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Charles B. Rosene, District Administrator |
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6536 Telegraph Ave., Suite C-102 |
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Dawn Bateman |
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Ministerial Settlement Representative |
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Bob Miess
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Mary Ellen Morgan |
President |
Rev. Jane Ramsey |
Moderator |
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Mary MacKay |
Vice-President |
Ramon Urbano |
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Margaret Kelso |
Recording Secretary |
Lucy Sperlin |
Corresponding Secretary |
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Ed Massey |
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Dean Watson |
Exec Comm-at-Large |
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Kären Aaker |
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John Schick |
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David Vallerga |
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Graham Smith |
YRUU Representative |
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Linda Laskowski |
UUA Trustee |
Executive
Committee: The Executive
Committee convenes between the Board Meetings to prepare agenda items for the
Board Meeting, to study special issues as directed by the full board, and
occasionally to make time-limited decisions as provided by the District Bylaws.
Moderator: Rev. Jane Ramsey
Finance
Committee The Finance
Committee is responsible for making recommendations to the Board of Trustees on
District financial matters, preparing and presenting the District's annual
budget, managing insurance coverage, and for developing long-range financial
plans for the District. Chair: Ed Massey
Bylaw Review
Task Force / Policies and Practices Handbook Review
DISTRICT RESOURCES & SERVICES TO
CONGREGATIONS
Compensation
and Benefits Consultant:
The Compensation and Benefits Consultant is available to assist and advise
congregations in their efforts to provide appropriate compensation packages for
professional and support staff. The consultant can also provide information on
salary and benefits guidelines to congregations, board members, and to
professional and support staff members. For more information please contact the
District Office.
Ministerial
Settlement Representative:
The Ministerial Settlement Director works as a consultant with the
UUA's Department of Ministry and the PCD providing guidance and support to
congregations during their search process for a settled minister.
Nominating
Committee: The Nominating
Committee identifies persons within the District who are eligible and
interested in serving on the Board, the Nominating Committee and other
committees and positions. For more information please contact the District
Office.
Religious
Education Committee: The
PCD Religious Education Committee promotes and supports Lifespan religious
growth and learning in district congregations. The Committee serves all of the
District's religious educators, be they volunteer or paid staff. Five meetings
are held during the year (every other month from September to May), alternating
between the
Additionally, the R.E. Committee sponsors two Renaissance Modules (intensive
15-hour trainings on specific topics such as Ministry with Youth, Philosophy of
Religious Education, Multicultural religious education, etc.) during the year,
one in the fall and one in the spring. The Modules are open to attendance by
anyone in the district, and are held at congregations around the district. In
2001, we will begin to organize "cluster" meeting for geographically
isolated religious educators. Religious Educators who are just beginning R.E.
work are matched up with an experienced educator as mentor.
Social Justice
Action Committee: The
mission of Social Justice Action Committee (SoJAC) is to facilitate social
justice action within the Pacific Central District through: Networking (between
societies and other appropriate groups); Resources (identify, develop, and make
available a variety of resources to local societies; Education (facilitate
education on social justice issues within member PCD societies); Leadership
Development and Support (deepen our spiritual understanding of social justice
work and offer practical practical training in organizational skills, media
skills, alliance-building and fund raising); and Coordination (facilitate
cooperation and coordination among PCD member societies for social justice
action).
Unitarian
Universalist Young Adult Network (UUYAN): The Unitarian Universalist Young Adult Network (PCD-UUYAN)
provides a religious and social community for adults between the ages of 18 and
35, focused on issues relevant to their life situations. PCD UUYAN publishes a
newsletter, OOH-YEAH!; operates a list-serve www.pcd-uuyan@onelist.com
and coordinates special projecs and events. It serves as liaison to C*UUYAN,
the continental young adult network, and to the Young Adult Ministries Office
of the UUA. Visit the UUYAN web site.
Women and
Religion - PCD: Women and
Religion - PCD sponsors retreats and conferences; develops course materials;
and works to make the UUA's activities and practices gender-inclusive. Women
and Religion - PCD envisions a whole and healing world with shared leadership
and affirmation of each person's dignity and worth.
Young
Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) Council: The YRUU Council of the PCD facilitates
activities for youth aged 12-22 within the District and maintains communication
between the youth and adults within the District. The Council promotes
communication among local societies' youth groups and acts as liaison to the
Continental YRUU. The Council sponsors three or four youth conferences each
year, publishes a newsletter called GRUST, conducts services at local
societies, and helps societies establish YRUU groups. (election of new officers
occurs in February).
