It’s officially fall, a time when more energy starts being devoted to surviving as opposed to flourishing. Leaves die and fall off, animal coats become thick and shaggy and less “photogenic,” and some prepare for hibernation. But not UUCL, we have exciting times ahead as our Congregation devotes energy to celebrating our beloved minister and beginning our search for another minister!
The last five years have contained experiences I think few of us would have expected to live through prior to 2020. Things such as social distancing, trying to help a kindergartener write words with a computer touchpad, and virtual services (“Hi, Zoomies!”) were all new to me. Thanks, COVID! But 2020 also brought us Terre. Let us use these coming months to talk to
ourselves and one another about how this transition feels and what we need as individuals and a congregation to make it a positive transition.
What we offer to and need from a new minister also requires our energy in the coming months. I am very grateful that Sarah Ball, Tina Barnes, Ashe Kirkwood, Barb Lafleur, Joan Lewis-Yoder, and Stef Nicovich all agreed to form our Ministerial Search Committee (MSC)! Our hope as a board was to have a five member committee and we ended up with six. To me, this speaks to our commitment to each other as a congregation. Be on the lookout soon for a survey from the MSC and please give careful consideration to your responses. After the survey responses have been gathered, the MSC will send out invitations to small group gatherings (8-10 people, including an MSC member and a Board member) for us to discuss together the survey results. There will be at least one small group that is
Zoom only and one that is held in Drysdale Hall with childcare provided. Thank you in advance for coming together and sharing in support of the MSC.
Stacy Yoder