Terry Berge, Board Member At our last two Board meetings, we discussed the idea of changing the format of the Board Recognition. The overall feeling was that monthly recognitions were getting too rote to the point where the impact and importance were getting lost. We did not decide that recognition wasn’t important at all, … Continue reading Board Connection for January 2026
Jimmy Franklin, First Vice President, Board of Trustees It is an honor to share this month’s Board Connection with you as the First Vice President of the Board of Trustees. This year, the Board has been focusing on strengthening connection — with one another, with you, and with the staff who keep this congregation thriving … Continue reading Board Connection for November 16, 2025
Karen Nowicki, Board President I am honored today to be addressing you as your UUCCH Board President. This morning, I want to share with you the Annual Vision of Ministry or AVOM for short and the Board Goals that were voted on at our August 19th meeting. These represent not just tasks on a … Continue reading Board Connection for September 21, 2025
Bill Warner, Board Member For visual accessibility, I’m a white cis gendered male in my mid-60’s, balding with a short grey beard & glasses wearing a blue shirt and UUCCH Tshirt. Today we mark the anniversary of the founding of UUCCH and the 200th anniversary of the American Unitarian Association. And with our exploration of … Continue reading Board Connection for May 25, 2025
Jennie Stone, Board President My name is Jennie Stone. I am a middle-aged, light-skinned, woman with salt and cinnamon hair, and glasses. My pronouns are she/her. And this is my last time delivering a Board Connection as your President. I’m excited to be able to use this time to report on the results of the … Continue reading Board Connection for March 30, 2025
Barbara Barnett Stewart, Board Member We are halfway through our 2024-2025 church year, so by making this month’s worship theme love, UUCCH has, in keeping with our recently recontextualized UU values, quite literally put love at the center. If you’ve been attending our recent services, you’ve heard quite a lot about love. Today, it’s your … Continue reading Board Connection for February 23, 2025
Karen Nowicki, Board Member You’ve been hearing a lot about how we’re moving towards a leadership by policy governance structure and about this guy named Dan Hotchkiss; the names and acronyms have changed but are they REALLY different? In education we used to call multiple choice, true-false, and fill in the blank “objective” questions … Continue reading Board Connection for January 26, 2025
Kate Sloan, Board Member Good morning, Happy Yule! My name is Kate Sloan. For visual accessibility, I am a cisgender, stout like Santa Claus, blue haired woman nearing 70, who is occasionally merry, often jolly and who loves Christmas cookies & mince pies, like the big man himself. I am wearing a black shirt … Continue reading Board Connection for December 22, 2024
Bill Warner, Board Member For visual accessibility, I’m a cisgender white male with balding brawn hair, a short mostly grey beard & glasses wearing a blue shirt, and black fleece vest. And my ears can use a little help so I’m a grateful user of our assistive listening devices. Deciding what to say … Continue reading Board Connection for November 24, 2024
Linda Coolsen, Board Member The Power of Listening Circles at UUCCH Good morning, everyone! I’m Linda Coolsen, a white haired woman of a certain age wearing black rimmed glasses, a blue floral blouse and a salty attitude. I’m a member of the UUCCH Board of Trustees and today I’d like to explore a practice … Continue reading Board Connection for October 27, 2024
