We live our values aloud, not alone.

I am very excited about our UUC Board for 2024-2025 and our dedication to living in a world where all our communities thrive.

Our 2024-2025 Board Members are Laura Robinson, Chris Long, Wayne Neu, Beth McClellan, Margo Walter, Joseph Cooley, and Cassy Kost. Chris Long started attending UUC in late 2021 and has been a volunteer for almost the entire time he has been attending. Wayne Neu has been a part of UUC since the early 1990s and has served twice on the Board as a member-at-large and again as President-Elect and then as President. Beth McClellan is in her second year on our Board and was a professor of Geology at Radford University. Margo Walter is a past president of the UUC Board, has served on the Committee on Ministries, and was instrumental in founding UUC’s Mental Health Justice Ministry. Joseph Cooley is an accomplished architect and brings over 30 years of experience as a Unitarian Universalist. Cassy Kost has attended our UUC since 2018 and works at Virginia Tech in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Please feel free to email us at board@uucnrv.org.

Love holds us together. We have leaned on our staff and Sabbatical Committee while Rev. Pam Philips is on her much-deserved sabbatical (June 24-September 24, 2024). It is important to recognize and appreciate the initiative and dedication of our staff Rachel Craine and Bekah Parker during this time. And I love how our Sabbatical Committee volunteers have collaborated. Love is truly at the center of our work.

This is a unique year with the 2024 USA elections. We are nurturing the culture of voting. Our efforts are focused on nonpartisan voter education. We believe in radical inclusion and are committed to empowering voters to make their voices heard. We urge everyone to use all available tools to fully participate in our democracy. And no matter what happens in this election, remember that Love holds us together.

– Laura Robinson, UUC Board President