At this time of the year, most people are looking to escape the heat. A dip in the pool, an ice cream cone, a large shade tree, and a chilly air-conditioned room are several ways people may cool off. How does the Board of Trustees escape the heat? We go on a retreat to a [...]
The Board of Trustees wishes you greetings as we begin a new church year at UUCWC. As the new president of UUCWC, it is my pleasure to welcome our new members to the board: Maria Baratta, George Faulkner, and Jon Holcombe. And I thank our continuing members: Holly Bussey, Bernice Husk, Steve Fishbein, Lynn Hanson, [...]
Wow - and just like that, the two years are over. Granted, during budget meetings it didn’t really seem to be going by quickly, but now as I look back it all seems to have sped by. I don’t feel as if I have anything pithy to say, but I feel like I should have something [...]
UUCWC’s Growth Group team — seven individuals who committed for three years to attend workshops that include people from other midsized Unitarian Universalist congregations in the Northeast — met in April. UUCWC hosted the event, which involved 27 representatives from seven congregations. The retreat was a great success, culminating in goals for the coming six months [...]
Bess, my wife’s godmother, was a welcome passenger in our van as we traveled north to Maine for our long-awaited annual respites on Mt. Desert island. On the long ride, Bess would always treat us to a meal at a local diner in Sturbridge, Mass., because that’s the kind of person she was – generous. [...]
In the late 1980s, I took two trips to Nicaragua on a personal adventure mission. I hoped to learn something from the people living in a conflicted country that had a rocky relationship, to say the least, with our own government at the time. Before I went there the first time, a group of UUCWC [...]
The Board of Trustees is pleased to release for your information and review the assessment report of Rev. Patricia Hart, the UUA consultant who visited with our community last November. I encourage everyone to read the report. you can request a copy from me or the church office. The board is very interested in any [...]
I make it a point to read essays by david Brooks in the New York Times. While his politics and beliefs are more conservative than mine, his thinking is clear and he challenges me to do the same. in fact, I credit one of his articles with inspiring me to step forward and accept the [...]
If it’s January, that means I am about to have a birthday — and in this case, it means I am turning 55 on the 13th. I will now be of the age that Adelaide’s school invites me to its annual special breakfast for seniors. Wow, that’s sobering. Thinking of age and birthdays has me [...]
It is a custom in our house (not a tradition), usually before we start eating the evening meal, to take a turn in stating something that we are thankful for on that particular day. It replaces the “blessing” that I grew up with as a minister’s child in a conservative Presbyterian family. I like the [...]
