To help us prepare a budget proposal for you to vote on at UUFM’s annual meeting (on April 13, 2025), we (UUFM’s Board) are eager for ideas about what UUFM should aspire to do, build, or purchase. No idea is too big or too small. And don’t worry about money during this exercise. For … Continue reading March Treasurer Update
The UUFM survived the Great Blizzard of January 5, thanks to Dan Swenson and his crew. Hopefully such weather is not the new normal, since NASA predicts near-normal weather for February. Dan urges patience on the rain garden and solar installation initiatives. Prudence dictates that these projects be held in abeyance pending the emergence of … Continue reading February Board Update
From our friends at Soul Matters: You hardly knew how hungry you were to be gathered in, to receive the welcome that invited you to enter entirely… You began to breathe again… You learned to sing. But the deal with this blessing is that it will not leave you alone, will not let you … Continue reading The Practice of Inclusion (February 2025)
From our friends at Soul Matters: It’s dangerous to tell yourself stories are tame. To treat them as something that lives only between the covers of a book. As something that can be easily kept on a shelf, taken down and put back up as we see fit. Stories are wilder than that. And more … Continue reading The Practice of Story (January 2025)
From our friends at Soul Matters: The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself. – Henry Miller Spiritually, presence can mean two quite different things. On the one hand, contemplatives talk of “being present.” Presence from this perspective is all … Continue reading The Practice of Presence (December 2024)
From our friends at Soul Matters: When the cracks come, who doesn’t desire – even demand – to restore what once was? Nothing is more human. We all long to reverse the damage. We all hold tight to the humpty dumpty hope that everything can be put back together again. But, as our faith teaches … Continue reading The Practice of Repair (November 2024)
The search team charged with recruiting applicants for the position of Interim Director of Religious Education is continuing to pursue its efforts to reinvigorate the UUFM Religious Education program. The interim DRE position has been advertised, and the early application was Nov 1. Applications will be reviewed on Nov 5, while the world holds its … Continue reading November Board Update
Regardless of the outcomes of the elections this month, our body politic needs healing. No doubt this is why our collaborators at Soul Matters chose Repair for the November 2024 theme, and indeed our Community Team voted for this selection when asked for input last spring. But the small group packet we’re using this month … Continue reading Note from Pastor Isa – November 2024
From our friends at Soul Matters: This is your chance to listen carefully.Your whole life might depend on what you hear.– Joyce Sutphen Listening helps us find our way. The listening of therapists allows us to navigate our way through life. We turn to prayer to hear God’s guidance. We listen to experts so we … Continue reading The Practice of Deep Listening (October 2024)
Mac Benavides was enthusiastically voted in as Board Chair-Elect, in the (precedent-setting?) shortest UUFM Congregational Meeting in recorded history. The Board formed and empowered a search committee to hire an interim Coordinator of Religious Education to fill shorter-term RE needs and provide breathing room for a systematic and deliberative process of soliciting input from stakeholders … Continue reading October Board Update
