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Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church
A Welcoming
Congregation
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From Your Co-ministersRev. Jaco B. ten Hove
When we first arrived at Cedars in 2008, we wondered how the work of “doing church” in a rented space each Sunday was possible. Quickly, we discovered the power of the Neighborhood Teams. Each week, one of the seven teams works together to set up the service, help greet the throngs, create a lovely coffee hour, help take down the chairs and tables and clean-up when it’s all done. It seemed to us like a magnificent UU miracle! And yet, what happens each Sunday is just the tip of the Neighborhood Team iceberg.
Did you know that most Neighborhood Teams have a representative on the Pastoral Care Team, to make sure folks are cared for during times of trouble or transition? (It was a Neighborhood Team who helped so much with the recent memorial service for Bunny’s Stumbo.) Neighborhood Team members bring food and cheer when someone’s ill. Neighborhood Teams have parties and potlucks, meetings and work events. They are designed to bring people together who live relatively close, so that we can be present in each others’ lives in intentional, meaningful ways.
This month, each Neighborhood Team will meet to hear and talk about the newly articulated “aspiration statements” for our congregation, contained in the Initial Report from all the Conversation Circles led by the Shaping Our Future team this past fall. It’s a chance for you, in the presence of your neighbors, to give input not only to the annual Stewardship process, but also to the future of our liberal religious project.
If you are already a part of a Neighborhood Team, please make an effort to attend—this meeting is particularly important! If you’re not, maybe it’s time to join. Sally Wilson, who has so ably led the Neighborhood Teams for some time now, will help you find your Team. Contact her and get on board.
Congregational life is very different than it was long ago. But in many ways, we continue to need each other as neighbors and friends, so that we don’t have to walk our path alone. Community-building is one of the best things we can do in this world. Thanks for helping to make Cedars a great one!
Fondly,
Fondly,
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