Some of you have asked questions about the why’s of the next steps in the selection of the new minister and what happens thereafter. I’d like to try to answer some of them but will defer to the Ministerial Search Committee and Paula vanHaagen as chair of the team for
Continue readingThe following letter, endorsed by Westside’s Board of Trustees, has been sent to Senior Rabbi Daniel Weiner of Seattle’s Temple De Hirsch. Read letter here.
Continue readingGet in on the ground floor of the organizing of a new communications team. We are looking for people with ideas, communications experience, social networking know how, marketing chops, and get-to-it-ness. Want to make a difference at WSUU, want to make sure everyone knows the low down, want to ensure
Continue readingSaturdays, April 8 & 15, 9:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. (or as long as you can stay) On two Saturdays in April we will be washing, preppping and repainting the walls in the social hall. Please bring gloves, bucket, sponges, rags, sponge mop, or whatever you think we’ll need for
Continue readingSeveral people who plan to attend the Stewardship dinner on April 1 have asked me whether we have a keynote speaker lined up. I asked a colleague from another denomination if he’d be interested and he said yes. Vincent Lachina has worked with UU congregations and many others in his
Continue reading“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” spoken by Franklin D Roosevelt in his 1932 Inauguration The famous phrase above spoken by President Franklin Roosevelt has been on my mind for a while now. Here are the sentences that surround those words he spoke to a frightened
Continue reading“What’s in a song? A couple of people asked me recently what I thought the difference was between two songs I had used as central themes of services here. The difference is especially striking given the election and how it’s affected the country. The first song I played in August
Continue readingReligious Exploration at Westside matters to all of us whether or not we have children. We are growing lifelong UUs through our RE programming. Our children – and they are our children – are the future leaders, volunteers, congregants, and members of UU churches. Perhaps they will remain at Westside
Continue readingA thank you letter and annual report from our Unitarian friends in Torockoszentgyorgy was sent to us by Rev. Emese Finta. The Christmas card and calendars did not arrive until mid January – we will all need to get started earlier on our cards next year. The ‘tea parties mentioned are village winter
Continue readingJune 11th is the RE Celebration service and we’d love to find a creative soul to work with us to create a slide show of photographs of all Westside’s volunteers, RE classes (and children and teachers). Are you interested in either creating a slide show (with music) or taking photographs
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