Ministerial Search
The
search for a developmental minister continues but we currently have no
potential candidates.
At
this week’s meeting of the Board of Trustees, we agreed to initiate the search
for a settled minister. When the application is submitted to the UUA, we will
discontinue the search for a development minister. We also agreed to search for
a contract or consulting minister (two terms for the same thing).
To
enable the Ministerial Search Committee to focus on the selection of a settled
minister, the Board has commissioned a sub-committee of the Board to conduct
the search for a contract minister. This sub-committee is: Nickie Albert, Janet
Fryman, and Bruce Holden.
We
want your input on what we should be looking for in a contract minister and
have scheduled a Town Hall style open forum for Thursday, June 29th
in Ministers Hall. Dinner will be a 6pm and the open forum at 7pm. I hope we
will see you there.
Chalice Lighters
The
Board also agreed to participate in the UUA Chalice Lighters Program. This
program is a nearly 30-year old program by which individuals and congregations
help their neighbors cross significant thresholds. The Spring 2017 Chalice
Lighter call for our Florida geographical area has been awarded to Community
Unitarian Universalist Church of New Smyrna Beach, Florida.
Community
Unitarian Universalist Church (CUUC) is a vibrant lay-led congregation with 39
members. Members are active in the congregation and in the wider community.
CUUC seeks Chalice Lighter funding support for the purchase of their first
building. This congregation has been meeting in rented space since their
founding. As they celebrate their 20th anniversary, dreams of a place to call their
own and to welcome the wider community are still alive and moving closer to
reality.
Community
Unitarian Universalist Church, the CUUC, has been presented with a rare
opportunity to help them realize that dream. An individual - not a member of
CUUC - has offered to match up to $15,000 raised. We will be holding a special
collection in the next few weeks to enable our congregation to help CUUC meet
their financial targets.
Gratitude
Thank
you all for your support of the Board of Trustees and your active participation
in the committees and activities. Please reach out if I can help in any way.
Paul
G Ward
President,
Board of Trustees
