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Friday News – August 14, 2026
August 14, 2026
I know that several of you were (and maybe still are) affected by the storms this week. Please reach out and let us know if there is any support that you are needing while the clean-up efforts are underway. While several staff and the building itself are still without power as of this writing, I wanted to express my gratitude for your patience as it is slowing us down from being able to respond to you all in as timely a manner as we would like. But, the work to prepare for the official start of the church year goes on! We ...Read Full Article
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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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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, ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday 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 ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – April 11, 2025
April 11, 2025
Whenever I write those chirpy words I wonder how happy we really are! I’m sure there is a lot that we are grateful for and even happy about, but my ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – April 4, 2025
April 4, 2025
I am so excited to announce that we have hired Robin Lawson as our new Congregational Life and Bookkeeping Assistant! Robin is a life-long Unitarian Universalist who has been incredibly ...Read Full ArticleFriday News – March 28, 2025
March 28, 2025
Happy Friday! I’ve just learned that for the first time in history, Columbus ranks among the 200 happiest cities in the world! It may be hard to think “happy” is the ...Read Full Article