Resource Development Team

The resource development team of the OMD oversees the fundraising of the district. They oversee the Chalice Lighter program, recommending to the board one applicant each quarter. They also oversee the Friends of the OMD program and other grant programs as they come up. In addition, they educate congregations about the need to be fair share to the UUA Annual Program Fund and OMD District Dues and provide for congregations who meet this goal to be recognized.

Please note that at the 2011 Annual Meeting, the delegates voted to increase district dues 50 cents per year for the next three years. The OMD and UUA APF Fair Share Amounts Per Member are listed below:

Fiscal Year OMD Amount
Per Member
 UUA APF Amount
Per Member
2010-11 (current year) $21.50 $56.00
2011-12 $22.00 $58.00
2012-13 $22.50 TBA
2013-14 $23.00 TBA

The calculation of dues is based on the membership reported to the UUA the previous February (ie the membership reported on February 2011 will be used to calculate the total fair share amount of a congregation for 2011-12).

To learn more about the programs of the Resource Development team, visit the Chalice Lighter's Page or the Friends of the OMD Page. To learn more about the Annual Program Fund of the UUA visit the UUA APF Page.

Thank You Fair Share Congregations

The Board, Staff and Resouce Development Team of the Ohio-Meadville District wish to thank those congregations who are fair share to the UUA's Annual Program Fund and the OMD's District Fund, and those who are making an effort to become fair share.

Fair share congregations pay the full amount per certifed congregation member. For 2010-11 for the UUA Annual Program Fund the amount is $56 per member, for the OMD Fund, the amount is $21.50 per member.

We are very proud to announce that 59% of our congregation were fair share for fiscal year 2009-10 for the UUA Annual Program Fund and 82% (an increase of 5%!) of our congregations were fair share for fiscal year 2009-10 to the Ohio-Meadville District. In addition, the West Virginia congregations continue to make West Virginia our only Full Fair Share State. Additional congregations received Merit recognition for giving 20% more than the previous fiscal year as they work towards becoming fair share.

"Full Fair Share" Congregations are those who pay their fair share to both the APF and OMD Funds.

Congregations Full Fair Share to both the UUA Annual Program Fund and OMD District

UU Congregation of Jamestown, NY
UU Fellowship of Athens, OH
UU Congregation of the Ohio Valley, Bellaire, OH
Maumee Valley UU Congregation, Bowling Green, OH
UU Congregation of Greater Canton, OH
UU Society of Cleveland, Cleveland Heights, OH
North UU Congregation, Lewis Center, OH
First UU Society of Marietta, OH
Southwest UU Congregation, North Royalton, OH
Oberlin UU Fellowship, Oberlin, OH
West Shore UU Church, Rocky River, OH
UU Fellowship of Erie County, Sandusky, OH
Warren UU Fellowship, Warren, OH
UU Fellowship of Wayne County, Wooster, OH
First Universalist Church, Girard, PA
First UU Church of Indiana, PA
UU Fellowship of Ligonier Valley, Ligonier, PA
Allegheny UU Church, Pittsburgh, PA
First Unitarian Church, Pittsburgh, PA
North Hills UU Church, Pittsburgh, PA
Ginger Hill UU Congregation, Slippery Rock, PA
UU Congregation of Smithton, PA
New River UU Fellowship, Beckley, WV
UU Congregation, Charleston, WV
Unitarian Fellowship, Huntington, WV
UU Fellowship of Morgantown, WV
UUA Annual Program Fund Merit Congregations

First UU Church of Columbus, OH
UU Fellowship of Delaware, OH
UU Church of Kent, OH
UU Congregation East, Reynoldsburg, OH
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, Shaker Heights, OH
First Unitarian Church of Toledo, OH

OMD District Fair Share Congregations

First UU Church of Columbus, OH
Delaware UU Fellowship, OH
UU Congregation of Blanchard Valley, Findlay, OH
UU Church of Kent, OH
East Shore UU Church, Kirtland, OH
Olmsted UU Congregation, North Olmsted, OH
UU Congregation East, Reynoldsburg, OH
First Unitarian Church of Cleveland, Shaker Heights, OH
First Unitarian Church of Toledo, OH
East Suburban UU Church, Murrysville, PA
OMD District Merit Congregations

First UU Church of Columbus, OH
UU Fellowship of Delaware, OH
UU Church of Kent, OH
East Shore UU Church, Kirtland, OH
First Unitarian Church of Toledo, OH