Here is an overview of the search team calendar for the Fall as you prepare your materials for your congregational profile and documents packet:
| Search Team Task | Timeframe |
|---|---|
| Search team retreat with UUA’s trained facilitator | Summer at end of the first year of interim ministry |
| Submit application for Break Barriers, Build Beliefs (B4) workshop | July-September |
| Host Break Barriers, Build Beliefs (B4) workshop | September-December |
| Congregational assessment | August-early October |
| Small group meetings/focus groups | September-early November |
| Negotiating team selected | August-September |
| Negotiating team recommends contract (based on the Universal Ministerial Agreement) and compensation to board (informed by review of the Employer’s Participation Agreement on file with the UU Retirement Plan retirementplan@uua.org) | October-November |
| Compensation worksheet due to UUA Transitions Team | November 30 |
| Congregational record (search profile) finished and ready for review | mid-November |
| Congregational record released (if approved) and visible to potential applicants | December 1 |
| Documents packet complete | mid-December |
Download the Detailed Settled Search Calendar (pdf)
