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

“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

We write this month’s Board update together as a reflection on the merging of past and future. One of us is closing their term as Board chair, and the other is preparing to step into the role. In this moment, we are standing in a threshold that offers a meaningful invitation to reflect and anticipate. … Continue reading May Board Update

As we close the month of March, I am encouraged by the ways our congregation has practiced paying attention over the last several weeks. We have come together and worked individually to notice what is emerging in the here and now and to respond to what calls for our care. In this spirit, the Board … Continue reading April Board Update

This month, our shared theme has been embodying resilience. Resilience is often misunderstood as stoic endurance or quiet survival. However, within our tradition as Unitarian Universalists, resilience is far more alive. It is relational. It is creative. It is grounded in love. It is what allows us not only to withstand adversity, but to continue … Continue reading March Board Update

Over the past month, we have come together to build our capacity for the spiritual practice of resistance; not resistance simply for the sake of opposition but rather as a faithful refusal to accept injustice, erasure, and harm as inevitable facts of life. January was marked by profound unrest locally and globally. We saw state-sanctioned … Continue reading February Board Update

I have been practicing the art of reframing toward gratitude in the last two months of 2025. While the frost on my windshield in the morning means I need more time to get the car ready to go, I am grateful for the few extra minutes of time to connect with Ruddy, Rio, and Ellie … Continue reading December/January Board Update

As the days begin to shorten, the morning air becomes crisper, and my fuzzy socks have reappeared from storage, I find myself reflecting on how our congregation continues to embody our shared commitment to co-creating positive, alternative futures; futures that imagine new ways of being human together. This month, I had the opportunity to connect … Continue reading November Board Update

As autumn begins, we are reminded that seasons of change invite us to release what no longer serves us and to make space for new growth. The turning leaves teach us that transformation is both beautiful and necessary. In this season, UUFM has an opportunity to recommit to a shared sense of critical hope. Critical … Continue reading October Board Update