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  • Friday News – April 10, 2026

    April 10, 2026

    I’ve just returned from a glorious trip up the river Elbe from Prague to Berlin. It was a family trip to help celebrate my mother’s 90th birthday. We visited amazing cities and went past our ancestral homeland and touched Luther’s theses on the door of his church in Wittenberg. But we also saw the still all-too apparent devastation from World War II and the Communist occupation. There are scars upon the land and emotional scars in the people who have lived through regime change and rebuilding. The costs of war are not just financial or short-term. Our current administration seems ...
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  • Friday News – June 20, 2025

    June 20, 2025
    Happy Friday! I write this note from Baltimore where I am attending our General Assembly – the gathering of Unitarian Universalists from around the world that happens yearly. It now happens ...
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  • Friday News – June 13, 2025

    June 13, 2025
    Happy Friday! It was quite the celebration last Sunday! We celebrated the success of the rummage sale (around $15K at last count!) We celebrated the work of the staff and the ...
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  • Friday News – June 6, 2025

    June 6, 2025
    Dear First UU, As our church year comes to a close and your board and staff are reporting back to you the congregation at our annual meeting this Sunday, there is ...
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  • Friday News – May 30, 2025

    May 30, 2025
    It’s that time of year when we wind down our regular programming and go to one service at 10am. But that doesn’t mean we aren’t still offering great worship and ...
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  • Friday News – May 23, 2025

    May 23, 2025
    Summer Schedule is here! Summer is a time that First UU staff uses to try new ideas and prepare for the coming church year, so you may notice some changes ...
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  • Friday News – May 16, 2025

    May 16, 2025
    Last Friday we hosted a wonderful public listening project Sidewalk Talk. The founder led us in a two hour training about effective listening. As a minister and someone who specializes ...
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  • Friday News – May 9, 2025

    May 9, 2025
    One of the things I admire so much about this congregation is the ongoing commitment to social change through the BREAD organization. Working with other congregations across the city to ...
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  • Friday News – May 2, 2025

    May 2, 2025
    Spring has finally sprung, and summer is just around the corner! I am excited to see everyone again this Sunday. Our church’s Youth Group will be presenting the 11am service, ...
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  • Friday News – April 25, 2025

    April 24, 2025
    From Monday Noon to Wednesday evening, I attended, via Zoom, a conference of retired UU ministers, well over 200 of us from all parts of the US and Canada. I served with ...
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  • Friday News – April 18, 2025

    April 18, 2025
    When I first began my work with you as Developmental Minister it was a rather rushed decision due to the transitional matching process. My contract stipulated that each year we ...
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