic. |
| To inspire us to build a better world |
Convey inspiration for building a better world. |
