Dear FUUSE Friends and Members,

The Board, after serious consideration, has voted to continue the job share of the Director of Religious Education (DRE) position for the upcoming church year. This decision has been made with the support of the Personnel Committee, the Minister and the Religious Education (RE) Committee.

A good deal of legwork, discussion and planning by Linsey-Jean Francoeur and Emily Samuel and the entire RE committee preceded the discussion and vote in our meeting. The RE committee chair and a member of the committee have met with the board, and outlined the specifics of what a shared DRE position will entail moving forward.

It is important to note that the sharing of the DRE position is a revenue neutral decision. As hours allocated to the DRE position are not being increased the budget is not impacted. 

The job share idea originally grew out of the existing DRE’s need to reduce her hours. The decision was made to ask Emily Samuel to share the position of DRE due to her strong background in religious education with her previous UU Church and her committed support of the RE committee.  Also, Emily has RE experience specifically with older age groups; the Board and RE Committee see this experience as an asset which will strengthen this area of our RE program.

The RE Committee has a specific plan in place which delineates how tasks and responsibilities will be shared between the two DREs. The skill sets of the two DREs compliment each other in a way that all feel will be of great benefit to our RE program at FUUSE. Please watch for an upcoming communication from Alex Allen, the RE committee chair, outlining that plan in detail.

As always, if you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact a Board member or a member of the RE Committee.

Board Members
Cliff Sinnott cliffsinnott@gmail.com
Jan Stephens janetstephens30@gmail.com
Karen Patnaude kpatnaude11@comcast.net
Holley Daschbach peacecat123@yahoo.com
Jim Webber sagesinbloom@gmail.com
Dan Garvey dcgarvey@gmail.com
Dawn Huebner dawnahuebner@gmail.com
Bert Lamb alamb@pobox.com 

RE Committee
Alexandra Allen, RE Committee Chair amallen@cityyear.org
Sarah DeWitt sarah.m.dewitt@gmail.com
Michele Mainz michelemainz@gmail.com
Jessica Michelsen michelsens@comcast.net
Ann Palma annpalma@ymail.com
Anne Tufts  annieot@hotmail.com