Welcome to

Who You Gonna Call?

March, 2017

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yourself.

Then, introduce yourself in the

meeting Chat Box!

Housekeeping

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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

If you aren’t sure… Contact either of us!

PAT • pkahn@uua.org

JAN • jgartner@uua.org

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