Did you know that UUCC owns ~90% of the entity that is the Owen Brown Interfaith Center? We share ownership with Christ United Methodist Church (CUMC). You can learn more about this arrangement here.
The success of OBIC is integral to the success of UUCC: not only are we financially responsible for the operations of OBIC, but OBIC is a tangible way we live our pluralistic values here in Howard County.
OBIC is its own 501(c)3 nonprofit separate from the two owning congregations with its own management, staff, and board of directors. UUCC is represented on the board by 5 UUCC congregants. Current representatives are Gregory Seidman, Lindsay Thompson, Richard Yocum, Linda Adcox-Kimmel, and Scotty Scott.
To help UUCC congregants understand and learn how to support OBIC (and UUCC as a result), our UUCC OBIC directors will share highlights and updates from the OBIC board here in this Good Governance blog.
The OBIC Board met over Zoom on Tuesday, April 29 for regular business. We discussed various immediate maintenance needs, issues with a few long term renters, and our continuing efforts to regain OBIC’s 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit status. We also committed to engaging in strategic planning, facilitated by UUCC member Jennie Fitzpatrick. The Board continues to support the executive director’s work toward reducing costs and increasing revenue to keep a balanced budget. The Board closed by choosing Tuesday, May 27 for the next meeting. We would like to remind the congregations of the OBIC Board’s Town Hall on Sunday, May 18 at 11:30am in Sanctuary B.
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