Sign Up For A Ministry Team

Procedure for Ministry Team assignment: Sign-up sheets received in the Association of Unity Churches office by January 1, each year are forwarded to the Ministry Team Chair and Staff representative for consideration during January team meetings. The Ministry Team Chair or Staff representative should make any phone calls required to get volunteer team members and to inform them of the work of the team. The upcoming Board Chair will review the the list before June convention and convey the confirmed team appointments to the Director of Ministry Employment who will implement letters to be mailed no later than August 1.

There are many Ministry Teams and a rich variety of talents are needed. In accepting a Ministry Team appointment, you are agreeing to commit time and resources in order to attend the meetings of the Ministry Team (some meet once a year, others more often), and to do the work of the team between meetings. If you feel you can contribute, please complete and submit a form.

This sign-up form is in Adobe Acrobat . You will need Acrobat Reader (free from http://www.adobe.com/) to open the document. You can print it out and complete by hand. Then send it back by email to Joann Landreth, dpe@unity.org or FAX to 816.525.4020 or mail to PO Box 610, Lee's Summit, MO 64063.

Note: We are no longer listing every member of a ministry team in the on-line directory. Please use the appropriate staff representative contacts below.

More About Ministry Teams

 MINISTRY TEAM STRUCTURE
May 21, 2008

STANDING TEAMS

Note: The following teams must stay abreast of what's happening in the Creative Teams so they can make adjustments that come from the learning that is achieved from Creative Teams' work.

Minister/Ministry Services - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Carl Osier

• Credentialing - Association Home Office Liaison - Margie Brach
  o Admissions
  o Field Licensing
  o Licensing and Ordination
  o Urban School Licensing/Ordination/Evaluation
  o Urban School Admissions
  o Credentials (3 Teams - Spanish, German, English - not US) - Xiomara Malagon
  o Licensed Unity Teachers (dual role within Creative Teams as well)
  o Standards (advisory role)
  o Credentialed Leader/Ministry Review Team (CLMRT) (advisory role)
  
• Ethics/Policy - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Carl Osier
  o CLMRT
  o CLMRT - Appeal
  o Standards (dual role)
      Healthy Leadership Innovation Team - Regional AI Summit 2007
  o Bylaws (dual role)
  
•  Alternative Ministry - Association Home Office Liaison - Joann Landreth
•  Transitional Ministry/Peacemaking - Association Home Office Liaison - Stephanie Seigh
•  Spiritual Music - Association Home Office Liaison - Richard Mekdeci
  

Finance and Administration - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Young Bae

•  Benefits
•  Finance and Budget

Communications and Development - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Lisa Wittman

• Convention
• Prosperity Development

BOARD OF TRUSTEES TEAMS

CREATIVE TEAMS (Focused on our Association's Strategic Plan)

• Thriving Ministries - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Deborah Frownfelter
  (Includes the previous Church Growth Team)  
• Enlightened Leaders - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Deborah Frownfelter 
• Visionary Spiritual Education, Development and Support - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Deborah Frownfelter   (Includes the previous Education Services Team and Campus Ministry Team)
• Sub Team: Young Adults
• Thriving New Ministries - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Carl Osier/Deborah Frownfelter  (Includes the expansion subset of the previous Worldwide Services Ministry Team)
• The Enlightened Organization - Association Home Office Assistant Vice President Liaison - Gary Simmons
• A World that Works for All - Spiritual Social Action Team - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Carl Osier 
• Sub Teams: Worldwide Peace, Environmental Action, Compassionate Response, and
  Diversity Training
• World-wide Unity Movement - Association Home Office Vice President Liaison - Susan Beck/Xiomara Malagon
• Sub Teams: Spanish, English (outside US), Africa, German, French

 CROSS-FUNCTIONAL TEAM 

• Next Generation Unity - Association Home Office Liaison - Rachel Simpson