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.
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.
The UUMA Nominating Committee submit the following list of nominees for the UUMA Board and the Nominating Committee:
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.
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.
Tremendous Possibility: Weekly News from the UUMA
Context Statement on the Current Landscape and Future of Ministry
UUMA Nominations by Petition due April 20
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