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UUA Office of Church Staff Finances Mission
Guided by the values of our faith,
we equip congregations for excellence as employers
and their staff for financial competence and well-being.
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September 2020
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Meet Our New Administrator! (And Who's Who on Our Team) |
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The Office of Church Staff Finances team is pleased to welcome our new administrator, Cynthia Osorio Florez (she/her). We share Cynthia with the Ministerial Credentialing Office. Email Cynthia (OCSF@uua.org) with questions regarding congregational financial issues and she'll help direct you to the right UUA staff group. Cynthia also assists religious professionals and other congregational staff with requests for financial aid.
Cynthia just joined the Unitarian Universalist Association this month. She is assisting applicants and aspirants on their path to ministerial fellowship through her work with the Ministerial Credentialing Office as well as helping congregational leaders and staff through her compensation administration duties as a member of the Church Staff Finances team. She is a career administrative professional, spending the first half of her career in the private sector and the second half in NGOs and the public sector. She joyfully looks forward to bringing her love, as well as her life and career experience, to the UUA family and living a more meaningful, fulfilling, and service-filled last twenty yards of life.
Cynthia lives with her husband Manolo and their grey ball of love named Gandalf (their indoor cat) and a very loving albeit somewhat reclusive outdoor calico named Fluffy. Thanks to 21st-century technology, they are able to do very frequent Zoom calls to Colombia so that they can feel like they’re sharing daily life with Manolo’s two daughters, Vanessa and Paula (whom Cynthia refers to as her daughters-in-love), along with their husbands, Alex and Camilo.
Cynthia is a lifelong eclectic learner and is called to feed people. She also enjoys the theatre (praying that Broadway can thrive again) and has a dilettantish interest in physics – loving its expansive borders with philosophy but disliking its math. Her spiritual path has been a ♫♪♪ Long and Winding Road ♫♪♪ leading to your door ♫♪♪.
Who's Who in the Office of Church Staff Finances
Compensation and Staffing, Aid Funds, and General Questions
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Rev. Richard Nugent, Director, Church Staff Finances: RNugent@uua.org
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Cynthia Osorio Florez, Administrator, Church Staff Finances: OCSF@uua.org
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Jan Gartner, Compensation and Staffing Practices Manager, Comp@uua.org
Insurance
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Jim Sargent, Insurance Plans Director
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William Lester, Insurance Plans Associate Director
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Tamika Mayes, Insurance Plans Coordinator (starting parental leave in mid-September)
Retirement
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Electronic Payments Offer Ease and Speed |
Is your congregation inviting guest preachers or musicians from across the country (or even around the globe) to join you for worship? You can no longer hand them a check at the end of the morning, but that shouldn't stop you from ensuring that they are paid promptly. Sending payments electronically helps your congregation save time, paper, and postage while assuring that your guests receive their honorarium on the day of service. From PayPal and Venmo to GooglePay and Zelle there are many options for sending funds electronically. This article from The Balance provides an overview of the top electronic apps of 2020. While all may not be appropriate for congregational activities, it is likely your congregants and vendors are already using one or more.
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Webinars for Treasurers and Administrators |
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Many congregations have welcomed a new treasurer or administrator recently. Institutional knowledge often gets lost during key transitions such as these. In particular, proper protocol for ministerial compensation and UUA benefits administration may be lost in the shuffle. To help ensure that every congregation starts the year feeling competent and confident in these areas, we're offering a 90-minute webinar (twice), geared toward treasurers and administrators who have payroll and benefits responsibilities.
In Compensation Administration: Pointers and Pitfalls, Richard Nugent and Jan Gartner will cover:
- Special tax provisions for ministers and how they relate to payroll
- UUA insurance and retirement plans, with a focus on legal compliance
- Worker classification: employee vs. independent contractor, exempt vs. nonexempt
- Office of Church Staff Finances resources for ongoing help with these tricky areas!
No preregistration is necessary. Just log on for either the September 23 session (3pm ET) or the September 24 session (8pm ET). Treasurers and administrators, whether you are new to your role or looking for a refresher, you are welcome! Contact Jan with questions: comp@uua.org.
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Compensation Administration:
Pointers & Pitfalls
Wednesday, Sep 23, 3:00 PM Eastern
Meeting ID: 934 2594 7583
Passcode: equity
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Meeting ID: 934 2594 7583
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Compensation Administration:
Pointers & Pitfalls (9/24)
Thursday, September 24, 8:00 PM Eastern
Meeting ID: 970 0778 6353
Passcode: equity
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Meeting ID: 970 0778 6353
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UUA Health Plan Employment Confirmation |
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In the next few days, the UUA Health Plan Auditors at RSM will be sending employment confirmation requests to 48 participating congregations. Completing the request and faxing it back to the auditors should take just a few minutes and is a requirement of Health Plan participation. |
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UUA Office of Church Staff Finances
24 Farnsworth Street | Boston, MA 02210
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