Weekly News June 28, 2024
“Volunteers Are Love In Motion” -Unknown
Thank you to all who give of their time and talents to make sure the UUMA Programs and Events are welcoming, accessible and inclusive of the membership and gathered community.
“Volunteers Are Love In Motion” -Unknown
Thank you to all who give of their time and talents to make sure the UUMA Programs and Events are welcoming, accessible and inclusive of the membership and gathered community.
The daily pressures of doing ministry with fewer volunteers and more logistical conundrums is beyond exhausting. So, as one colleague reminded me last week, making time for the care of our own souls is essential. For many of us, soul nourishment is found in community and collegial community is often the magical, healing elixir.
My thumbs, encouraged by the growth, found an empty pot and now I have the daily joy of seeing the plants take root. I have no idea what kind of flowers will result, or if it will blossom at all, but the small shoots remind me daily that sometimes growth happens in forgotten spaces, spaces we might have created but in ways we never imagined.
I hope that we can take a moment to appreciate the many and varied ways in which we continue to learn and grow in this faith and celebrate the living tradition that grows and changes, too.
Whether or not we agree with what they have to say, I hope we can all remember the grave risks that come from police and military suppression of student voices and organizing.
How are you connecting with colleagues? What is feeding your need for connection? Let us know what is working, and not working, for you. We need one another and finding ways to meet that need is an important role of the UUMA.
To use one of my mom’s most favorite sayings, what’s true is that most of us don’t know how our lives will unfold. In the midst of all that unknowing, may we all live lives that lead us to enough, to living lives of abundance and saying yes to life.
As I considered my options, I spotted the opening for a Collegial Care Assistant at the UUMA. I was delighted to be invited to serve in that role. Since July 2022 when I began my service with the UUMA, I’ve considered supporting our collegial care programs as a ministry of sorts – doing what I could to offer collegial care for our members through the programs I was supporting.
Did you know that Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis, Senior Minister for Public Theology and Transformation at Middle Church, will be preaching for our opening Ministry Days worship? That is just one of many good reasons to sign up to join us soon.
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