Our COmmittees
Find Your Place at UU Tampa
Our congregation thrives because members share their time, talents, and passions. Whether you’re interested in caring for our community, creating meaningful worship, advancing justice, tending our campus, or helping people feel at home, there’s a place for you to get involved.
Care & Community
Creating connection, offering support, and helping everyone feel at home in our congregation.
Care
Offering compassionate support to members of our congregation during times of need, transition, illness, or loss.
Chair: rotates
Contact: care@uutampa.org
Healthy Relations
Supporting healthy communication, navigating conflict, and helping our congregation live into its shared values and commitments.
Chair: Lindi Budd
Contact: healthyrelations@uutampa.org
Hospitality
Creating a warm and welcoming environment for members, friends, and visitors through fellowship, food, and congregational gatherings.
Chair: Kathy Reddy
Contact: hospitality@uutampa.org
Membership
Helping newcomers and members connect with UU Tampa, learn more about our congregation, and find meaningful ways to participate in congregational life..
Co-Chairs: Alex Furnari and Nancy Wileden
Contact: membership@uutampa.org
Worship, Spiritual Life & Connection
Creating meaningful worship, exploring diverse spiritual paths, and deepening connection through shared reflection and practice.
Worship
Supporting meaningful Sunday services through worship planning, coordination, and collaboration with ministers, speakers, musicians and volunteers.
Chair: Doris Ryan
Contact: worship@uutampa.org
Circles in the Woods/CUUPS
Creating opportunities to explore Earth-centered spirituality through ritual, celebration, learning, and community.
Chair: Candie Acosta
Contact: cuups@uutampa.org
Small Group Ministries
Small Group Ministries offer opportunities to connect, explore, create, and grow alongside others in our community. Groups reflect a wide range of interests and practices.
From music, meditation, and spiritual exploration to books, LGBTQ+ community, and shared interests. Whether you’re looking for thoughtful conversation, creative expression, spiritual connection, or simply a chance to spend time with people who share your interests, there’s likely a group where you’ll feel at home.
Chair: Karen Zindell
Contact: SGMcoordinator@uutampa.org
Social Justice & Outreach
Putting our UU values into action through justice, education, dialogue, and opportunities to learn and grow together.
Justice
Putting our UU values into action by engaging with social justice issues, supporting community efforts, and creating opportunities for advocacy, education, and meaningful change.
Chair: Robert Boileau
Contact: socialjustice@uutampa.org
Pride & Joy
Brings LGBTQ+ community members, friends, and allies together for connection, social gatherings, and a growing commitment to advocacy and justice work within our congregation and the wider community.
Chair: Jeanne Wright
Contact: Pride@uutampa.org
Children & Youth
Supporting our youngest community members as they explore UU values, build meaningful relationships, ask big questions, and discover their own spiritual paths.
Religious Exploration
Helping children and youth program, designed to help young people on their path of spiritual growth, promoting exploration, questions, and wonder in a joyful, affirming environment.
Chair: Judy Lane
Contact: RE@uutampa.org
Campus Care
Caring for the spaces that hold our community, from maintaining our buildings and grounds to tending to places of remembrance and reflection.
Buildings & Grounds
Caring for and maintaining our buildings, grounds, and shared spaces to keep our campus welcoming, functional, and beautiful.
Chair: Ed Benedict
Contact: facilities@uutampa.org
Memorial Garden
Caring for UU Tampa’s Memorial Garden as a peaceful place of remembrance and connection with those who have been part of our community.
Chair: Robin Rodriguez
Contact: memorialgarden@uutampa.org
Security
Helping maintain a safe and welcoming campus through planning, preparedness, and coordination of congregational security needs.
Chair: Jamie Robe
Contact: security@uutampa.org
Hurricane Planning
Helping our congregation prepare for severe weather and hurricanes through planning, communication, and coordinated response.
Chair: Jamie Robe & Alex Furnari
Stewardship & Governance
Supporting the responsible stewardship, leadership, and governance that help our congregation thrive now and into the future.
Finance
Supporting the congregation’s financial health through responsible budgeting, stewardship, fundraising, and long-term planning.
Chair: Lynn Parrish
Contact: finance@uutampa.org
Council
Bringing committee leaders together to share information, coordinate efforts, and strengthen collaboration across the congregation.
Chair: Candie Acosta
Bylaws, Policies & Procedures
Maintaining the governing documents and policies that provide structure, clarity, and accountability for congregational life.
Chair: Karen Zindell
Contact: bylaws@uutampa.org
Congregational Ministry
Supporting the health and effectiveness of shared ministry by fostering communication and connection between the congregation and its ministerial leadership.
Chair: OPEN
Nominating
Helping identify and develop members for elected leadership roles, supporting thoughtful and representative congregational leadership.
Chair: OPEN
Contact: nominating@uutampa.org
Congregational Governance
UU Tampa is governed democratically, with members electing congregational leaders and voting on key matters affecting the life of the church.
Communication & Technology
Supporting the responsible stewardship, leadership, and governance that help our congregation thrive now and into the future.
Communications
Sharing UU Tampa’s story and keeping our community connected through our website, social media, newsletters, publicity and other communications.
Chair: Aimée Wright
Contact: communicationsa@uutampa.org
Technology
Supporting the technology and digital tools that help our congregation communicate, collaborate, and stay connected.
Chair: Trevor Chin
Contact: technology@uutampa.org
Bylaws, Policies & Procedures
Maintaining the governing documents and policies that provide structure, clarity, and accountability for congregational life.
Chair: Karen Zindell
Contact: bylaws@uutampa.org
Congregational Ministry
Supporting the health and effectiveness of shared ministry by fostering communication and connection between the congregation and its ministerial leadership.
Chair: OPEN
Nominating
Helping identify and develop members for elected leadership roles, supporting thoughtful and representative congregational leadership.
Chair: OPEN
Contact: nominating@uutampa.org
Congregational Governance
UU Tampa is governed democratically, with members electing congregational leaders and voting on key matters affecting the life of the church.