Initial Property Discernment Retreat

It fills RantWoman's heart with joy that this Property Discernment process is getting off the ground.

Enough said for now. RantWoman rants also pending.

Dear Friends, 

We hope to see many of you at the UFM Campus Discernment Retreat coming up on Saturday. Whether or not you plan to attend this event, we invite you to read some documents that our Committee has prepared to share with the Community. If you do plan to attend the Retreat, we hope you will be able to set aside a few minutes to read these documents, particularly the Research Documents, before the Retreat.

Research Documents:

These research documents are the results of our Committee's initial round of research. We have attempted to begin answering questions that we felt were necessary background information for everyone in the Community as we discern the future of our Campus together. We will present this research briefly at the Retreat, followed by a brief period for questions and answers. We will have a handful of paper copies available for reference at the Retreat and after, but we will not hand out copies to everyone. The links below are to PDF documents, or you can view them as either PDF or Google Docs in this publicly accessible Google Drive folder.

1 - Introduction

2 - Meeting History

3 - Campus Chain of Ownership (courtesy of Merlin Rainwater)

4 - Current Building Status

5 - Surrounding Conditions

6 - Campus Zoning

7 - Campus Valuation

Retreat Documents:

The following documents will be distributed at the Retreat, so there is no need for you to print them if you will be attending. There will be opportunities to read them at the Retreat, but you may find that you get more out of the experience by reading them beforehand. If you are unable to attend the Retreat, we strongly suggest you read these documents to get a sense of what will happen at the Retreat and perhaps to formulate your own responses, which we will invite you to share at another opportunity, after the Retreat. The links below are to PDF documents, or you can view them as either PDF or Google Docs in this publicly accessible Google Drive folder.

1 - Retreat Agenda

2 - Stewardship: Readings & Queries (worship sharing in the morning)

3 - Considering the Big Options (brainstorming activity in the afternoon)

Please let us know if you have any difficulty opening or reading these documents by emailing us at UFM.Campus.Discernment@gmail.com, or of course you may reach out individually to anyone on the Committee.

With gratitude,

UFM Campus Discernment Committee