Board of Trustees
Board Reflection 2024-2025
As your incoming Board President and Vice President, we wanted to reflect on the year behind us.
First of all – We want to thank Suzanne Borth – our outgoing Board President. Suzanne has done several board stints, but her work this last year was instrumental in getting SFUU back on its feet – both spiritually and financially. In addition to leading the Board, she was part of the team that hired Rev. Sangye. She was a great mentor to those of us learning board procedures and other UU best practices for creating covenant and expanding transparency – helping to rebuild trust between the congregation and its board.
We also want to thank all of the members and friends of this congregation who have stepped up both in terms of time and treasures. Pledges and other giving this year have been awesome – we recovered from a $35,000 budget deficit that we faced at the end of June 2024. We are estimating a budget surplus of around $30,000 for the 24-25 fiscal year!
This is a result of three main factors; 1) contributions increased year over year, 2) we only had Rev. Sangye on payroll for 10 months instead of 12 as she didn’t start until 9/1, 3) we opted to only pay 50% of our UUA fair share* this year, and 4) we decreased our spending, some of which is attributable to the solar system we installed.
We want to thank the outgoing board members – Mercedes McWilliams and Suzanne. No doubt, we will continue to see them in leadership roles at SFUU moving forward. More on that in coming messages from the Board.
We are so happy to see so many long-term members back at church regularly, and we are thrilled to welcome many new members. We know that policies and actions coming from the White House and congress have been spiritually and emotionally draining, and we know that being in community is part of the solution. Our members have been attending protests regularly and we expect other opportunities to make a difference in 2025 and 2026, thanks to our awesome Social Action team.
In our next message, we will describe some of our goals and initiatives for the coming church year.
Your Board president – Amy Evans
and Vice President – Eric Howe
*UUA Fair share is financial contribution that congregations pay to help fund the operations of the UUA. SFUU has always paid 100% of the requested amount; however, the Board chose to reduce that payment just for the 24-25 fiscal year to help the congregation get on firm financial ground.
Our Board of Trustees for 2025-26 are:
President: Amy Evans (president@mysfuu.org)
Vice-President: Eric Howe
Secretary: Bonnie Dahl
Financial Officer: Jennifer Warner
Trustees-at-Large: Janet Russell, Amy Hansen, Mercedes McWilliams
Our Treasurer Jeff Chamberlain acts in a consulting capacity to the board.
Board Reports
SFUU is blessed with strong leaders that make up our board of trustees. This group, working closely with our minister, drives the direction and priorities for our church.
Below you can find important congregational documents
2025-26 Proposed Budget (to be voted on at June 8th meeting)
Board Meeting Minutes and Agendas
June 2024 Congregational Meeting Minutes
Board of Trustees' Covenant of Right Relations
Congregation's Bylaws (adopted 1/6/2019)
Conflict Transformation Document (includes the SFUU Peace-Making Resolution)