Governance Study Groups

Seeing opportunity to deepen your governance practice? Join a Unity Consulting governance study group to help you grow! Groups begin in September and meet monthly over Zoom through June. Depending on interest, we'll have groups focused on:

• Policy Governance® in the Program-Sized Congregation (under 350 members) will meet third Tuesdays at 6:00pm Eastern/5:00pm Central/3:00pm Pacific beginning September 17. Every month we'll consider a different topic and how to address it from the perspective of the program-sized church. Depending on interest, we could have separate groups for ministers and trustees, or a combined group for all.
• Policy Interpretations will meet third Thursdays at 2:00pm Eastern/1:00pm Central/11:00am Pacific beginning September 19. Every month we'll examine a different policy category in detail and consider how to provide the information the board needs in monitoring reports for that policy.  Particularly helpful for ministers and executive directors new to Policy Governance®, this group will explore how to lift up church values in interpretations.
• Linkage: the board's work of systematic, intentional conversation with its sources of authority and accountability about their values and vision of the future. We're polling interested people to determine a meeting time. Board member participants will help each other plan and implement a linkage process during the church year.
• The Nested Bowls of core values, mission, and ends. If we get enough interest, this group will walk through the process our book describes to discern and articulate these foundational policies in conversation with the congregation.

For $150 per participant, these groups offer tremendous value. Potentially interested? Fill out the interest form below and we'll get in touch!