Committees

Learn About Our Governing Groups

Connections Ministry

The Connections Ministry is responsible for helping First Unitarian members, friends and visitors build and strengthen the connections that make our community a loving, supportive and spiritual place to belong. We strive to welcome people of all ages and classes, sexual orientations, gender identities/expressions, races/ethnicities, spiritual traditions, and abilities. 

Abundance Committee

We encourage everyone in our community to make a financial commitment to support FUSD. This is critical to guiding the choices for what we can accomplish as a congregation each year. Without pledges we wouldn’t have our fantastic staff and we couldn’t maintain our historic facility. We greatly appreciate the financial commitments made through pledges. Contact Abundance@fusden.org.


Caring Committee

FUSD is a church built on love, service, and community.  The Caring Committee provides short term services to members and friends in times of transition, illness, or loss. These services include making phone calls and visits, bringing meals, grocery shopping, giving rides, and helping with other short term needs.

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Caring Committee

We encourage everyone in our community to make a financial commitment to support FUSD. This is critical to guiding the choices for what we can accomplish as a congregation each year. Without pledges we wouldn’t have our fantastic staff and we couldn’t maintain our historic facility. We greatly appreciate the financial commitments made through pledges. Contact Abundance@fusden.org

Committee on Ministry

The Committee on Ministry encourages all aspects of congregational life to be coherent and aligned with that mission and covenant. The Committee on Ministry acts as a neutral advisory body to:

  • Facilitate the annual evaluation of the senior minister
  • Promote and facilitate a collaborative and cooperative spirit of lay and professional ministry within the society.
  • Maintain strict confidentiality regarding any issues or grievances which are brought to the Committee.
  • Address issues of ministry, leadership and governance pertinent to the well-being of the society.
  • Serve as a resource to the ministers and the church leadership, including making recommendations for policies on covenant, safety, and behavior.
  • Mediate and resolve grievances among members of the society and between members and the minister, if necessary.
  • Conduct the procedures outlined in the Conflict Resolution and Disruptive Behavior policies as needed, or at the request of the Board of Trustees.

Stewardship Council

We encourage everyone in our community to make a financial commitment to support FUSD. This is critical to guiding the choices for what we can accomplish as a congregation each year. Without pledges we wouldn’t have our fantastic staff and we couldn’t maintain our historic facility. We greatly appreciate the financial commitments made through pledges.

Connections Ministry

The Connections Ministry is responsible for helping First Unitarian members, friends and visitors build and strengthen the connections that make our community a loving, supportive and spiritual place to belong. We strive to welcome people of all ages and classes, sexual orientations, gender identities/expressions, races/ethnicities, spiritual traditions, and abilities. Contact Noelle Botti or Mary Hilken.

Faith in Action Council

The standing committee that works with project teams and congregation members to who are addressing identified injustices. Members oversee the approved projects and support Justice circles as they are created. The team takes leadership in reviewing proposed Justice projects at the end of each year and proposes them to the congregation for approval at the congregational meeting. 

Faith in Action Council

The standing committee that works with project teams and congregation members to who are addressing identified injustices. Members oversee the approved projects and support Justice circles as they are created. The team take leadership in reviewing proposed Justice projects at the end of each year and proposes them to the congregation for approval at the congregational meeting. Contact Brad Silsby or Stephanie Walton.

Finance Council

The Finance Council is committed to openness and transparency in managing and monitoring the financial resources of First Unitarian.  The responsibilities of the Finance Council according to the bylaws (Article VIII, Sections 2-4) include the following:

  • Providing current monthly statements on income, expenditures, and balances for all accounts to the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Society
  • Drafting the annual operating budget and providing it to the Board of Trustees and the Society for approval
  • Managing investments and endowments of the Society
  • Overseeing other finance and fund raising issues as they arise
  • Presenting an Annual Report to the Society on its financial condition
  • Convening the Ministerial Compensation Committee
  • Conducting year-end analysis of financial accounts and reporting to Board and the Society

Finance Council

is committed to openness and transparency in managing and monitoring the financial resources of FUSD.  The responsibilities of the Finance Council according to the FUSD bylaws (Article VIII, Sections 2-4) include the following:

  • Providing current monthly statements on income, expenditures, and balances for all accounts to the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees and the Society
  • Supervising the pledge campaign
  • Drafting the annual operating budget and providing it to the Board of Trustees and the Society for approval
  • Managing investments and endowments of the Society
  • Overseeing other finance and fund raising issues as they arise
  • Presenting an Annual Report to the Society on its financial condition
  • Convening the Ministerial Compensation Committee
  • Conducting year-end analysis of financial accounts and reporting to Board and the Society

Leadership Development Committee

The goal of the FUSD Leadership Development Committee is to sustain, support and nurture FUSD's congregational leaders.  To this end, we identify and develop new and potential leaders, provide information about best practices for group process and organizational structure, and offer workshops and other opportunities for ongoing leadership development and training. Workshops are open to all interested FUSD members. 

Long Term Sustainability Committee

We plan to provide education and resources for members and Friends of First Unitarian to include our church in their financial and estate planning. If you are a financial planner, financial advisor, or estate attorney, we are requesting your help to put this program together for our church members. Contact Peggy Streit or Andrea Mitchell.

Religious Exploration Committee

First Unitarian has a vibrant Religious Exploration (RE) program for young people from preschool to high school, with nursery care also provided. We have a thriving family community and an engaging Sunday School programs which includes workshop rotation for elementary aged children. Theologically, our Religious Exploration Program seeks to provide children and youth with a meaningful, faith based, non-doctrinal religious education - for more information, contact our Director of Religious Exploration, Erin Kenworthy. Learn more about our Religious Exploration program here.

Religious Exploration Committee

First Unitarian has a vibrant Religious Exploration (RE) program for young people from preschool to high school, with nursery care also provided. We have a thriving family community and an engaging Sunday School programs which includes workshop rotation for elementary aged children. Theologically, our Religious Exploration Program seeks to provide children and youth with a meaningful, faith based, non-doctrinal religious education - contact Erin Kenworthy.

Property Management Committee - contact Stu Ferguson.

Music Committee

Music plays a very special role in our community at First Unitarian.  The Music Committee supports a variety of annual events that we all look forward to every year: our fall UU Revival, sing-a-longs, and our very successful Capitol Hill Concert Series.  Learn more about our music program here.

UU Affairs Committee

This new committee has been formed to explore ways FUSD can better connect with the wider community (including such groups as the UUA, General Assembly, the Western Region, the Mountain Desert District, the Boulder Denver Cluster, Together Colorado, Create Meaning, the Russell Lockwood Leadership School, and our Beloved Community Minster). Read the UU Affairs Committee Booklet to learn more.- Inactive Committee. Contact Glenn Barrows.

Volunteer Committee - contact Glenn Barrows.

Worship Committee - contact Helen Berkman.