Growth

• 15% more members, 5% / year
• 2 new congregations (not fellowships) and move forming groups to official congregation status
• Focus on congregations w/potential for growth, and help them strengthen their mission/vision/planning work
• 20 congregations w/YA or CM groups, with YAs well-integrated into cong.

Existing district groups to be involved:
G & S, GISC, CL, YAPS, W & R, UUMA, LREDA, UUMN, Consultants, DYSC

Steps to take/resources to use:

• Study KC results, explore advertising
• Demographic studies
• Congregations sharing stories & resources
• Encourage/seek out family resources, activities, support
• Use anti-oppression lens
• Faith Development resources, support -- get Judith Frediani's AA02 keynote address
• Covenant groups
• Use transition interviews & startups for raising awareness about growth

Leadership

• LD supported in congregational budget lines (20)
• Continuing Education on generations, needs, worship
• Expanded consultant program, emphasizing stewardship, mission/vision, planning
• Cluster area leadership groups & meetings

Existing district groups to be involved:
LDC, REC, Nominating Committee, CERR, W & R, Consultants, UUMA, LREDA, MWLS, UUMN,YAPS, DYSC, District Assembly planning committee

Steps to take/resources to use:

• Assess actual diversity -- age, families, generations, class
• District Annual Assembly
• Cluster LD work
• Communications, sharing resources, models
• Weekend LD modules

New ideas to explore/create:

• Connections for joint work with Meadville/Lombard & UUMA
• Congregational President's Council & Cluster Leadership meetings, including youth & YAs
• LD e-group -- 1) resource, 2) discuss & reflect, 3) next steps / using Interconnections website

Communications

• More congregations knowing each other, and connected; sharing mission/vision & planning strategies
• Messenger to everyone in CMwD twice a year
• More contributors to Messenger
• Pairs and triads of congregations working together, especially in social justice, leadership development and family ministries

Existing groups to be involved:
ALL committees, congregation's denominational affairs & newsletter editors, District Assembly planning committee,

Steps to take:

• Denominational affairs -- assess needs, interest, what information?, clarify roles
• Consider history of region -- Western Unitarian Conference
• District Assembly Workshops

Create:

• CMwD Social Justice Task Group
• Communications Task Group
• District e-groups and listservs