UNITARIAN CHURCH OF LINCOLN

GOVERNANCE

  • Home
  • About
    • Staff
    • Unitarian Universalism
    • History
    • Newsletter
  • Worship
    • Sunday Morning
    • Worship Associates
    • Soul Matters
  • Youth Ministry
    • Sunday School K-5
    • FAQ YOUTH
    • Adult Education
  • Music
    • Choir
    • House Band
    • Concerts
  • Visitors
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ Adults
    • Social Events
    • Newcomer Classes
  • Members
    • Governance
    • Donate
    • Committees and Activities
​OUR ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE

The organization chart is in the process of being updated - this 2024 UCL ORG CHART - another update coming out this summer. The members are the top tier "stakeholders" in the church, of course, and there is a democratic process to elect lay leaders such as Board of Trustees (BOT) members.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The Board of Trustees (BOT) has established the following priorities for 2025:
  • to use our interim period to discern who we want to be as a church - in terms of size, programming, priorities, and congregational life.
  • to manage our current budget to best meet the needs of the congregation during this time of transition.
  • to use UUA resources and other programs relating to leadership, faith development, etc., to strengthen and broaden our understanding and knowledge of congregational needs and support in a changing cultural environment.

​See more info about the BOT below.
​​
PROGRAM COUNCIL
​

In conjunction with paid staff, the day-to-day operations are governed by the Program Council. The Program Council is organized into six clusters. The chairs and task organizers within each cluster have their own goals and projects. Contact information is maintained and listed alphabetically by the name of the group or committee in the Committees and Activities Leaders document at the button below.
COMMITTEE AND ACTIVITY LEADERS
BOARD OF TRUSTEES​
​

The Board Trustees are elected to serve three-year terms. ​The Treasurer is appointed to a two-year term.

​​The Board of Trustees gathers past monthly meeting and Congregational meeting minutes in the Unitarian Church of Lincoln (UCL) - UCL Board Minutes folder. 
​
BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBERS (TERMS)
Michael Straatmann, President (2024 - 2027)

Melody Vaccaro, Vice President (2023 - 2026) 
Floyd Wickenkamp, Secretary (2023-2026)

Jeanne Brooks (2025 - 2028)
Sue Goebel (2024 - 2027)
Leslie D. Ryan (2024 - 2027)
Mary K Stillwell (2023-2026)
Pam Wakeman (2025-2028)
Charles "Wooly" Wooldridge (2025-2028)
Judy Hart, Immediate Past President (2025-2026)

EX OFFICIO:
​Marcia Cederdahl, Program Council Chair
Karen Heafer, Treasurer
Alysa Haack, Vice-Treasurer
CONGREGATIONAL MEETINGS

The Winter Congregational Meeting is held in early December. The Spring Congregational Meeting is held in late-May or early-June. We precede these meetings with two Town Halls in order to present information and give members an open forum to ask questions. 

When the Board of Trustees sets the dates for these meetings, they are announced through several channels including the newsletter, weekly e-blasts and the online calendar in the footer of this website.


2025 SPRING
​CONGREGATIONAL MEETING


SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2025 AT 11:30AM
IN PERSON AND LIVESTREAMED ON YOUTUBE
​We will present information and invite questions at the two Town Halls May 25, 2025 and June 1, 2025. The Town Halls are your opportunity to meet the board candidates and ask questions about any of the agenda items. 

At the Spring Congregational Meeting on Sunday, June 8, 2025 at 11:30AM, members will hear reports from key leaders. Members will also vote for Share the Plate recipients, Ministerial Search Committee and Board Candidates.


Livestream links all 11:30 AM:
  • May 25 Town Hall #1
  • June 1 Town Hall #2
  • June 8 Spring Congregational Meeting

TOWN HALL AGENDA

2025 SPRING CONGREGATIONAL MEETING AGENDA

2024 WINTER CONGREGATIONAL MEETING MINUTES 

BOARD CANDIDATES (ALL 3 BIOS IN ONE DOC)
  • Pam Wakeman
  • Charles "Wooly" Wooldridge
  • Jeanne Brooks

SHARE THE PLATE NOMINATIONS

MINISTERIAL SEARCH COMMITTEE SLATE

REPORTS
  • Minister
  • Board President
  • Treasurer Report
  • Program Council Chair
  • Committee Reports (too many to link here)

ANNUAL REPORT 2025 (includes all of the above information together in one doc.; the link went live June 5, 2025)
​

HOW WILL VOTING WORK?

Voting will be done by VIRTUAL BALLOT through a Google Form linked to this governance page and sent in an all-church email on June 8, 2025.

If you are not able to vote online, you may pick up a physical ballot from the church office on Sunday, June 8 before or after the Spring Congregational Meeting (before 1:00PM) or Tuesday, June 10 between 9:00 and 11:00 AM.

All ballots must be turned into the church office no later than Tuesday, June 10 at 11:30 AM. (Please remember that the church office is closed on Mondays.)

The Virtual Ballot will go live on Sunday, June 8. Voting will be open for 48 hours from Sunday, June 8 at 11:30 AM to Tuesday, June 10 at 11:30 AM. Results will be announced in the eblast at 4:00 PM on Friday, June 13 and on Sunday, June 15 as a part of the announcements.

