Board President’s Report, February 2024

The Long Range Planning Task Force has been hosting Congregational Conversations about the interests and passions of congregants in supporting our mission. The conversations were divided up in relation to the four main focus areas of our mission: Wonderful, thoughtful ideas were raised in these conversations. And, there are still...

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Board of Trustees January 24, 2024 Meeting Highlights

The Board met on January 24, 2024 via zoom. The Building Use Task Force evaluates and recommends the measures to lower our risk of COVID.  At this time, it appears that the number of cases is actually declining, and we do not need to reinstitute mandatory masking.  Masks will still...

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FOCUS: Who Are We?

One of the things I love most about being a Unitarian Universalist is that we are always questioning, exploring, and learning. Some of the questions we are always seeking to answer include “Who Are We?” “What does it mean to be a Unitarian Universalist?” and “How can we turn our...

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President’s Report to the Board, December 2023

One of the many things I love about being a Unitarian Universalist is that I get so many opportunities to expand my understanding of the world and myself.  When I listen to people talk about ideas that are new to me, I often find that I have been thinking in...

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Support the Porch!

Wait! What? Support the Porch? Tell me more…. Certainly. This message is also about The porch foundation of our heavily used Summit House requires our care and financial investment. A column supporting the corner of the porch is twisted. Upon inspection by three separate licensed building contractors, it has been...

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Board of Trustees October 25th, 2023 Meeting Highlights

Highlights from the Meeting: The Buildings Committee and the Board discussed the needed repairs to the Summit House porch and ramps. The Board approved using $15,000 in Endowment Funds and $12,000 in Capital Reserve Funds for the project, currently estimated at a cost of $38,000. A fundraising campaign will be...

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Grant Us Peace the Mission of PACEM

Jayson Whitehead Executive Director at PACEM   This year we host PACEM for the men from November 11 to 25 and the women from November 25 to December 9, 2023.  Other congregations will feed our guests for the first three weeks. We partner with Ebenezer Baptist Church to feed our...

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September 2023 Board Meeting Report

The Board of Trustees met this past Wednesday evening on Zoom. We enjoyed having several guests at this meeting.  Stephen Blair made the suggestion to replace the Marriage Equality banner in front of the church that is getting weathered.  Elizabeth Breeden and Lorie Craddock presented Capital Projects Report ideas for...

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President’s Report to the Board: September 2023

At our Board Retreat in September, I started to see how our strategic plan can lead to an even stronger Social and Environmental Justice movement in our congregation. Rev Tim explained how groups can move to working on the upstream causes of suffering and injustice while continuing to work on...

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