From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister You have been telling me how you are sleeping. Some are up the night long. Some are resting for many more hours than usual. You have been telling me how you are breaking down. Some are restless. Some are settling into an uncomfortable sadness. You are telling me how you are surviving....
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Family Ministries—Building a “New Normal” for the Future – May 2020
From Lily Rappaport, Developmental Director of Family Ministries In his book, Presence, organization development consultant Otto Scharmer talks about the future as an energy of its own that we do not control. We can only seek to understand it as it emerges. Scharmer discusses the need for letting go and letting come, so that the...
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On That Note – May 2020
From Markus Grae-Hauck, Director of Music Ministries Recently I drove to a home improvement store to pick up a few items I had ordered online. It was shortly after 6 in the morning, and there were virtually no other customers, so a store associate took care of me right away. It took a few minutes...
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Our 2020 Annual Meeting
From Sue Raufer, President, Board of Trustees Is it time for the Congregational Annual Meeting already? Yes! Believe it or not, the Annual Meeting is already on the congregational calendar for Sunday, May 31, 2020. Fortunately, our bylaws provide the Board of Trustees broad discretion to determine the format of the meeting. The bylaws indicate...
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Family Ministries—Adapting How We Do Religious Education – April 2020
From Lily Rappaport, Developmental Director of Family Ministries It has been said that desperate times require desperate measures. In the effort to slow down the rapid spread of the Coronavirus, and to comply with the state government’s stay-at-home order, UUCM has had to close its doors. During this period while we observe precautionary measures for...
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Wisdom from the World Religions
From Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael, Senior Co-Minister In listing the sources for the living tradition of Unitarian Universalism we claim that “wisdom from the world’s religions inspires us in our ethical and spiritual life” – with the understanding that “the world’s religions” here means religions in addition to Judaism and Christianity, which are central to our religious heritage....