Guest Blog from the Antiracism Action Team Unitarians and Universalists have a long history of advocating for fair, safe treatment of immigrants. As Unitarian Universalists, we have often stood alongside immigrants, fighting for justice. The photo below from 2012 is Deborah Carroll and Kathy Stevenson protesting immigration practices as part of a UUA demonstration in … Continue reading Immigrant Safety
Two Lists for These Days One of the joys of having lived in another culture is that you find new ways to express yourself. Our 7 years in London meant that I picked up a whole bunch of ways to say things. It’s not just the different words used – jumper instead of sweater, and … Continue reading I Can’t Be Bothered
Board of Trustees announcement May 10, 2022 Dear Members, Friends, Staff, and other interested parties, The Reverend Kate Lore’s ministry has come to an end at QUUF. Her final day of service was May 4. Many of you are aware of Kate’s serious injury in February and the complications that followed. Others, seeing Kate’s smiling … Continue reading Transition in Ministry at QUUF
Below is the final report from our interim ministry consulting team comprised of Rev. Eric Posa, Rev. Christine Robinson, and Rev. Nancy Bowen. Rev. Posa was with us on two occasions – on March 3-4 and April 2-3. His work focused on our history and heritage, and on our mission/vision/covenant. Rev. Robinson stayed for about … Continue reading Interim Consulting Team Report
Dear Members and Friends of QUUF, An email from a member went around the last couple of days with respect to the Ministerial Search Committee survey which, first, suggests several things that are simply not true and second, unfortunately reflects a continuing misunderstanding of the process that we are using to choose our next settled … Continue reading Message from the QUUF Board – May 3, 2019
As part of our interim work in preparation for the calling of our next minister, Interim Consultant Rev. Christine Robinson has asked us to establish a Governance Task Force. The QUUF Board welcomes this task force and anticipates its collective wisdom and commitment to our interim process. MEMBERSHIP: The membership of the task force will … Continue reading Message from the Board: A Governance Task Force
On April 2, about 62 of us gathered to do the Interim work of “Who Are We?” with Rev. Eric Posa. He led us through a process to define what a mission statement is and its role in describing what we do, different from our “Vision” (where we want to be in the future) and … Continue reading Message from the Board
Dear Members and Friends, As a Fellowship, we continue to be very busy, not only with our usual heavy schedule of activities and our interim work, but tomorrow we start our Pledge Festival Weekend! We hope everyone can come by the Fellowship and participate and enjoy two days of Creating Community Together while making our … Continue reading Message from the QUUF Board
Dear Members and Friends of QUUF, This weekend we welcome Rev. Eric Posa, the current Interim Minister serving Olympia Unitarian Universalist Congregation and a member of our interim ministry consulting team. Rev. Posa will be delivering his sermon ‘The Future Opens Before Us’ at both services Sunday March 3, at 9:15 and 11:15am. As Rev. … Continue reading Message from the Board – February 27, 2019
Many of you have had questions about our organizational structure and the use of “circles” as we go forward. Board members and the minister have been reading together and meeting weekly to discuss this book Policy and Governance by Dan Hotchkiss. There are additional copies available if anyone would like to borrow and read along, … Continue reading Message From the Board
