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Welcome to
Who You Gonna Call?
March, 2017
Please turn off your camera and mute
yourself.
Then, introduce yourself in the
meeting Chat Box!
Housekeeping
Audio problem? Mute audio on your computer, and then call in by phone.
We’ll have time for questions at the end.
Recorded webinar will be posted at www.uua.org/re/teachers/webinars
Who You Gonna Call?
A webinar presented by the UUA
Ministries and Faith
Development staff group
March, 2017
Presenters
Jan Gartner Compensation and Staffing Practices Manager
Pat Kahn Professional Development
Programs Manager
Tech Support: Kareem Watson, Office Administrator
Opening Words
So that we might, together, shine By Rev. Erik Walker Wikstrom,
on the UUA WorshipWeb
Pat and Jan
Similar backgrounds & experience
• Credentialed Religious Educators
• Large Church DREs
• Good Officers
• LREDA Board
• Joined UUA staff in 2011
Our Previous Portfolios
PAT Faith Development Office
• Renaissance Program
• Tapestry of Faith –
children and
multigenerational
• RE resources
JAN Professional Development
Office
• RE Credentialing
• Music Leader Cert
• Transitions
• Staff Teams
• Professional Issues
Our Current Portfolios?
Who You Gonna Call?
PAT
Continuing in
Faith Development Office
JAN
Now in
Office of Church
Staff Finances
You’re gonna call PAT for:
• RE Credentialing Program
• Music Leader Certification Program
• Renaissance Program
• Professional questions
What’s going on with…
• RE Credentialing Program
• Music Leader Certification Program
• Renaissance Program
You’re gonna call JAN for:
• Compensation and Benefits
• Congregations as Employers
• Staffing Practices
What’s going on with…
• Compensation and Benefits
• Congregations as Employers
• Staffing Practices
To help religious professionals
thrive in their work
Sometimes the lines between our areas get blurred.
Our Shared Goal
Our Shared Work:
Transitions
PAT • Individual congregations or professionals in
transition
• Guild of Interim Religious Educators (support
and continuing ed.)
• RE Credentialing questions
JAN • Best practices for congregations as employers
• UUA Interim Training for Religious
Professionals
Transitions Partners
• Congregational Life Staff
• Professional Organizations
• Guild of Interim Religious Educators
(GIRE)
Our Shared Work: Staff Relations & Staff Teams
PAT • Shared Ministry Task Force
• Connections with LREDA & UUMN
JAN • Best practices for congregations
• Employment issues
Closing Words
Community is the spirit, the guiding
light of the tribe, whereby people
come together in order to fulfill a
specific purpose, to help others fulfill
their purpose, and to take care of
one another.
Sobonfu Somé, Lifting Our Voices
#35
Upcoming Webinar
April 2017
Innovation in RE and Faith Development –
Recap from the UUA’s 2016 Roundtable
and an Invitation to New Initiatives
with Jessica York and panelists including
Tracy Beck and Joy Berry
Register online for
Tuesday, April 18, 1 pm Eastern
or Wednesday, April 19, 9 pm Eastern
www.uua.org/re/teachers/webinars
Thanks for attending this
Faith Development Office webinar.
This webinar has been recorded
and will be posted online at www.uua.org/re/teachers/webinars