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Featured Articles - November, 2008 Commitment Sunday is November 16 — Come Help us BuildCommitment Sunday begins the yearly pledge campaign. The theme this year is "Come help us build" our congregation. This is the year we begin the process of selecting a new permanent minister, and, it is easy to forget, a new minister is selecting us. An effective minister will be attracted to an effective congregation — one that has the resources and will to carry out our and our new minister’s plans. |
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Featured Articles - October, 2003Substantial Bequest Received by ChurchEarl Morgan, a longtime friend of our church who died August 31, named the church the beneficiary of his retirement accounts, amounting to almost $500,000. The Board of Directors has asked the Finance Committee for recommendations concerning the ongoing investment of this bequest, and the allocation of the money among our depleted reserves, the new |
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Featured Articles - October, 2004Our Congregation Votes 108-34 to Proceed with Plan; Sell 17th St.In a crowded sanctuary on Sunday, September 19, the congregation as a community voted to move forward on development plans outlined in the Building Committee’s M-1 design. It then voted to renew the capital campaign to raise additional money to pay construction costs. Finally the congregation voted to authorize the immediate sale of the 17th Street property. |
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Featured Articles - October, 2005Give Some Thought to How Much Our Community Means to YouIt’s pledge season, the time that each of us is asked to make a financial commitment to the church for the coming year. With all the activity going on — our building project being nearly funded, Small Group Ministry’s gaining popularity, and a fantastic infusion of energy from dozens of pre-schoolers to high-schoolers — we look forward to an exciting year. |
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Featured Articles - October, 2006Groundbreaking Crowns Capital Campaign
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Featured Articles - October, 2008 Applications Sought for Settled Minister Search CommitteeYou are encouraged to help shape the future of our church by applying for membership on the Settled Minister Search Committee (SMSC). The Nominating Committee (NomCom), which has the responsibility of nominating a nine-member slate for the SMSC, is seeking applications for that committee through the month of October. |
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Featured Articles - September, 2003Catherine Farmer is Our New Religious Education Director
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Featured Articles - September, 2004Church Work Parties Begin August 21We’ll vote September 19 on plans for 18th and 17th Street properties What should we do with the house next door? Should we sell the 17th Street lot? These and other questions will be discussed and voted on at a congregational meeting on Sunday, September 19 at 12:30 p.m. in the sanctuary. Lunch will be available before the meeting. At least 79 members must be present for a quorum. |
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Featured Articles - September, 2005Introducing Jim Grant and Wife Betty, Who Will Be with Us for Four Months
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Featured Articles - September, 2006Getting Involved SundayHave you heard about or noticed groups and committees at the church but know nothing about them? How many of the approximately 50 groups and committees at UUCCSM can you name? To help match interests and opportunities, the Membership and Leadership Committee has scheduled Sunday, October 15, as "Getting Involved Sunday." On that day, after both services, a significant number of groups and committees will have a representative at a table in the courtyard or in Forbes Hall. |
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Featured Articles - September, 2008 An Invitation from the Membership & Leadership ChairAs we begin a new church year together we are letting go and looking forward. We have said our reluctant "‘So long for now’" to the Rev. Judith Meyer and we welcome our interim minister, the Rev. Roberta Haskin. We will come together at Ingathering Sunday on September 7, perhaps with fond sadness, but anticipating newness and change. We will look forward to enjoying our new outdoor spaces, and are eager to participate in the programs that enrich our lives and connect us to one another. |
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Groundbreaking for the makeover of the blue house took place Sunday, September 17, with a brief ceremony and the long-awaited first shovelful of dirt.
Catherine Farmer, from the UU Church in Riverside, has been named our new director of religious education (DRE). A near-lifelong UU, Catherine originally comes from Ohio. "Both children’s RE and YRUU involvement played vital roles in my own growth and development," says Catherine.
Eight years ago, after much thought and many conversations, The Rev. Jim Grant, longtime American Baptist minister, became a Unitarian Universalist.