{"id":138298,"date":"2023-09-08T07:57:56","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/?p=138298"},"modified":"2023-09-08T07:57:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T13:57:57","slug":"ministerial-search-committee-focus-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/ministerial-search-committee-focus-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministerial Search Committee Focus Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-137875\" src=\"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nancy-drew-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nancy-drew-copy.jpg 216w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nancy-drew-copy-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/nancy-drew-copy-38x50.jpg 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Focus group meetings targeting specific groups at First UU Austin, who represent various demographic communities and ministries, have been planned as an important part of the ministerial search process. Feedback received during these meetings will help the Search Committee with its discernment of the ministry needs at First UU as we hear about lived experiences from group members.<\/p>\n<p>The following Focus Group meetings have been scheduled:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Parents of Children in RE: Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. via zoom<\/li>\n<li>Seniors: Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Noon in Howson Hall<\/li>\n<li>New First UU members: Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. in RE Classroom 15<\/li>\n<li>BIPOC members: Wednesday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. in RE Classroom 13<\/li>\n<li>LGBTQIA members: Thursday, Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in RE Classroom 13<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Invitations are being emailed to these group members. If you identify with one of these groups and do not receive an invitation, please know you\u2019re welcome to attend. Sign up through Church Center is appreciated, or email\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:searchcommittee@austinuu.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">searchcommittee@austinuu.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Seniors Focus group is part of the September Senior Lunch and has already been announced. It\u2019s open to all Seniors at First UU even if you didn\u2019t receive the email.<\/p>\n<p>We look forward to hearing and learning from you during these meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Focus group meetings targeting specific groups at First UU Austin, who represent various demographic communities and ministries, have been planned as an important part of the ministerial search process. Feedback received during these meetings will help the Search Committee with its discernment of the ministry needs at First UU as we hear about lived&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-138298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":138299,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138298\/revisions\/138299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}