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Cristina Sanchis, District Administrator The District Administrator serves as an information clearinghouse for JPD congregations and their leaders. The District office is open weekdays, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm, to answer questions and to refer you to the appropriate staff person. The Administrator is also responsible for overseeing all publications, maintaining the JPD databases, working with the District Executive in managing the finances and coordinating the annual JPD Spring Conference. The Administrative Assistant works with the District Administrator in support of the many activities coordinated by the office, with primary responsibility for conference/workshop coordination and maintaining the JPD Resource Library. cristina@jpduua.org Your JPD Program Staff Rev. Dr. Richard Speck, District Executive 100 West 10th Street, Suite 1008 Wilmington, DE 19801 302-778-4564 302-778-4590 (fax) 302-528-3762 (cell) 302-239-6286 (home) richard@jpduua.org The District Executive is the Chief Executive Officer of the JPD, responsible both to the JPD Board of Directors and the UUA Department of District Services with a mandate to accomplish the Ends of the District. He is chief of staff for all other employees and works in a collaborative manner to lead the District in all aspects of operation. He is available for consultation with individual congregations at the request of their board president and/or ministers, regarding such areas as stewardship, governance, healthy congregations, growth, long-range planning, group process, leadership skills, conflict management and related issues, conducting workshops and doing assessments on congregational health. Richard is available as a preacher or speaker for church services in conjunction with a workshop, ministers’ installation and ordinations, as well as skills conferences, retreats and other gatherings. Patricia Hall Infante, Director for Lifespan Faith Development The Director for Lifespan Faith Development (LFD) is a full-time staff person responsible to both the UUA Department of District Services, and the 65 congregations of the JPD. This person has experience and training in lifespan faith development, Youth and Young Adult ministries, religious education, and family ministries. Contact the Director LFD to ask for resources on UU faith development, to ask for assistance with religious education staff transitions or job description updates, and to find out information about workshops related to lifespan faith development. For some services, congregational and professional leaders will be referred to Adjunct Staff with expertise in the area of lifespan faith development. The Director of LFD is the leader of the JPD Lifespan Faith Development team, supervising the Director for Young Adult & Campus Ministry & the Coordinator of Youth Activities. The Director for LFD is available as a guest speaker for intergenerational worship or conferences. Vacant* The Director for Growth and Extension works closely with the JPD District Executive and the Growth and Extension Committee in supporting growth initiatives within our District. Specifically, she supports the development of regional growth plans, she supports the JPD Chalice Lighter program as a means to provide grants to congregations with a long range plan for growth, she leads District and regional workshops on growth strategies and she coordinates our adjunct staff growth consultants who are available, for a modest fee, to congregations developing long-range plans and other growth strategies. *Please contact Patricia Hall Infante (contact information can be found above) until further notice. Christopher Sims, Director for Young Adult and Campus Ministry 100 W. 10th Street, Suite 1008 Wilmington, DE 19801 302-757-9408 (cell) 302-778-4564 (office) The Director for Young Adult and Campus Ministry (YACM) assists congregations in developing and sustaining outreach ministry to UU students and to UU young adults. Together with the JPD UU Young Adult Network, the Director serves as a resource to groups of young adults and students at the local, regional & district levels. The Director for YACM works with the Coordinator of Youth Activities to provide a healthy transition for UU youth bridging into young adulthood. The Director for YACM and members of the JPD UUYAN Steering Committee are available to lead workshops and worship for congregations seeking to grow their young adult and campus ministries. Kathy Smith, Coordinator of Youth Activities Joan W. Priest, CFRE, Director of Development 503 Westview Court West Grove, PA 19390 610-869-9335 (home office) 610-368-3578 (cell) joan.priest@rhodes-alumni.net The Director of Development works with the Planned Giving Team to support Chalice Keepers, the endowment for growth in the JPD. She also serves as a resource for individual congregations interested in building or improving endowments for their own churches and advises on fundraising matters. |
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