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

Welcome to another installment in my Question Box series! One of you asked “What are we here for?” There are multiple ways this could be interpreted. Since I get to choose, I am going to give you my answer to this version: What are we (UUCN) here for? Why does this congregation exist? What are … Continue reading What are we here for?

Happy Ash Wednesday! I know that’s probably not the correct salutation for Ash Wednesday – a solemn day when Christians remember that “from dust we come, and to dust we shall return.” But I have grown to appreciate Lent (the season that begins today) over the past few years, and this year I feel almost … Continue reading #UULent