First Unitarian Portland Goals 2021-2024

  • First Unitarian Portland Goals 2021-2024

    The board in collaboration with the congregation will be developing church-wide goals to guide us for the next three years. In the past the church has set five-year goals, but with the uncertainty of the pandemic and because we will be settling a new Senior Minister next year, the board believes three-year goals make the most sense for this cycle. 

  • 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.

  • As you think about our challenges and priorities, some examples of areas to consider include: the structure of the church post pandemic, our buildings and property, sustaining the church over time.

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