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Theme: Vision
September is a liminal time of the year when seasons shift and the patterns of our lives change. Similarly, Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church is in a transitional time as a congregation. Liminal, transitional and interim times – times when one thing is...
In the Interim: Communication is a Top Priority
Greetings! In August I joined WUUC as your interim minister. I’ve greatly enjoyed getting to meet many congregants, including meeting one-to-one with many congregants and lay leaders. As we go forward in the coming several months I’m looking forward to continuing to...
Greetings, WUUC!
I’m so happy to finally be with you as your interim minister. This summer I moved back to WA from Boston, MA. I actually left from Maine, where I attended a close friend’s ordination, so I really did drive from one edge of the country to the other. On the way out here...
Preparing to Depart
Dear WUUC community, June 24 will be my last day as minister of the Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church. Starting Aug. 15, I will serve as the Developmental Minister at the Eugene UU Church in Oregon. For me my ministry has come full circle as I began my...
We’ve Had a Good Run
How one ends a journey is almost more important than how one begins it. I learned this when traveling with youth. We would spend sometimes up to 9 months preparing for a 3-week trip. At the end of the trip, the youth would scatter at the parking lot or airport with...
Theme for June: Blessing
“Look, the world is always ending somewhere... [and] there is nothing a blessing is better suited for than an ending... This blessing will not fix you, will not mend you... it will not talk to you about one door opening when another one closes. It will simply sit...