UUA AFFILIATED
ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN PCD
Association of
UU Administrators (AUUA):
Membership in AUUA is open to church administrators. The
organization provides training and support for administrators and the
congregations they serve. The PCD chapter meets at least three times a year for
networking and discussion. Members of the group share information on such
things as newsletters, Sunday bulletins, building use, church finances,
telephones, volunteers and staff support.
CUUPS
(Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans): The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans is an
independent affiliate of the UUA founded in 1987. Local chapters conduct
rituals coinciding with the turning of the seasons. Rituals and discussions are
open to all women, men and children.
International
Association for Religious Freedom (IARF): The IARF was founded in
1900 and is considered to be the oldest interfaith organization in the world.
Branch meetings are held occasionally in the Bay Area. Individual membership is
invited.
News of your
partner church activities is published in the Partner Church Newsletter,
published quarterly. Memberships and subscriptions are available through Anne
Greenwood or Pat Rodgers (editor).
Over the past few years Partners in our district have become known for their
support of Transylvanian ministers who come to study for a year at
In 1998-1999 our first district-wide fundraising event was held in
PCD-UU
Ministers' Association: The
PCD-UUMA is a district chapter of the continental UU Ministers' Association.
Membership is open to parish and community ministers in fellowship, and
seminarians, who are members of the continental UUMA. The chapter meets in
retreat and meeting format several times a year for purposes of worship,
continuing education, mutual support, and strengthening collegiality. The
chapter has two Good Officers, who are available to members for advice,
pastoral care, and support during personal or professional crises. The present
Good Officers are: Rev. David Keyes and Rev Margot Campbell Gross.
Seventh
Principle Project: The
Seventh Principle Project's purpose is to support individual societies in their
environmental projects by exchanging ideas, resources and encouragement and by
coordinating social action for maximum effectiveness. The Seventh Principle Project
is the UU Continental Environmental Justice Network working through District
congregations. Contact: John S. Tucker
Society for
the Larger Ministry (SLM): Ministries
which serve the wider world are the primary focus of the Society for the Larger
Ministry, including recognition of lay ministry. Members of SLM are persons who
serve and/or support the practice of larger ministry work with the AIDS
community, hospitals, on the streets, in denominational programs and offices,
healing circles, etc. Contact: John S. Tucker
Unitarian
Universalist Christian Fellowship: The
UU Christian Fellowship offers opportunities for UU Christians to affirm the
biblical roots of the Unitarian Universalist tradition and to make connections
with the larger liberal Christian community. UUCF welcomes all persons who wish
to explore and apply the teachings of Jesus to Unitarian Universalism. Contact:
John Klopacz.
Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee: The
UUSC sponsors development programs in
Promise the
Children Consultant: Barbara
Alexander
UU United
Nations Office: The UU
United Nations Office represents all UUs at the United Nations. Working with
other Non-Governmental Organizations, it focuses on environment, disarmament,
human and religious rights and social development. The Office informs and
mobilizes UUs across the continent through a monthly newsletter, Windows on the
World, and a network of Envoys in each district and society. The UUUNO sponsors
a seminar in
UUUNO Office: (212) 986-5165, 777 UN Plaza, #7D,
UU Women's
Federation: The Unitarian
Universalist Women's Federation is a continental membership organization open
to ALL UU Women. Individuals as well as groups in local congregations make up
our membership. Meetings, workshops, retreats and conferences occur on the
local, district, and continental levels. Programming, Coalitions for Social
Justice, and Spirituality are all part of our interests. An International
Women's Tour Program is bringing women together in sisterhood and adventure as
we travel in this country and abroad.
PCD MEETINGS, PROGRAMS
AND TRAINING
The District
offers a wide variety of leadership training and educational opportunities.
These are available to all persons in the District. For information about the
events and/or to contact program planners, call the District Office
(510)601-1437.
Annual
Meeting/District Assembly:
The District holds an Annual Meeting in the Spring of each year.
The meeting is conducted as a "mini-General Assembly" with worship
services, keynote addresses, workshops, a business meeting and unstructured
social time. Meeting announcement, flyers and Society delegate packets for the
business meeting are mailed from the District Office to the president of each
society approximately six weeks before the meeting.
Leadership
Development Day: The
District holds an annual, day-long leadership development event with
several concurrent trainings. Advance registration is required and participants
choose one workshop to attend. For more information please contact the District
Office.
