
Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica
10 Higby Road
Utica, New York 13501
315-724-3179
www.uuutica.org
welcome@uuutica.org
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Our Committees
Where would you like to contribute your time and talent?
Board Members
The Board of Trustees sets policy and makes
decisions for the lay needs and well being of our
congregation. Members are listed in our Directory.
The year following
their name indicates that their term ends June 30 of that
year.
Bill
Cannon
2012 President
president@uuutica.org
Jay Hagenbuch
2012
Denise Morgan
2012
Treasurer
Bill Gazitano
2013 Stewardship
Liaison / Communications
Malcolm Buffington
2013 House
Doreen Markson
2013 Clerk
Phyllis
Brockley
2014
Kenneth Davis
2014
Brenda Marris
2014
Nominating
The nominating
committee suggests folks who might be interested in serving on
the board of directors. The year following their name
indicates that their term ends June 30 of that year.
Nancy
Bender 2012
Lynn
Shaw 2013
Jack Pendrak 2014
Board of Trustee Committees
Finance
The finance committee
sets the budget, and helps manage the income and outgoing
expenses of the church, bequethments, and investments.
Stewardship Committee
This committee
designs, plans, organizes and implements the annual
stewardship fund drive.
House Committee
The house committee
deals with the maintenance, and upkeep of the building.
Program Committees
Worship Committee
The worship committee
works with the minister to plan services when she is not here
and study contemplate, review the purpose and flow of the
service. This committee also helps hire the pianists for
the year, and organizes and schedules choir music for the
upcoming year .
Committee on Ministry
The primary purpose of the committee is to foster transparent communications between the congregation and the Minister in order to provide constructive feedback to the Minister. The Committee wants to foster and encourage the congregation to communicate directly and positively with the Minister. The Committee on Ministry will function in a non-crisis, goal-oriented manner with an agenda to explore the various concerns and challenges of the Minister/Congregation relationship and the Congregation's own role and agreed-responsibility in shared ministry.
Religious
Education (RE)
The RE committee helps hire teachers, set
curriculums, organize volunteers for RE special events, and
special events.
Membership
The membership
committee welcomes visitors, and helps new members intregrate
themselves into the larger community along with helping to
keep tabs on the needs of current members.
Social
Action
/ Green Sanctuary
This committee works to design and implement
interesting forums, classes, lectures, and activities around
social justice issues relative to our community and the world
at large.
The Green Sanctuary Committee is
now part of our Social Action Committee. This committee
is striving to help our congregation and its members become
more aware and responsive to living our Seventh Principle, in
terms of environmental concerns and
Public Relations
They manage the web
site, submit press releases, and promotes church events.
Denominational Affairs
This committee works
to keep the greater church population informed about what is
happening with the denomination, and encourages folks to
attend the annual General Assemby and the district meetings.
Other Activities and Groups
Caring Crew
The caring crew works to keep
in touch with the congregation in its time of need.
Their activities include pastoral visits, assisting with
errands / transport, arranging for meals and other
assistance. We are looking for new crew
members. Contact our minister, Doreen Markson, as listed in the Directory
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Choir
The choir sings on
special occasions ,with rehearsals scheduled as needed.
Library
Acquires new books on
spirituality, religion, philosophy and other topics for the
church library, and supervise the exchange of books.
Book Discussion
This discussion group meets monthly and reviews a
book they have all read.
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