Visioning
Shaping Our Story: Congregational Visioning
The Visioning Task Force completed its work in the spring of 2024 and presented its Strategic Plan recommendations to the UUCE Board.
History
Why Visioning? UUCE makes a meaningful difference for ourselves and our neighbors in Eugene, Springfield, and beyond. By coming together to pool our ideas, resources, and commitments, we feel that we can ensure our positive impact for years to come.
By engaging with our congregants, our neighbors, and outside consultants, the visioning team spent from April 2024 to May 2025 formulating a strategic plan for our future. This resulted in five broad themes and multiple goals within each theme, as documented below.
UUCE 2025–2028 Strategic Plan
Financial Sustainability
- Invest in Creative Partnerships
- Strengthen Financial Development Programs
- Experiment with Crowdfunding
Community Engagement
- Strengthen Community Partnerships
- Increase Environmental Action
- Address Needs with Multi-Generational Groups
- Be a Bridge for Differences
Spiritual Deepening
- Embed Spiritual Deepening in All Programs
- Utilize UUA.org Curricula
Energize Participation
- Deepen Connection and Belonging
- Engage Children, Youth and Young Adults
- Optimize CRM (Breeze)
Congregational Care
- Expand Culture of Caring
- Secure Resources to Enhance Congregational Care
Past Steps
UUCE teamed up with Convergence Consultants for a multi-step visioning process.
Our first action was to complete the 2024 Congregational Vitality Survey which was submitted by nearly two-hundred UUCE members and friends. This survey was a wellness check for Convergence to learn about UUCE and the information gathered along with our attendance records, demographics, and other communications, were used by the consultants to look for trends, concerns, and emerging possibilities and connections.
- April-May, 2024
- Congregational Survey (assessment report PDF)
- June 23, 2024
- Visioning Report: Survey Results (video)
- August 27, 2024
- Creative Congregations: A Virtual Tour of Congregations Architecting Inventive Futures (video)
- September 22, 2024
- Futures Lab (report PDF)
- March 6, 2025
- Unitarian Universalist Church in Eugene Recommendations for the 2025-2028 Strategic Plan (plan PDF)
- Summary PDF
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You’re continued participation in this important community process is invaluable. Help shape the future story of UUCE!