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 11, 2025
- Agenda: 20250111_council_agenda.docx
Material from Past Meetings
Minutes from Council of Chairs meetings are posted in the password-protected Chalice wiki.
- July 27, 2024
- April 13, 2024
- January 13, 2024
- Agenda: 20240113_council_agenda.docx
- October 14, 2023 - Monitoring reports are due from funded groups.
- July 8, 2023
- April 8, 2023
- January 14, 2023
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
