Three years ago this week, we closed the campus due to Covid. This past Sunday, we had a wonderful celebration of our Neighborhood Connectors and how we got through it, with an amazing meal from some of our newest members.   I remember the first time I spoke to you all remotely–a Saturday evening broadcast that

This week, we have a special guest, ministerial intern Brigitta Vieyra, writing this week’s Notes From Your Dance Partner column. It is a delight to be written into the dance card for this week’s edition of Notes from Your Dance Partner. As a new teaching congregation, all of us will be learning, growing, and “humaning”

Does anyone remember my first sermon as your Called Minister? It was about “Humaning” together. I don’t think anyone could have fast-forwarded to almost four years later when our cameras went out and I was humming and providing percussion on the Blue Danube Waltz to the whole congregation to keep the great energy flowing. That

I love Stewardship time. Like a little bit unusually much. I love it because it inherently is a time when we can dream, scheme and plan. It is the time we consider what this congregation means to us. While it is about financial support, it has never been JUST about financial support to me. Instead,

What constitutes a Mass Shooting anymore? When do we drop stones in the vase? How do we commemorate the horrific, ever-increasing death toll by guns in this country? How do we respond as a faith community? My second week with UUCP in 2019, there were two mass shootings in a row. At the time, these

This weekend, in addition to leading worship with you all (our Pet Blessing–outside–with animals and lots of joy!) I also get the sad but great privilege on Saturday of officiating a Memorial Service for the grandson of our beloved Dale Fisher and brother of our beloved Sage Fisher. On Sunday, I get another honor to