Governance Board – OLD
The United Methodist movement is grounded in the power of strong lay and clergy leadership. Here at Hennepin Ave UMC we are creating a governance structure that both empowers ministry and provides strong lay oversight of governance.
We are excited to enter God's desired future with a governance model that creates a nimble and comprehensive response to possibility. You will find on this website a description of our model for governance and documents intended to build engagement and understanding.
Timeline for Creating the Governance Board
Background
August 2023 - Lead Pastor Elizabeth Macaulay introduced the concept of streamlined governance to the Executive Committee.
August 2023 - The Executive Committee recommended that the concept be considered by the Connections Committee.
Fall 2023 - The Connections Committee worked to understand the model, including participating in a zoom meeting with Christ Church Rochester lay leaders and their pastor to learn from their experience about transitioning to the streamlined governance model.
November 2023 – After a joint meeting with the Connections Committee, the Strategic Council approved moving forward to develop and then present the model to the wider congregation.
January 2024 - The Lay Leaders (all members of the administrative committees) met to learn about the model and to ask questions. Consensus was built to move forward with a task force authorized to start building details around the process and substance of the change.
August 2023 - Lead Pastor Elizabeth Macaulay introduced the concept of streamlined governance to the Executive Committee.
August 2023 - The Executive Committee recommended that the concept be considered by the Connections Committee.
Fall 2023 - The Connections Committee worked to understand the model, including participating in a zoom meeting with Christ Church Rochester lay leaders and their pastor to learn from their experience about transitioning to the streamlined governance model.
November 2023 – After a joint meeting with the Connections Committee, the Strategic Council approved moving forward to develop and then present the model to the wider congregation.
January 2024 - The Lay Leaders (all members of the administrative committees) met to learn about the model and to ask questions. Consensus was built to move forward with a task force authorized to start building details around the process and substance of the change.
January 2024 – The Streamlined Governance Task Force, named by the Lead Pastor, set to work after the Lay Leaders meeting.
February 2024 - learning/listening sessions for the congregation were held on February 4 and 17, 2024. You can watch a recording of one of the sessions in the video above.
February 2024 – On February 25, 2024 the congregation voted to approve the model and to instruct the Task Force to create a process to implement the streamlined governance model.
March 2024 – The Task Force developed the process to create a “Governance Board” that would implement the model.
April 2024 – The Task Force’s information packet, including the documents to be used during the Governance Board application process, was made available to the congregation.
April 2024 – The Lead Pastor works with the Connections Committee to create a Selection Team to interview and recommend Governance Board candidates to the congregation for approval.