Looking Back to the Future

We have enjoyed many celebrations together, pulled off another successful Empty Bowl project, seen the rise of a great teen group, and added a new men's group and the UU Sisterhood to our available program offerings. The Young Minds in Fellowship group has had potluck and movie nights.  We have a new regular music program, The Labyrinth Cafe, that is bringing great folk music to our community and attracting some new members to our church.  

We have a very good religious education program for our children and have developed our own curriculum based on a UU Seven Principle City. We had the very successful Culture Camp here this summer. Our choir is growing again after a slow period.  We have a Jazz concert and Chamber concert coming up.

We also face new challenges. Our long time tenant Congregation Etz Chaim will be leaving us early this year which will have a financial impact on us.  Our national consultant Dave Richard has laid out some challenges for us and some goals we need to meet before we proceed with a capital campaign to expand our facilities. We are hoping to start the much touted Covenant group program this year also.

I feel certain that when we look back a year from now, we will find that we have met many of these challenges and have much more to look back on with pride.  Church life is not easy but every week we are here we save someone's life quite literally, and that is really what this whole enterprise is all about.  We are not a business. We are here to serve people and help each other get through life when things are difficult. Blessings on our on-going struggle for a kinder and more just world.