Greetings, I keep hearing that the summer months are slow. Which summer was that? I know the leadership of SKUUC are all very busy and have been for quite a long while. Walt Korus and Collin Carroll have completed our fire abatement with the help of two workers from the day labor center in Hayward. … Continue reading President’s Report
September 2015 Flaming Chalice Newsletter
August 2015 Flaming Chalice Newsletter is here.
Fare forward, travellers! not escaping from the past Into different lives, or into any future; You are not the same people who left that station Or will arrive at any terminus, While the narrowing rails slide together behind you; And on the deck of the drumming liner Watching the furrows widen behind you…. … Continue reading Words of Joy – Interim Minister’s Column, August 2015
Greetings, I keep hearing that the summer months are slow. Which summer was that? I know the leadership of SKUUC are all very busy and have been for quite a long while. Walt Korus and Collin Carroll have completed our fire abatement with the help of two workers from the day labor center in … Continue reading President’s Report – August 2015
General Assembly 2015, June 24-28 in Portland, Oregon, was an amazing experience. It was my first GA, my first time being with 4500 other UUs in one place – learning together, worshiping together, witnessing together, and conducting the messy democratic business of the UUA, including amending the UUA bylaws and debating social justice/witness statements.
At General Assembly 2015 in Portland, Oregon, I attended 2 sessions run by #UUsGetSocial, about how to use internet technology to advance our mission. The first was called Make Your Website Awesome and Make It Yours. Here are some of the things I learned. New UU church website design coming. More than 50% of all internet … Continue reading Tech news from GA 2015 by Beth Ogilvie
Even though Sandy and I only attended the first 2 days, we still found the experience of being around thousands of dedicated UU’s very exciting. To start, it was quite an adrenaline rush to carry our church banner into the open ceremony along with the banners from hundreds of other UU churches throughout the country. … Continue reading GA 2015 by Bob Simoni
Flaming Chalice Newsletter July 2015
In just a few days as of this writing. several of us from Starr King Church will make our way to Portland, Oregon for the annual General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association. Because this congregation pays its “fare share” to support the UUA, which costs close to $100 for each of our 142 … Continue reading Words of Joy – July 2015
