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Your Stewardship Team

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We sincerely believe you will come to see Stewardship as a vital ministry of our church, and that your experience of that ministry will be rewarding, joyful and spiritually fulfilling. 

--First Unitarian Stewardship Team

 Your Stewardship team welcomes you back to an exciting year ahead at First Unitarian.  Changes are in store for us. In addition to a new Interim Minister (Tracey Robinson-Harris) and multiple listening sessions to support the search for a settled minister, this year the pledge campaign will be managed by a Stewardship team (see photo).

What happened to the elected Assessors, you might ask?   We are still here: Wendy Innis, Kate O'Dell and Rick Silva, but we have also been joined by volunteers Steve Knox and Jim Dolan. Together we have decided to focus less on the historical role of Assessors, and to introduce to the congregation the concepts of Stewardship.

What are the differences between Assessors and Stewardship?  We are so glad you asked!
  • Assessors levy pew taxes and solicit your money during the pledge campaign, while Stewardship promotes the joy of service and solicits all your gifts (time, talents and treasure) throughout the church year.
  • Assessors see your pledge as a duty, while Stewardship views your full support of our faith community as a spiritual calling. 
  • While the congregation elects Assessors, each of us as members of First Unitarian are called to be Stewards, to share our aptitudes, our abilities and our money toward the fulfillment of our spiritual mission.
We have some new plans unfolding and new events ahead as we move into the church year.  We sincerely believe you will come to see Stewardship as a vital ministry of our church, and that your experience of that ministry will be rewarding, joyful and spiritually fulfilling.

 Rick Silva, Kate O'Dell, Steve Knox, Jim Dolan, Wendy Innis
Your Stewardship Team

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