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By Maria Baratta, President, UUCWC Board of Trustees What does leadership look like to you? Maybe you envision something formal like a group photo of members of the G7 summit looking stern and ready to tackle the world’s economic problems. Or, you think of a tour guide processioning with all their travelers falling in-line like … Continue reading What Does Leadership Look Like To You?
by Sarah Ahrens, Director of Family Ministry First, I would like to thank UUCWC for such a warm welcome this summer as I began in the role of Director of Family Ministry. It’s been a busy few months preparing for a return to programming for all of our children and youth. As we embark on … Continue reading Rainbow Principles of Multigenerational Ministry
We need facilitators for a few adult Faith engagement classes that we hope to offer this year. Facilitators are trained by Robin Pugh. These offerings are created to be led by UU volunteers. Each class comes with a detailed script of each session. Facilitators decide when the class meets: once a month, twice a month, … Continue reading Facilitators Needed For More Adult Faith Engagement Classes
HomeFront has had a long-standing history of support from UUCWC. Since the start of the COVID pandemic and the increased cost of living over the last two years, the HomeFront client base has dramatically increased. Providing food items for these families continues to be a significant challenge. The UUCWC Food Ministry (FM) is once again … Continue reading HomeFront Halloween 2022 Donation Appeal
By Robin Pugh, Director of Congregational Life We are pleased to announce the Adult Faith Engagement Fall Schedule of classes. Please email rpugh@uucwc.org to register for any of these classes. For the most up to date information about upcoming classes, see UUCWC’s Wednesday’s Announcements email. Pathways3 Tuesdays: 9/27, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8 (hold) from 7:30-9:00 pm … Continue reading Adult Faith Engagement Fall Schedule
Allie’s Garden has a new sign! Wendy Stasolla and Roy Vogel collaborated on the project, with Roy providing yet another memento of fine woodworking. Thank you both! Three years of Covid haven’t stopped Allie’s Garden from flourishing and the Earth Ministry (EM) is grateful to Al Johnson, who undertakes the garden planning and the planting … Continue reading Allie’s Garden, Composting and More Earth News
by Geri Koblis, for the Racial Justice Ministry If you have ever taken an online quiz or survey which presents multiple choice answers and asks you to fill in a number to indicate your most important choice to your least, you have done Ranked Choice Voting (RCV). In some states such as New Jersey, this … Continue reading Ranked Choice Voting and the 8th Principle
Our church year, once again, ended on an upbeat tone. Despite the continued challenges of COVID, now in its 3rd year, the work of the Council for Faith in Action’s (CFA) Faith Expression and Funding Team Ministry (FEFT) continued the path of sharing our abundance with the world. FEFT is the team within the CFA … Continue reading UUCWC Support Outside Our Walls Exceeds Twelve Prior Years of Shared Plate
by Meghan Horn, Co-chair, Endowment Committee For the 2022-2023 church year, the Endowment Committee is happy to announce the following grants have been awarded: Erin Busch: for diverse choirs/musician performance;Susan Irgang: for virtual church service equipment;Wendy Stasolla for the Earth Ministry: for Terra Cycle recycling bins;Jessie Boehm: for Nursery upgrades. Thank you to all the … Continue reading Endowment Awards for 2022-23
The Unitarian Universalist General Assembly (GA), the annual meeting of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), was a multi-platform conference: in person in Portland, Oregon, as well as online for virtual attendees. UUCWC had nine attendees who all participated virtually. Six voting delegates represented our congregation in the UUA business meetings, and three other members were … Continue reading UUCWC Steps Up and Attends General Assembly Virtually
