The church building reopens for in person services on April 24, while continuing to live cast the service through Zoom. This hybrid approach allows those who wish to return to in person services to attend at church, and any who feel safer or have other reasons they cannot attend in person can still attend by … Continue reading Reopening!
Takeaway tips from 3/13 sermon on Microaggressions Know when to step in or step back about our own harms Be mindful of our impacts Be open to discussing our biases Practice microinterventions as we are able. Takeaway tips from 3/20 sermon on Happiness Choose it. Care for our whole selves. Challenge negativity and cultivate optimism. … Continue reading Sermon Takeaways from Rev. Joel
The most important thing we need to add to what we’re doing is Membership. Please consider joining a revived Membership Committee. Several members and myself are providing some of the elements of what the Membership Committee does. But maintaining a healthy congregation, one that wishes to grow, means we need a fully functioning Membership Comm. … Continue reading Message on Membership
Your Board continues to work on plans for re-opening when appropriate, expanding outreach into our community, and the expansion of Rev. Joel’s ministry through Wednesday hours and Zoom meetings. Natalie Brake and Annie Johnson will soon be attending AWOL training to enhance our certification in the RE department. A special note from Eileen … You may … Continue reading Splinters from the Board
Your UUCCHC board has been working hard to make sure that our services continue to run and that we are prepared to open the church when the time is right. Here are a few things that the board needs you to know : Mark your calendars for the annual meeting scheduled for April 24. We … Continue reading Splinters from the Board
Starting in February, I am adding several additional forms of ministry to our church: Every Wednesday I will be holding virtual office hours from 2-6 pm. Let’s chat via phone or video link. Feel free to reserve a time slot in advance via text or email, or reach out spontaneously. You don’t need … Continue reading New Virtual Office Hours
Registration is now open for in-person attendance. Full-time registration is$475 for adults, and $250 for high school youth and retired and candidateministers. Financial support for registration, lodging credit within the GAhousing block, as well as a payment plan are available. In-personregistration rates will increase on March 1 and again on May 1. Registrationfor virtual participation … Continue reading In-person UUA General Assembly 2022
Please join me in thanking Lynn Jettpace for her service in co-chairing and chairing the worship committee since 2018. Lynn has been on the worship committee off and on (far more on) since 2001. Thank you Lynn for all you have done to bring such quality programs and services to our community! Our programming will … Continue reading Updates from the Worship Committee
Much of our discussion this month centered around a potential for opening services in the sanctuary in January. Broadcasting our services on Zoom has caused us to restrict the music we can use. Since we will continue using Zoom, we have signed a license with CCS that will permit us a much wider range of … Continue reading Splinters From the Board
Your UUCCHC board has been battling back and forth for the past year, trying to balance the need for human connection with the need for health and survival. In the time of a pandemic, we are all unsure as to what the right answers are. The draw to re-open after two years of not being … Continue reading A Hold on Return to In-Person Services
