Contrary to popular belief, the Ministerial Search Committee has not fallen off the face of the earth! However, we are deep into the process of discernment and mutual selection with our three finalist ministers –“pre-candidates,” in UUA lingo. This normally involves a visit of each minister to Pittsburgh over a whole weekend, but in COVID … Continue reading Search Committee Interviewing Ministerial Pre-Candidates
The stream will open shortly before 7:30 pm; Show at 7:30 pmWe missed him so much last spring when the COVID crisis forced us to cancel his SongSpace 2020 show. We are thrilled to be able to welcome Joe Crookston (joecrookston.com) to the SongSpace Streams series, to kick off April 2021 and find some new … Continue reading SongSpace Streams: Joe Crookston
Joe Jencks (joejencks.com) is performing in the SongSpace Streams series on March 13, 2021, to celebrate Llouise and Jim Altes and the 16-year, the 101-show success that is the Friendship House Concert Series. We couldn’t be happier to host Joe and honor the Altes as people and as friends of live music. Joe Jencks is … Continue reading SongSpace and Joe Jencks Celebrate the Friendship House Concert Series
Join us on March 4 at 7:30 p.m. If interested, please contact Alice Carnes at 704-453-4175 or alice.carnes51@yahoo.com for more info and zoom link. The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature by Drew Lanham”In me, there is the red of miry clay, the brown of spring floods, the gold of ripening tobacco. … Continue reading Thursday Night Book Club
While the church building is closed, the Board of Trustees is holding its monthly meetings via Zoom. The next meeting is on Wednesday, February 17, at 7:00 p.m. Members and friends of the church are welcome to attend. If you would like to attend a Board meeting as an observer, please get in touch with … Continue reading February Board of Trustees Meeting
Kathy Fein will speak on Gratitude on February 4th at 11 a.m. Kathy says,“Gratitude is powerful. It brightens our outlook, broadens our perspective, changes our attitudes, and promotes our well-being.” Join Kathy’s program as we explore our experience with gratitude through discussion and the practices of journaling and letter writing. Women’s Alliance meets monthly on … Continue reading Women’s Alliance
Our goal continues to be to support the two additional teachers that were needed following the inauguration of our new Higher Secondary School in June 2016. We’ve raised $9600 for two teachers’ salaries ($4800 each) the last three years, doing so until government funding kicks in after accreditation. This school enables students to complete high … Continue reading Khasi Hills 2020-2021 School Sponsorship Project Outreach
We ended the fiscal and calendar year in an OK position. In summary, and as expected, we ended with a net loss, though somewhat less of a loss than budgeted. We still have a healthy amount of money in our accounts to pay bills. More details are below: Assets and Liabilities Asset balances as of … Continue reading 2020 Financial Summary
Last fall at about the same time that the Ministerial Search Committee shared our reports on the Congregational Survey and the Cottage Meetings with the congregation, we put the finishing touches on a “Congregational Record” describing our church, our congregation, our accomplishments and our hopes and aspirations for the future. Your responses in the Cottage Meetings and Congregational … Continue reading Committee Narrows List of Ministerial Candidates
In November, the Ministerial Search Committee took on the time-consuming task of compiling and analyzing the data we collected from our Congregational Survey, Cottage Meetings, Focus Groups and the all-day Beyond Categorical Thinking workshop. Two members of our committee worked tirelessly throughout the month on reports with the support of the entire team: Mary Denison on the … Continue reading Survey, Cottage Meeting Data Compiled and Available
Mid-September to late October were busy months for our congregation in our search for a new minister. To present our Fellowship honestly, the congregation helped us evaluate our church: who we are (our strengths and weaknesses); what we want; and more importantly what we might need in a settled minister. To complete our evaluation, 195 … Continue reading Ministerial Search Update