Growth
Conference: The District
Extension Committee sponsors an annual Growth Conference. For more information
please contact the District Office.
DISTRICT COMMITTEE AND
SPONSORED AFFILIATIONS
Sponsored
Programs: During the
year, the District, District committees and Affiliated Organizations sponsor or
conduct other special workshops, conferences and seminars on a variety of
topics. Programs are announced by flyers or by invitations sent to
congregations and targeted persons.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP
AND ANNUAL EVENTS
Each year several
events are held in the District that are open only to members of a particular
group (e.g., women, ministers, religious educators). For information about
these events, contact the sponsoring group.
Men’s
Retreat:For information about PCD Men’s
Council’s activities, see Men's Pages. 2002 Men's
Retreat will be held
Women's
Retreat: The PCD Women
and Religion Task Force sponsors two annual women's retreats which focuses on
women's spirituality.
There are two
schools within the District at which students study for ordination into the
Unitarian Universalist ministry.
President: The Rev. Dr.Rebecca Parker 510-845-6232
President: The Rev. Dr. William McKinney 510-848-0528
Pacific
CONTINENTAL AND
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETIES
The District
Office has a listing of all societies in
The Annual
Program Fund (APF) is the Unitarian Universalist Association's largest single
source of unrestricted contribution income for the Association's annual
operating budget. The money for the fund comes from contributions made by each
society. Each congregation is asked to give at least a minimum per capita
amount, referred to as a Fair Share and based on the number of members your
congregation certified for General Assembly the previous February. (Large
Congregations with more than 550 members may be computed slightly different.)
The UUA's total Fair Share goal for Districts in FY 2004-2005 is $7,593,117.
Our District's share of that amount is based on 6,736 voting members (as of
February l, 2004). At $50 per member our UUA Fair Share for our district is
$$336,800.
Last year our District contributed $299,215 or almost 92% of last year's
$325,560 UUA Fair Share dollar goal. This is an increase of $23,120 in total
giving to the UUA, by PCD congregations, compared to the prior year. PCD will
receive a grant of $33,250 based on that percentage (91.9% of the 11%
possible), plus we earned the $3,000 bonus for % of Fair Share congregations
participating. Of our 39 congregations, 33 were Fair Share (84.6%).
For those societies who have continued their Fair Share commitments, we again
thank you. For those who returned to Fair Share giving after a setback, we
thank you for your efforts and your success. For those of you who achieved Fair
Share newly, we applaud you, and for those of you still striving we encourage
you and thank you for your contributions. The UUA obtains most of its income
from: Annual Program Fund, Endowment Income, General Investment Income,
Designated Program Income, Friends of the UUA, Grant Funding. For those
societies who have continued their Fair Share commitments, we again thank you.
For those who returned to Fair Share giving after a setback we thank you for
your efforts and your success. For those of you who achieved Fair Share newly,
we applaud you, and for those of you still striving we encourage you and thank
you for your contributions.
The UUA obtains most of its income from: Annual Program Fund, Endowment Income,
General Investment Income, Designated Program Income, Friends of the UUA, Grant
Funding.
Congregations receive about $2 worth of services for every $1 contributed via
APF giving.
These Services and their approximate percentage of UUA Programs and Services
Budget expenditures include:
More
specifically, the supported programs include:
For more
information on fundraising check: http://www.uua.org/giving/apf/index.html
Recommended Per
Capita Contribution to UUA ("Fair Share"):
2005-2006 $51
2006-2006 $53
Jim King, PCD APF
chair, prepared this report. Questions may be referred to him at 707-836-1326,
or e-mail to jimjanking1@comcast.net.
The PCD Annual
Program Fund provides approximately 30% of the revenue for District operations.
(The UUA Annual Program Fund, reported above, also provides substantial funding
for PCD.) The Fair Share membership number is the same as reported to the UUA
(See Above).
Last year our total PCD Fair Share was $142,212. We received $133,670 (94%).
This was an outstanding improvement and a great accomplishment. I think all of
our PCD Fair Share Congregations should take a bow.
Recommended Per
Capita Contribution to PCD ("Fair Share")
2005-2006 = $21
2006 -2007 = $23 (Determined in April 2005)
PCD HONOR CONGREGATIONS
The following
Congregations met or exceeded their UUA APF Fair Share for the fiscal year 2003
-2004:
The following
Congregations met or exceeded their PCD APF Fair Share for the fiscal year 2003
-2004:
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