Our Blue Sky Future is an initiative centered around discerning the best path forward to sustain our beloved faith community. As a first step, our task force worked on research and information gathering. Our findings were shared with the entire congregation on Sunday, January 28th, by members of the Task Force and consultant Sarai Rice. We thank all who attended the presentation on January 28th and for those who were unable to be with us in person or online, you may click the following Presentation Link to get up to date.
Thank you to everyone who provided feedback to the Blue Sky Future Task Force. Here is a summary of the primary reactions, questions, and ideas we heard. Please know that even if your particular comment is not reflected in the summary, we have a document that captures many more details that will help guide us as we move forward. If you have any questions or comments after reading the summary, please feel free to contact anyone on the committee [see below].
The Task Force will now begin to think about which of the many good ideas before us will, ultimately, be presented to the Board and then to the full congregation at our Annual Meeting on June 9th.
The members of the task force, in addition to Rev. Mark, are:
Jessica Srinivas – jfsrinivas@gmail.com / (781) 888-5600
Kathy Kaufmann – kskaufmann@comcast.net / (781) 710-3225
Lynn Foreman – lynn.foreman.65@gmail.com / (740) 816-4638
Mimi Ferrell – mimiferrell@gmail.com / (978) 376-1086
Rick North – hrnorth@hevanet.com / (503) 706-0352
Here are some ways in which we would like to keep you informed! Click the links below to review the work we have done so far. Then please don’t hesitate to reach out to us with questions, comments, and creative ideas.
On Sunday, September 25th, the congregation met to hear a presentation from consultant Sarai Rice. Below are some links to information shared during that meeting, and a video to the meeting itself.
Reflection from Blue Sky Future Chair
During the Sunday service on December 17th, the chair of our Blue Sky Future Task Force, Kathy Kaufmann, offered some reflections on the work that the Task Force is doing and on what’s coming up. You can read her entire reflection HERE.