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Board Letter September 2024

September 2024

Greetings from the Board of Trustees!

September is well underway, and I am reminded of all the starts to the new school year I’ve

been through, years ago as a child, and more recently as a parent of children. It can be a

bumpy, exciting and joyous … read more.

Board Letter Spring 2024

Happy Spring from the Board of Trustees!
The late winter and spring have been very busy at UUCSW! First and foremost, I’m sure most of
you have heard the news that on April 10, Rev Laurel gave us notice of her resignation, effective
at the end of her … read more.

Board Letter December 2023

December Greetings!
Darkness falls early, temperatures are dropping, and the potential for snow is all the buzz on
the news tonight. It is December in New England!
It has been a tumultuous world we’ve navigated these past several months, on a global scale.
Sadness, anger, confusion, and occasionally hope, … read more.

Board Letter September 2023

September Greetings and Welcome Back!
It was wonderful to see so many of you in person, for our opening Sunday on September 10th!
The water communion seemed particularly meaningful to me this year. My own travels this
summer brought me abroad, to my ancestral roots in Ireland. They … read more.

Board Letter April 2023

Spring Greetings from the Board of Trustees! There is important work going on within our congregation and the UUA this spring, much of it “behind the scenes”, and ALL of it affects you!  This is a long, but hopefully not long-winded, letter, because there is … read more.

Board Letter February 2023

It has been exciting to watch the pews fill up more and more each week over the last six months.  We’ve had the chance to meet new folks and to catch up with some familiar faces (some of whom I hadn’t seen in years).  It’s … read more.

Board Letter January 2023

January, 2023
Greetings of the New Year! We on the Board of Trustees of UUCSW want to wish everyone a year filled with love, well-being, and peace. Though the calendar year just recently turned the page to 2023, the church year is at its midpoint. … read more.

Board Letter December 2022

UUCSW has had reasons to celebrate in 2022!  While crawling toward normalcy post-pandemic, one of these reasons to celebrate is that Rev. Laurel is now fully-credentialled and has been granted Full Fellowship by the UUA.  In granting this status, the UUA Ministerial Fellowship Committee noted … read more.

Board Letter November 2022

Board Matters, November 2022

Greetings, friends. It’s my pleasure to bring you this month’s overview from the Board of Trustees of UUCSW. The “official” UU theme for November is Change, but as we all know, November is also a time to reflect on things we are … read more.

Board Letter September 2022

Hello UUCSW!

Welcome to September and to the 2022-2023 church year. It’s exciting that after two years of virtual worship, we are starting this year in a new way – we’re intentionally hybrid.

There are so many things going on in September.

Recently, my yoga teacher read this … read more.