Strategic Planning Task Force 

You Are Invited on December 6 from 10 to 2!

Cliff Welles provided a congregational "Call to Action" at our September 7th Sunday Service.  

Please click here to listen to Cliff’s presentation!

We are eager to hear what each of you would like to see UUCGN focus on over the next three years. Your Strategic Planning Task Force has spent the last six months exploring member priorities. To continue with our current healthy and successful Congregation we must adapt to changes in the world and be agile and responsive. There are external opportunities and threats to which we can respond and be proactive. We have identified many internal strengths on which to build, and opportunities for improvement and growth. We have been conducting member focus groups for gathering input from members, conducted a  Congregational survey, and engaged UUCGN  leadership.

NOW is the time to hear from you if we have not heard from you yet. We are conducting two more focus groups in October and a Congregation wide open meeting on Saturday, December 6  from 10 am to 2 pm (with lunch and child care provided).

We have heard many compelling recommendations. We are ultimately looking to identify 2-3 major themes, or initiatives, that will engage, energize and empower individual members, our  UUCGN community, and our responsibilities to the greater SWFl community.

Some of the possible themes or initiatives that have been identified include:  

• Membership diversity

• Spiritually nourishing programs

• Social Welfare programs

• Securing our financial resources 

• Energize our new member engagement  program

• Expand our successful YRE program

• Create an excellent Communications Plan

• Continue to improve our buildings and gardens

The best defense to these challenging times is a more energized and focused membership. The December 6th Congregational meeting marks the end of our information gathering. Next will be a four month collaborative process engaging the entire Congregation. The Strategic Plan will be completed by the end of March with the selection of our guiding initiatives and action plans for the next three years.  You the members will identify UUCGN’s passion going forward! We need to hear from you NOW! Please be sure to attend December 6th to be engaged in charting the future of UUCGN.