Friday, January 22, 2016

The Search Is On!

A Search for Committee Members, To Search for Our Minister

It is time for our congregation to select the people who will lead the search for our next minister as our Settled Minister Search Committee. During the last week of January, your Board of Trustees will be reaching out to all church members, either in person or by phone, to ask you whom you trust to take on this incredibly important task. We will use the feedback we receive to create the pool of candidates. So, if you get a call from the 217 area code one of these evenings, please answer!

Calling All Pledgers

The fiscal year is half over, and we are running a little behind our usual pace on pledge payments. If you have been meaning to send in your pledge payment, now would be a GREAT time to do it. You can pay by check or by electronic funds transfer by clicking here.

It’s Pen Pal Time

All ages, male and female, are welcome to sign up. Plan to join the fun!

Sign up to be a pen pal within the next two weeks. Just fill out the form and you will be given a secret identify of a famous UU person as well a secret name of the person to whom you will be writing. You will sign all your letters with your secret name and write to your secret pen pal using his or her secret name. Children or youth delivering letters will find the name of your pen pals upstairs in Fellowship Hall on the bulletin board by the Library or on the railing of the steps in the back of the room. You can pick up your mail downstairs as the envelopes will be on door and wall. Adults delivering letters will find their recipients’ envelopes downstairs and may pick up mail from the bulletin board by the Library. Everyone will have five weeks to write to your pal. If you want a letter sent during the week, just put a note in the envelope with the name “Cindy Wakeland” and she will see that it gets sent.

Our Pizza Reveal Party will be Sunday, March 6 from 11:40 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. When you are given your mystery name, you will also be given the name of a canned veggie or fruit to bring to the party. Match your can with another and you will have found your pal! All cans will be given to the food pantry.

If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Wakeland at re-director@uucuc.org.