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Purpose
To
provide lifelong learning and enrichment opportunities for adult members
and friends of First Unitarian Church of Cincinnati based on the values
and missions of the congregation.
Goals
1. To
generate, and make available to the congregation, an annual curriculum,
appealing to a broad range of interests and experience, in a variety of
educational and informational formats, including but not exclusively,
classes, outings, lectures and discussion..
2. To work closely with the Minister and other Committees to support
and advance their educational efforts and needs.
Tasks
Because of the scope and diversity of the committee˘s responsibility,
two working groups have been defined. The Core Group will be responsible
for planning and coordinating; and the Support Group will be responsible
for
facilitating and implementing. The two are not mutually exclusive, and
members may belong to either or both.
Steering Committee:
1. Consider the educational and informational needs and interests of
the congregation.
2. Review available curricula from a variety of sources.
3. Create a curriculum and calendar for each year from September
through August, and publish an informational brochure to be disseminated
to the congregation.
4. Identify teachers, facilitators, discussions leaders and speakers to
support the curriculum.
5. Provide administrative documentation of the committee˘s work such as
meeting minutes, annual budgets, educational event evaluations and
annual reports.
6. Evaluate the committee˘s goals at the end of each church year and
set or re-establish goals for the coming year.
7. Recruit support group members.
Support Group
People
to help implement tasks listed above, such as:
1. Provide and disseminate publicity: brochures, newsletter articles,
leaflets, staffing Odyssey table on Sunday mornings, etc.
2. Schedule meeting space and provide class room support: including
calendaring, opening church, room set-up, teaching tools (such as
newsprint, copying, etc.).
3. Find or act as teachers, facilitators, discussion leaders; provide
on-site support to outside speakers.
4. Coordinate printed classroom materials: buy and distribute books,
copy materials, etc.
Responsibilities
Steering Committee:
Minimum two-year commitment. Attend monthly
meetings.
Support Group:
Serve as requested
Time Commitment
Steering Committee:
4-6 hours per month
Support Group:
2-4 hours per event
Skills necessary
Steering Committee:
Organization, planning, administrative,
strong interest in
adult education.
Support Group:
Varied, as per task accepted, interest in adult education,
ability to work on own.
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