Council of Chairs Meeting Dates:
All meetings are Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon
Check your latest enuus for the link to the meetings.
Material from Past Meetings
Minutes from Council of Chairs meetings are posted in the password-protected Chalice wiki.
Council of Chairs Purpose Statement: In conjunction with policy governance, the Council of Chairs is the central place where information is shared between the Coordinating Team and Chalice’s committees and groups. Such information includes budgeting requests and approvals, policies, calendaring, congregational goals and outcomes, information between groups, best practices in governance and congregational life, and training on desired topics. Training topics support and inform congregational leaders on matters pertaining to religious leadership.
All meetings are Saturday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon
Check your latest enuus for the link to the meetings.
- January 13, 2024
- Agenda: 20240113_council_agenda.docx
- April 13, 2024
- July 13, 2024
Material from Past Meetings
Minutes from Council of Chairs meetings are posted in the password-protected Chalice wiki.
- October 14, 2023 - Monitoring reports are due from funded groups.
- July 8, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- January 14, 2023
- October 8, 2022 - Monitoring reports were due from funded groups.
- July 9, 2022 - Year-in-Review reports were due from funded groups on July 15.
- April 9, 2022 – Budget request forms were due from funded groups.
- January 29, 2022
- October 30, 2021 - Monitoring reports were due from funded groups
- July 31, 2021 - Year-in-Review reports were due from funded groups on July 15.
- April 24, 2021 – Budget request forms were due from funded groups.
- February 6, 2021 – Goals for the upcoming year, set by the Coordinating Team and the Board of Trustees, will be shared so groups can begin planning for the coming year. Budget request forms will be provided.
- November 7, 2020 – Monitoring reports from funded groups were due on October 30.
Council of Chairs Purpose Statement: In conjunction with policy governance, the Council of Chairs is the central place where information is shared between the Coordinating Team and Chalice’s committees and groups. Such information includes budgeting requests and approvals, policies, calendaring, congregational goals and outcomes, information between groups, best practices in governance and congregational life, and training on desired topics. Training topics support and inform congregational leaders on matters pertaining to religious leadership.
COUNCIL OF CHAIRS COVENANT
Adopted October 10, 2015
As leaders of the congregation, we understand that we play an integral role in Chalice’s ability to live our mission and vision. We also understand that we are in relationship with one another as leaders.
Therefore, we covenant to:
Respect the importance of thoughtful participation in the Council of Chairs:
Adopted October 10, 2015
As leaders of the congregation, we understand that we play an integral role in Chalice’s ability to live our mission and vision. We also understand that we are in relationship with one another as leaders.
Therefore, we covenant to:
Respect the importance of thoughtful participation in the Council of Chairs:
- We attend quarterly Council of Chairs meetings
- We facilitate two-way communication between our groups and other leaders
- We help ensure that congregants’ ideas get heard
- We understand that other leaders and groups want to know what is going on with our group
- We trust that our fellow leaders and groups are working hard to make thoughtful decisions
- We listen to each other with open minds and with respect
- We value the work we do together
- We support ongoing initiatives
- We nurture new leadership in our groups
- We respect experiments and new ideas
- We consider there may be no “wrong” or “right” ideas and ways of doing things
- We learn from the past and look forward with vision
- We recognize that circumstances are always changing and what hasn’t worked before might be worth a try