“You can be angry; you should be angry. But anger without organization is just venting.” – Scot Nakagawa Each month, Side With Love (the UUA’s Organizing Strategy Team) offers The Gathering. This 90-minute session offers spiritual grounding, political analysis, and collective action.  But what does that mean? We as UUs often use beautiful and high-minded phrases without … Continue reading Reflections from The Gathering: UU the Vote

The Board met on Sunday, Aug. 10, and overall, things are progressing well following the board transition. Preliminary minutes are available on our website under About > Governance. We discussed the ongoing need for a Services Planning Committee Chair and agreed to move forward on getting a pool of Religious Education volunteers and paid “as needed” … Continue reading Splinters from the Board

Board Retreat Update On July 26, the Board of Directors held a productive day-long retreat to begin the new church year. We took time to educate ourselves on church finances. Thanks to Treasurer Melaney Sargent, we received training on reading the monthly reports on the financial health of the church. We reviewed key policies and procedures – many … Continue reading Board Retreat Update

Dear friends and members of UUCCHC, We’re honored to step into the new fiscal year (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026) as your Board of Directors for the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Hendricks County. As we begin this next chapter of shared leadership, we’re filled with gratitude for the trust you’ve placed in us—and inspired by the … Continue reading Splinters from the Board

I am excited to announce that we will have childcare provided at services beginning on December 15th! I am our new Religious Exploration Coordinator. I will be caring for our young congregation members each Sunday, and we hope to establish a solid group in the future for more formal RE classes. For now, we’ll be … Continue reading Welcome to our new Religious Exploration Coordinator!

Jeff and I spoke to Rosie on August 9th when we were just trying to figure out how to get started on this renewal, and one of the things she suggested was that we should occasionally have a listening Sunday. I spoke with Rosie for a little while this (Wednesday) evening and I asked if … Continue reading Carvings from the Board

At our recent annual meeting we passed the proposed budget, and we also elected Liz Cornell to the board. We also voted on whether we wanted, as a congregation, to vote to accept or refuse the changes to the UUA Article II. The vote was in favor of supporting the changes. This vote is binding … Continue reading Annual Meeting Notes

OK–Let’s Talk About Those Polls by Sheila Kennedy a periodic speaker at UUCCHCSurvey research ain’t what it used to be. Back in 2020, the Harvard Business Review summarized the changes that have diminished polling accuracy. The article described the industry as “living on borrowed time,” and predicted that its increasing errors would not be soon–or easily–corrected. The basic problem … Continue reading Why you shouldn’t fret about the polls…

Annie spoke on Sunday about looking for the records of the church, the formal archives. I have been church archivist for many years responsible for the informal archives. They are housed at the bottom of the stairs on the right and you go down the stairs. There are books of photographs, newspaper clippings, newsletters, directories, orders … Continue reading Formal Archives