May 2026 Board Minutes

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1:04 PM – Called to Order 

Announcements

Larry Myers, voted onto the 2026-2027 Board as Member-at-large, emailed Annette and Bonnie stating concerns regarding his previous decision to agree to be on the board. He has decided to step down from the board due to various reasons, including the fact that the church is without a Minister.

The issue of us not having a Minister has come up regularly within the congregation. We hear these concerns and will do our best in addressing them moving forward. The Committee on Shared Ministry will be conducting a survey of congregants and will be addressing this concern as well. This will help us better understand while gathering information in hopes of addressing this.

Oversight Roles of Former Board Positions & Individual Board Member Assignments

Overall Board Responsibilities:

  • Attend GLOW meetings (could be assigned such as our church lock-ups)
  • Staff liaisons
    • Alessandra’s liaison needs to address both her role as the Worship Director and her role as the Director of Religious Exploration
  • Internal audits
    • Find someone outside of the Finance Committee, preferably with a background in accounting
  • Social justice
    • CAJM liaison
    • Share the Plate liaison
  • Building, grounds, improvements (landscape, tree maintenance, playgrounds)
  • Membership committee
  • Safety team
    • Should spearhead the continued existence of a Safety Committee
  • Technology team

Individual Board Member Responsibilities

  • VP Finance
    • Final budget development
    • Endowment (planned giving/legacy giving)
  • Member-at-large
    • Pledge drive (ensure a committee is formed and ready for the process)

GLOW (formerly “Church Council”)

  • Fundraising
  • Welcoming Congregation (certification has essentially lapsed. If someone wants to spearhead this, they will need to go through the updated certification process through the UUA)

Worship Director (in lieu of a Minister)

  • Sound system coordination
  • Worship Co-Lab (formerly Program Committee)

Director of Religious Exploration

  • Harmony Camp

Voting

  • Ken motioned to approve all of the updates made to the oversight roles of former board positions document as well as the individual board member assignments document in order to update the Manual of Policies and Procedures.
    • Annette seconded the motion.
    • Motion passed.

Board Members Present:                                              

Annette Pearce, President                                          

Bonnie Abellera, President Elect                                 

Ken Kent, Finance                                                       

Sally Andersen, Member at Large                              

Kim Ross, Member at Large                                      

Sadie Ragans, Secretary        

Prepared by Sadie Ragans, Secretary, on June 29th, 2026