Governance

UCH adopted policy governance as its organizational model in 2005. Under this model, the minister functions as the chief executive and is responsible for directing the other paid staff in the day-to-day operations of the church, including management and maintenance of buildings. The minister develops administrative guidelines to implement congregational policies as determined by the board of trustees and assigns paid staff, and volunteers-as-staff responsibility for tasks and duties that fulfill those policies.

The UCH board is comprised of 12 trustees elected to staggered three-year terms; however, with one board position currently unfilled, 11 members are sharing the board responsibilities. With recent efforts to more fully implement the principles of policy governance, the role of the board of trustees continues to move away from active administration to broad responsibility for developing the vision and goals of the congregation, as well as policies to guide the operation of both the board and the congregation.  With this shift in the board function, a reduction in the number of trustees is under active consideration.  

Organizations implementing policy governance rely on the articulation of core values, a mission statement, and ends statements to guide the organization’s activities. Core values support the mission, and the mission informs the ends statements. Our current core values, mission, and ends statements were developed and adopted in October 2014. The core values were derived from congregants’ comments and ideas expressed during workshops and meetings intended to address our differences and identify shared goals.

Our mission statement: Build Bridges, Celebrate Community, reflects our core values and our commitment to remaining a single congregation with two campuses.

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