Our three-year 2021-2024 goals will center around our church mission and vision, which read:
Our Mission:
The mission of First Unitarian Portland is to create a welcoming community of diverse individuals; to promote love, reason and freedom in religion; to foster lifelong spiritual growth; and to act for social justice.
Our Vision:
First Unitarian Portland is a beacon of hope for us and for our community, a spiritual center in the heart of our city that helps each of us to find our moral compass, calling and challenging us to build the beloved community with an ever-deepening sense of spirit, diversity and inclusion.
For your reference, on May 5, 2016, the Board adopted the following five-year goals (2016-2021):
- Focus on collaborative governance, revising policies for clarity and brevity and creating linkages between the Congregation, the Board, and the Executive Team.
- Increase church funding through enhanced giving, including goal to reduce or retire the Buchan Building mortgage.
- Make a cultural transition from program-focused church to mission-driven church, with priority to building beloved community between generations.
- Develop a long-term plan for development and sustainability of church campus given changing dynamics of West End and downtown Portland.