First things first: Worship this week, October 10, is entirely virtual. The sanctuary will be empty. This is because it is being led by those leading the Beyond Categorical Thinking Program that is required of all congregations seeking UU clergy. They will handle every aspect of worship this coming Sunday, following a Saturday program…
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I am going remote. For the next two weeks I will be back in Michigan to get my hair cut, my teeth cleaned, close on a mortgage refi, weed my yard, and (oh yes) see my family. I will be at work, but from a distance. Before Covid most interim ministers were truly peripatetic.…
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VUU would like to invite all members and friends to a forum with the COVID team to discuss current protocols, reasoning behind it, and answer any questions/concerns you may have as we methodically move forward with in-person gatherings. This is in lieu of a formal presentation by the COVID team at the Congregational Conversation on…
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In case you did not know, my personal spiritual life is as a non Jewish member of a synagogue. This has been part of my life for 22 years now, both in Grand Rapids and Brooklyn. That’s why I know so much (for a non Jew) about the holidays, which by the way are still…
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VUU’s Ministerial Search Committee Invites YOU to an Important Workshop and Sunday Service BEYOND CATEGORICAL THINKING “Will the new minister hear me? Will my concerns and needs be met? Will theminister understand what I’m living with? How will the community respond to our minister?” In answering these questions, a picture of the “ideal minister” (categorized…
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