Religious Education is coming back to TUUC! We are thrilled to be welcoming back children to our RE program this spring. Elementary and middle-school children will be able to join a multi-age RE class led by Scott Redman and Staci Kopcha. Saturday, April 1 To prepare, we need many helpers to join our clean up … Continue reading Resurrecting Religious Exploration
The Board has been following the information on the COVID-19 pandemic from our state and local Departments of Health and the CDC. While we will continue to keep our eye on the latest recommendations, we have decided to make some changes to our policies based on what we believe is appropriate for our community. 1. … Continue reading Pandemic Next Steps Update – March 23, 2023
Beloved friends, We are almost to the third anniversary of the COVID shutdown. It’s been a long journey through these years. The months and months of home isolation, the miracle – and misery – of Zoom, that brought us together and kept us apart, and the connections that tied us together got loose at the … Continue reading From the Minister for February 16, 2023
Dear friends, We’ve had a report of a person who attended church on Sunday who has subsequently tested positive for COVID. It’s possible that a transmission may have taken place. If you are feeling unwell, please do test, and if it is positive, let us know so that we can continue let people know about … Continue reading COVID Infection — November 30, 2022
The Pandemic Next Steps Committee has met a few times. There has been a lot of discussion regarding how our Congregation will move forward with COVID guidelines and/or restrictions. We have made some immediate changes that you have already probably noticed. Our minister detailed some of these changes in her recent letter. Stay tuned for … Continue reading Pandemic Next Steps Committee
Dear friends, We’ve had a report of a person who attended church on Sunday who has subsequently tested positive for COVID. With the safeguards we have in place (masks and ventilation) it is unlikely that there was transmission inside. However, during our outdoor coffee hour, a few of us had closer unmasked contact with them. … Continue reading COVID Infection – October 4, 2022
The Coming Together: Next Steps Committee, chaired by Maria Figueroa, and including members Laura Gardner, Sheila Whybrow, Cindy and Dave Hackett, and Dolores Fitch, and I have met to plan out our next steps for reopening. I recognize that we’ve been slow to make changes out of an excess of caution, but we’re ready for … Continue reading Coming Together: Next Steps News / September 27, 2022
Beloved Friends, We continue to gather in multi-platform, and this week is a treat: my favorite (in a non-judgmental, non-hierarchical sort of way) the Rev. Ant (short for Anthony) Howe will be joining us from his home in Wales. After serving a congregation outside of Birmingham, Ant took a position with the Unitarian College as … Continue reading From the Minister for May 4, 2022
Many years ago, I was chatting with a couple of church members after a getting-to-know- you conversation with someone who was new to the congregation. As we talked about how we would know that someone had become part of our community, I said that I watched for those who without being asked started to help … Continue reading From the Minister for April 26, 2022
In one of my preaching classes, a teacher said it was important to give members of the congregation a little bit of a chuckle in every sermon. It was a lesson I took to heart, and I continue to be mindful of creating opportunity to laugh on Sundays. Some of you will remember that on … Continue reading From the Minister for April 12, 2022
