Annual Giving Committee
Committee Chair – Scott
May (AnnualGiving@riverofgrass.org)
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Auction Committee
The annual auction is
held in the fall of each year and is a major fundraiser for our
congregation. This committee organizes the event, works to
promote ticket sales, gathers donations, and publishes a “Friends of
River of Grass Business Directory.”
Committee
Chairs – Liz Perez & Michael Richardson (Auction@riverofgrass.org)
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Caring
Committee
Representing some the
best this congregation has to offer, this compassionate group of
volunteers assists River of Grass members who are in need of a little
loving care.
Committee
Chairs – Marti Pratt & Laura Secord-Tepper (Caring@riverofgrass.org)
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Community
Awareness Committee
To grow
River
of Grass into the large dynamic congregation that we
envision, we need to get the word out to the community that we are
here. Community Awareness works in a variety of ways to publicize River
of Grass, such as advertising in local newspapers, arranging interviews
for our minister, and coverage of special events.
Committee
Chair - Janet Schwartz (CommunityAwareness@riverofgrass.org)
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Finance
Committee
The
Finance
Committee handles all of the day-to-day financial matters
congregation, monitors expenses, and assembles the annual budget. It is
also responsible for long-range financial planning.
Committee
Chair - Roy Schwartz (Finance@riverofgrass.org)
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Fund Raising Committee
Committee Co-Chairs –
Karen Myatt & Steve Hyatt
(FundRaising@riverofgrass.org)
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Green
Committee
Sustaining our
environment is the personal commitment of Green Committee members.
Assisted by a program developed by the Unitarian Universalists
Association’s Seventh Principle Project, the committee meets to discuss
topics and strategies for increasing awareness of environmental issues,
changing personal lifestyles, and developing a connection between
spiritual practice and environmental consciousness.
Committee Chair –
Steve Jens-Rochow (Green@riverofgrass.org)
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History & Archives Committee
Committee Chair – Linda
Meerow (History@riverofgrass.org)
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Membership
Committee
The
charge of
the Membership Committee is to reach out to those in our
community who are searching for a progressive religious home. We are
responsible for greeting visitors at Sunday services, and following up
their visit with letters or phone calls. We also sponsor events to help
visitors, friends, and new members get to know River of Grass better
and become involved in the life of the congregation in whichever way is
most meaningful for them. We are excited and proud that River of Grass
membership has grown by over 70% since we began meeting weekly in the
fall of 1998. Our goal is to continue this dynamic growth, as we
continue
to deepen our
bonds to one another.
Committee
Co-Chairs - Leana Bresnahan & Karen Morris (Membership@riverofgrass.org)
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Ministry Council
The Ministry Council listens to what is
happening in the congregation,
reflects on what they've heard, discerns learning opportunities and
directional possibilities, and then shares learning from this process
of listening, reflecting, and discerning with our Minister, our Board,
Shared Ministry, and other committees in our congregation.
Ministry
Council members - Jim Busko, Laura House, and Maureen Lundell (MinistryCouncil@riverofgrass.org)
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Nominating Committee
Committee Chair – Steve
Tepper (Nominating@riverofgrass.org)
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Religious
Education Committee - Children
The Religious Education committee
supports and leads our children in developing their spiritual and
religious lives. This committee researches, plans and implements the
Sunday School Program for children from birth through high school, and
organizes several family oriented events annually. The committee is
committed to offering our children a comfortable, meaningful and fun
congregational life, and supporting the dedicated group of volunteer
religious education teachers.
Committee Chair – Paula Rabinowitz (YouthRE@riverofgrass.org)
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Religious
Education Committee – Adult
Understanding our
member’s deep need for religious and spiritual discussions, this
committee researches and facilitates material for the Sunday morning
adult religious education class.
Committee
Chair – Susan Juncosa (AdultRE@riverofgrass.org)
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Service
and Social Justice Committee
The
Service
and Social Justice Committee (SSJC) provides members and friends with a
variety of
opportunities to express their faith through service. Service may
include working with established community service agencies or
developing projects unique to our own congregation. Further, issues of
"social justice" may be addressed through the Unitarian-Universalist
Association's national agenda or our own regional association. The
Committee enthusiastically welcomes all new members to
participate and bring new ideas to help us create meaningful and
fulfilling experiences. To see what the SSJC is up to, go to : http://Rogssjc.blogspot.com
Committee
Co-Chairs - Marjorie Loring & Esther Sampol (SSJC@riverofgrass.org)
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Committee on Shared
Ministry
The committee coordinates
covenant and affinity groups, and is a conduit for developing new small
groups. Shared Ministry fosters healthy committees, and helps grow new
leadership, through training, workshops and networking. The committee
works with the minister, who is a committee member, to find ways to
encourage all River of Grass members to discover their gifts -- their
ministry -- and connect with opportunities that feed their soul and
nourish our congregation.
Committee
Co-chairs – Diane Lade (SharedMinistry@riverofgrass.org)
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Ways & Means Committee
Committee Chair – Steve
Tepper (WaysandMeans@riverofgrass.org)
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Worship
Committee
Sunday
worship
service is one of the pillars of our congregational
life. The worship Committee is responsible for the logistics of Sunday
worship service as well as the programs for those services when our
minister is not in the pulpit. Logistics entails setting up, taking
down, ushering, collecting the offering, tracking weekly attendance,
and the myriad of other associated tasks.
Committee
Chair - Brit
Lundell
(Worship@riverofgrass.org)
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