- President Iyesatu Kamara-Bush
- Rev. Molly Housh Gordon
- Jamila Batchelder, Director of Religious Education
- Violet Vonder Haar, Director of Music Ministry
President’s Perspective – President Iyesatu Kamara-Bush
As we settle into 2024, the board forges ahead with our goal of revising our Mission and Vision statements by May 2025. As mentioned in last month’s newsletter, we are currently looking for volunteers to join the Mission and Vision Task Force. We will continue to update the congregation as this work continues over the next year.
I look forward to another year of UUs showing up for one another, for our wider community and for our planet. I am constantly in awe of the persistent and tireless passion for justice that is the bedrock of this beloved community.
In Love and Fellowship,
Iyesatu Kamara-Bush
2023-24 President
Rev. Molly Housh Gordon
How do we move through precarious times? Meanderingly.
A meander in a stream is the place where it turns or bends, usually when the faster velocity of water flowing on the outside edge of the stream causes erosion and shapes the land into a curve. When it is surrounded by steep rock a river rarely curves, but when it opens up in large valleys it will weave back and forth.
In human lives, we use meander mostly as a verb, to signify the wandering, aimless way we might travel when we are headed nowhere in particular.
Streams meander on their way to the places they join with the river. Rivers meander on their way to the sea. We wander toward ever greater communion with one another when we follow the great curves of life with openness to how they shape the edges of our lives. When we can confront our precarity with openness instead of control, perhaps we are led on a winding journey back to beauty, back to thriving, back to each other.
See you in church (or somewhere by the stream),
Rev. Molly
Jamila Batchelder, Director of Religious Education
This month we are exploring the importance of meandering together. This is perhaps one of the greatest gifts young children give us, and we try to hurry about our lives (even if we don’t always recognize it as such).
The shortest distance between two points may be a straight line, but it might not be the most interesting, the most beautiful, or with the most to teach us.
So try to find a moment to squeeze in those diversions, to examine every stone or new blossom. Try following your children’s path instead of always expecting them to follow you!
Jamila Batchelder
Director of Religious Education
Violet Vonder Haar, Director of Music Ministry
Join the UUCC choir this spring season! All voices are welcome! We could especially use some sopranos, but we will not turn anyone away. We meet on Wednesday evenings at 7 in the Sanctuary.
Upcoming Sunday performance dates:
- April 21
- May 12
Ideally, if you plan on joining us, I would like a full commitment to attending rehearsals and performances. However, I understand that life happens, and you may not be able to make the full commitment. If that is the case, and there are any performance dates that you know you will not be able to attend, I ask that you not attend the rehearsals leading up to that performance, so that we are aware of what parts will need to be covered in your absence and are fully prepared as a group.
Violet Vonder Haar
Director of Music Ministry