KICKING OFF WHOLE CHURCH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION 2026-2027! Now that we have a more established foundation of safety and have “set the stage” for the kind of Religious Education opportunities we see ourselves growing into, I’m so excited to shift focus this year to relationship building and Whole Church RE programming development. Thank you to all … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE – September 2026
This month we have a video update from RE:
In July the Board began work on many explorations for what we hope to achieve this year. Our retreat earlier in the month saw us tackle the beginnings of these ideas, with a focus on keeping our ideas in line with how we want to govern the next steps for UUFM. The final wording of … Continue reading August Board Update
As we pass by the height of summer’s light, the Board is feeling energized and excited to begin our work together. As the first Board Chair who has only experienced Sociocracy as our leadership style at UUFM, I was pleased to see how quickly our new Board took to its principles. Many still feel there … Continue reading July Board Update
There are a lot of exciting things in the works in the world of Whole Church RE. Summer is the time when leadership do a lot of reflection and evaluation on the past church year, as well as visioning and goal setting for the upcoming one. It is also the time when your religious professionals … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE – July 2026
[The dilemma when it comes to freedom is] not so much about running away from something as it is about wanting to run toward something but not being able to! In other words, there is a big difference between “freedom from” and “freedom to.” Our Unitarian Universalist faith gets this. At its best, it never … Continue reading Collective Freedom (July & August 2026)
As we wrap up the church year and transition into a new one, there is a lot to celebrate about the work of my first year as your new Director of Religious Education, and there’s a lot to shake off and let go of in order to bring openness and renewed energy into our ongoing … Continue reading What’s Happening in RE – June 2026
“Vernal clouds have turned the starwheel,” and so we begin another church year. Much the same news as this time last summer, but different all the same. New and old names transition on, off, and around the Board. The national unrest we felt weighing us down then continues on today. We are weary, we are … Continue reading June Board Update
Campfire Stories is a documentary film series that features people who are trying to belong to the earth and each other in new and transformative ways. One of their films features a man named Adam Wilson. He runs a community farm that is also an experiment in non-commercial food systems, sustainable living, alternative economies and … Continue reading Flourishing Together (June 2026)
UU minister, Victoria Safford, speaks of curiosity using the metaphor of perception and sight. She writes: “To see, simply to look and to see, is an ethical act and intentional choice; to see, with open eyes, is a spiritual practice and thus a risk, for it can open you to ways of knowing the world … Continue reading Awakening Curiosity (May 2026)
