Good People, After leading worship this past Sunday, I hopped onto Zoom and joined our Coffee Hour Breakout Rooms to chat with folks. Any number of people asked, ‘What’s the plan for services?’ and ‘Is there a process?’ My answers were:‘Yes, we’re planning as...

Dear People, Our theme for the month of September is Embracing Possibility.  It is a fine theme, with many, um…possibilities.  And really?  Really?  Are you as weary as I am about all the new and different possibilities that these Wild...

Good People, As I said on Sunday, it feels like we’ve been running a marathon and the finish line keeps getting moved. I’m starting to realize that metaphors of races and lights at the end of tunnels do not apply.  Is this a matter of managing...

Dear Ones,     I am excited to share some news with you. From the time I began as the Music Director at UUCV, it has been my passion and love to find places that music and ministry intersect. Through worship, working with Rev. Dana, collaboration with...

Good People,   Covid Time continues to disrupt church year rhythms. This church year is gliding toward summer, winding down more slowly. It the BC times (as in Before Covid), I would already be done and gone away to Ministry Days and General...

  Good People,   An Oversight...  It happened just as I predicted…I forgot to thank one of our teams at the Annual Meeting, who are among those who did marvelous work to keep the church active and thriving throughout Covid Time. I asked that...

Good People, As this church-year-like-no-other winds toward summer, there are a few things not to be missed. The first is our Flower Communion and Bridging Service this Sunday, June 13.This will be a two-part Flower Communion on both...

Dear Members and Friends,    A “Hybrid Service” is not one where we have both a Rabbi and a UU minister on the same Sunday. Nor is it one that uses both gasoline and electricity to propel it, just people, electricity, and the internet. It is one where the...