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Consulting Services
When district staff can't address your needs quickly, or when someone else can serve you better, our District Consultants are prepared to help. These lay and clergy consultants serve the district as volunteers, and receive modest stipends and travel expenses in recognition of their time. Specialty consulting or training is underwritten by the District, and some services require cost sharing by contracting congregations. Fees vary according to the time commitment. Congregations which are “Full Fair Share” in their contributions of District dues and UUA Annual Program Fund (APF) receive a 50% discount on specialty consulting fees. Congregations in severe financial circumstances may speak to the District Executive about fee adjustments or good faith payment plans.
Annual Program Fund (APF) and
District Dues Consulting |
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Our Annual Program Fund (APF) Chair is available to inspire and educate congregations about our inter-relationship with all UU congregations through the UUA and PNWD, including the benefits all congregations receive through support of the APF and district dues. PNWD's APF Chair is a UUA volunteer who serves on the UUA Annual Program Fund Committee, and also serves PNWD by coordinating congregational support of district dues. The APF Chair is happy to arrange a visit, and is always ready to assist finance leaders in managing APF and district dues contributions. There is no charge for services of the APF Chair.
Contact the APF chair directly:
Paul Blackburn paul@speedfish.com
(541) 387-4011
Member, Mid-Columbia UU Fellowship (Hood River, OR) |
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| Compensation Consultant |
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This UUA Consultant provides information, advice and encouragement to PNWD congregations about church staff compensation and benefits, supporting efforts to bring compensation levels up to UUA recommendations. The Compensation Consultant is available at no charge to meet with Board members, Treasurers, Finance Teams, HR Committees about fair compensation for clergy and church staff.
Contact the Compensation Consultant directly:
Peter Henrickson
peter.henrickson@alumni.reed.edu (360) 608-8571
Member, UU Church of Vancouver (WA) |
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Healthy Congregations Team
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Provides training, consultation and assessment for congregations who wish to embrace healthy communications and proactively engage conflict. Services include facilitated conversations, practices of discernment, establishing norms and sanctions, covenant of right relationship, conflict assessment and leadership coaching. Healthy Congregations Consultants are specially trained and professionally experienced in this kind of work. Typically, there is a fee for this service, as it requires extended consultation time. Congregations in extreme financial circumstances may have all or part of the fees waived to ensure that consultation services are available. Contact the District Executive. Most services follow the standard Consulting Fees schedule, but Conflict Assessment and some other services require an extended consultation. For these, please download the the Full Assessment Fee Sheet  |
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| Finance & Stewardship Consultants |
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These UUA and local specialists offer assessment, consultation and training to congregations with questions about raising or managing money. Contact the District Executive to request finance or stewardship consulting. |
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| Ministerial Transitions Team |
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Facilitates ministerial transitions in congregations, including search & settlement, leadership covenants with new ministers, transition interviews with departing ministers and congregational leaders, and sabbatical preparation and "re-entry" workshops. These services sometimes require cost-sharing by congregations. Congregations in extreme financial circumstances may have all or part of the fees waived to ensure that consultation services are available. Contact the district office to request the services of the Ministerial Transitions Team. Congregations should contact the Program Specialist for DRE transitions support, including search, start-up, sabbatical planning and exit interviews. |
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| Ministerial Settlement Representative |
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Beginning January 1, 2010, the Ministerial Transitions Team has enfolded the services of the Ministerial Settlement Representative (MSR) for full-time or part-time positions in professional UU ministry. Each congregation in search will be assigned a MSR and a search coach, who will help educate congregations about the search process, advise congregational leaders and negotiating teams, and support search committees in considering potential candidates, selecting a finalist candidate, and settling or contracting the new minister. There is no charge to congregations for this service. Contact the district office to request the services of the Ministerial Transitions Team for MSR support. |
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| Religious Education Consulting Team |
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This team provides training, consultation and assessment for congregations who wish to grow lively religious education programs. Consultants are trained and professionally experienced in areas of program development, teacher training, safety and curricula. Typically there is a fee for this service, as it requires extended professional time. Congregations in extreme financial circumstances may have all or part of the fee waived to ensure that consultation services are available. Contact the Program Specialist. |
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| Safe Congregations Consultant |
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Provides educational resources on appropriate boundaries and behaviors, training and prevention. There is no charge for phone or email consultation. Serves congregations, on request, who are confronted with abusive or sexual harassment behaviors.
Contact the Program Specialist to inquire about Safe Congregations issues, or contact the Safe Congregations Consultant directly:
Barbara Cornell
Shoreline, WA
(206) 510-5690
uubcornell@gmail.com |
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| Young Adult Programs |
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Contact the Program Specialist for information on services to support thriving young adult programs in your congregation.
We also recommend www.connectuu.com to help young adults find a nearby UU young adult group.This UUA program supports young adult needs assessment and young adult leadership development. Networks existing young adult programs and promotes best practices. Provides resources to communities wanting to better support their young adults. Sponsors fall and spring young adult conferences nationally. |
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| Youth Ministry Programs |
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District youth ministry programs and consulting help our congregations support the growth and development of UU youth (ages 14-20). For assistance, or for information on GoldMine or Youth Cons, contact the Program Specialist to help get you started. UUs age 18-20 are encouraged to transition into Young Adult activities.
Youth Ministry Consultants: This team of youth and adult advisors helps grow and support Young Religious Unitarian Universalists (YRUU) groups and programming. They can help you get started or address your questions as your youth group and programming grows. Youth Cons: The district sponsors Fall and Spring Youth Cons (conferences) each year. Information will be available on the district website and will be sent to all congregational youth groups and DREs. Each Youth Con includes staffing by Youth Con Chaplains, UUA-trained specialists who know how to support a spiritually healthy community. If your youth group is considering hosting a Cluster Con, contact the Program Specialist for consulting resources. GoldMine Youth LeadershipSchool:GoldMine is a week-long, annual LeadershipSchoolfor youth.
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