Thank you for the wonderful early sabbatical “Bon-Voyage” pizza party, everyone! (With special thanks to René Wiley and Gail Schulz for all the planning and preparation, and to Tom Wernigg for his wonderful song written for the occasion.) You are sending me into these 6 weeks of sabbatical-renewal with much love and genuine support, and […]
The UUCM Justice Team is hosting a panel forum, along with open live and virtual discussion, on the growing public concern regarding challenges to our US Democracy, and thoughtful ideas of what each and all of us can do to make our Democracy better and stronger. […]
With this Sunday’s theme of “Beyond Welcome,” I had already long intended to share with you this link to Carrie Newcomer’s song, Room at the Table: Too long we have wandered, burdened and undoneBut there is room at the table for everyoneLet us sing the new world in, this is how it all beginsThere is […]
Help Support our Weekly Service We need YOU to help with the A/V technical needs on Sunday morning. It’s easier then you think! We know it appears complicated with all the wires and 3 monitors, but thanks to some recent upgrades, all you really need to do is push buttons – and who doesn’t like pushing […]
Are we Stopping the Mine? What to do now before it’s too late!
Join in this action forum for justice co-sponsored by the UUCM Stop the Mine Task Force with CEA MineWatch, Earth Justice Ministries, the Elders Action Network of the Foothills, and the Concerned Citizens Roundtable. […]
The late John Lewis urged everyone to get into “good trouble.” UUCM will be designated a Good Trouble congregation if we meet at least four of the seven criteria established by UU the Vote for participation in the 2022 election. The Bending the Arc task force has accepted this challenge and the work to become […]
This Sunday we invite you to bring some water from home to the service, a little bit of water to pour into a common bowl. I write this in the midst of the 109-degree Tuesday heat (having, with some pride, sent my Michigan family photos of the weather app stats on my phone), and so […]
For many people, September feels more like new years than does January 1. September is the start of a new school year, a new church year, and a renewal of rhythms and routines around home and family. The summer fun is over and it’s time for our young people to get back to work.
Great job on Virginia Postcards for the general election! Early Voting Starts on September 23 so you can begin mailing your cards Monday Sept 5 – Nov 5.
Today we enter the September theme of “belonging.” Belonging has been a resonant if unofficial theme for the past nine or ten months, and the Board has wisely identified “connection and reconnection” as a primary goal for this current congregation year.
I know that some of you are feeling disconnected and distant, wondering whether and how this community continues to be important to you.
