Thanks to everyone who participated in our Fire Drill on Sunday! It may have been old hat for some of you, but with three new staff people this year, it was an important learning experience for us. One thing we learned is that it is hard to simulate a real emergency. We noticed there was … Continue reading Fire Drill Learnings

May is nearly upon us, and the new month brings a new theme for our worship. Throughout May we’ll be exploring together “Blessing” and answering the question: what does it mean to be a people of blessing. I’ll admit that both the Worship Associates and Music Team struggled a bit with this theme. Of the … Continue reading May’s Theme: Blessing

While we are blessed to have Sandra Greenfield with us next year for a second year of interim work, now is the time to start thinking about our search for a permanent religious educator. After much discussion with Sandra, the Personnel Team and others, we have decided to transition the title of our Director of … Continue reading Call for Applications and Nominations for the Director of Faith Formation Search Team!

What a weekend we had! On Saturday, nine of us attended the Northern New England District’s Annual Meeting up in Concord, NH. We worshipped and learned together with other UUs from New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine, and in the afternoon we took care of the business of the NNED, voting on bylaws, board members and … Continue reading What a Weekend!

Yesterday marked one year since I was announced as your candidate for settled minister. What an exciting day that was! I wasn’t here with you, of course, but I listened online and I swear I could feel your joy and anticipation through the air waves. Since that day, we’ve met and said yes to one … Continue reading Celebrating our Shared Ministry

April begins in just a couple of days, which means it’s time for us to explore a new theme of the month. This month, we’ll be thinking together about creation, and answering the question “What does it mean to be a people of creation?” We consider this question as spring begins to bloom all around … Continue reading April’s Theme: Creation

It’s budgeting season here at UUCN. Over the past few weeks, the folks who lead our committees and teams have been sending me their requests for next year’s budget. It’s a joy to see all that you’ve been dreaming up for next year! I can tell that some of you took on my challenge to … Continue reading Dreaming and Budgeting for our Future

Last week’s T-UU-sday session was a conversation about our monthly theme, liberation. We read a poem together and explored the question “What does it mean to be free?” Since I know you can’t all make it on Tuesday evenings, I’m using my post this week to invite you all into the conversation. Our poem and … Continue reading What does it mean to be free?

 It’s another installment of our question box questions today! This week, the question is: How can I stop worrying about life? My first reaction to this is “when you figure it out, can you let me know?” I have always been a worrier. Sometimes it has served me well; more often it gets in the … Continue reading How can I stop worrying about life?

This month we are exploring different aspects of liberation in our worship services. Together, we’ll be thinking about how we might answer the question: What does it mean to be a people of liberation? Liberation is often equated with freedom, but I always think of the two as slightly different from one another. The notion … Continue reading March’s Theme: Liberation