The VIRTUAL BALLOT will include voting on:
  • Approval of the 2024 Winter Congregational Minutes,
  • Board Candidates,
  • Ministerial Search Committee, and
  • Share the Plate recipients.
We generally leave up the last congregational meeting before the current one, for at least six months, for continuity sake.

2024 WINTER
​CONGREGATIONAL MEETING


SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024 AT 11:30AM
LIVESTREAMED ON YOUTUBE
In person : 6300 A Street, Lincoln, NE 68510
​We will present information and invite questions at the two Town Halls November 24, 2024 and December 1, 2024. The Town Halls are your opportunity to meet nominations committee candidates and ask questions about any of the agenda items. 

2024 WINTER CONGREGATIONAL MEETING AGENDA


Town Halls
Sunday, November 24 at 11:30 AM LIVESTREAM and in person
Sunday, December 1 at 11:30 AM LIVESTREAM and in person


At the 2024 Winter Congregation Meeting on Sunday, December 8 at 11:30AM, members will vote whether to approve the 2024 Spring Congregational Meeting minutes, vote on Nominations Committee candidates and the proposed 2025 Operating Budget. 

​2024 SPRING CONGREGATIONAL MEETING MINUTES (corrected)

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE CANDIDATES

PROPOSED 2025 OPERATING BUDGET
​

HOW WILL VOTING WORK?

Voting will be done by VIRTUAL BALLOT through a Google Form linked to this governance page of the website and sent in an all-church email on December 8, 2024.

If you are not able to vote online, you may pick up a physical ballot from the church office after the Winter Congregational Meeting on Sunday, December 8, 2024 and either fill it out right away or turn it in on Tuesday, December 10 before 11:30 AM. (Please remember that the church office is closed on Mondays.)

***VIRTUAL BALLOT***

This Virtual Ballot will go live on Sunday, December 8, 2024. Voting will be open for 48 hours from Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 11:30 AM to Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:30 AM. Results will be announced in the eblast at 4:00 PM on Friday, December 13, 2024 and on Sunday, December 15, 2024 as a part of the announcements.

The VIRTUAL BALLOT will include voting on:
  • Approval of the 2024 Spring Congregational Minutes,
  • Nominations Committee Candidates, and
  • Voting for the 2025 Operating Budget.

In order to be a VOTING MEMBER at the Winter 2024 Congregational Meeting, you must meet the following criteria:

* Signed the membership book more than one month ago

If you are unsure whether you are a member in good standing email the church office: [email protected] . 


We leave the previous congregational meeting information up for six months.
BOARD ARCHIVES - PAST MEETINGS
MONTHLY PROGRAM COUNCIL FOLDER
GOVERNANCE DOCS


The Governance Documents are arranged in alphabetical order and include the last year that the document was updated (when available). You will find our church bylaws, hospitality documents, and other policies or procedures. 

​Please let the office know if you don't find what you are looking for or if you have questions: [email protected].
This is the list of the Governance docs in the folder above :
​
  • Annual Report 2024-2025
  • Building Use Procedures 2020
  • Building Use 12 Step/Recovery Groups 2020
  • Building Rental Form 2020
  • Bylaws 2023
  • Cash Management 2025
  • Capital Investment (CIC) Policy 2024
  • ​Communications Plan 2024
  • Communications Style Guide 2025
  • Covenant of Right Relations 2017
  • Denominational Delegate Policy 2019
  • Deposit Sample 2020
  • Elected/Appointed Positions Nominations Form 2025
  • Environmental Policy 2019
  • Facebook Procedures 2025
  • Finance Policies 2023
  • Financial Intake Form 2021
  • Fundraising Policy 2025
  • Gift Acceptance and Disposition Policy 2019​
  • ​Greeter Instructions 2022
  • Incident Reporting Procedures 2025
  • Internal Public Relations Procedures 2020
  • Lay Led Service Request Form 2017
  • LREDA guidelines for presenters 2025​
  • Office Procedures 2024
  • Personnel Policies 2025
  • Policy on Insurance 2018
  • Program Council Org Chart 2025
  • Program Council Policy 2024
  • Safety Policy 2022
  • Share the Plate Nomination form 2025
  • UCL Organizational Chart 2024 (and 2025 draft)
  • Unsung UU Nomination Form 2025
  • Usher Report 2025
  • Vision/Mission/Covenant 2017
  • Weather Policy 2025​
​
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
COMMITTEES AND ACTIVITIES LEADERS

contact us and WE WILL GET BACK ​TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE:

CONTACT US
Picture

SIGN UP TO RECEIVE
​EBLAsts and NEWSLETTERS:

subscribe to mailing list

 ​THE UNITARIAN CHURCH
​OF LINCOLN

6300 A ST.
​LINCOLN, NE 68510

Office hours:
​sunday 9am to noon
tuesday to THURSday
​9am to 3pm
​phone: 402.483.2213

 Calendar of Events

Picture
DONATE
HOME        WORSHIP        GROWTH/LEARNING        MUSIC        VISITORS        ABOUT         MEMBERS
  • Home
  • About
    • Staff
    • Unitarian Universalism
    • History
    • Newsletter
  • Worship
    • Sunday Morning
    • Worship Associates
    • Soul Matters
  • Youth Ministry
    • Sunday School K-5
    • FAQ YOUTH
    • Adult Education
  • Music
    • Choir
    • House Band
    • Concerts
  • Visitors
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ Adults
    • Social Events
    • Newcomer Classes
  • Members
    • Governance
    • Donate
    • Committees and Activities