Year of Action, Appreciation, and Engagement 

By Laura Robinson, UUC Board President 2024-2025

Thank you to all who serve, lead, and show up with open hearts. Our mission to Inspire, Create, and Transform is alive in your fellowship. It has been an immense joy to serve as your 2024-2025 Board President.

We hope our congregation feels the thanks and care behind every Board decision. And if you haven’t heard it yet, let me take a moment now to personally thank you and share some of our 2024-2025 accomplishments.

This year, the Board worked to strengthen our community from the inside out. We ensured all staff roles were filled and took steps to appreciate our volunteers, especially during our minister’s sabbatical.

Our congregation showed remarkable courage and participation in the UU the Vote and Defending Democracy initiatives. These values remain at the heart of our community.

We are a welcoming congregation. So, this year, the Board focused on improving accessibility and safety by conducting an assessment, improving facilities, and finding more ways to increase accessibility during UUC activities. Several things were identified. Future projects are being prioritized based on budget, safety, accessibility, and volunteers.

The Board also had a goal to encourage engagement within our congregation. By doing this, we hoped to nurture a strong sense of belonging and ownership, which may also lead to growth in membership and financial support. We were so happy to see many of you at our activities fair and joining committees.

We would like to recognize our congregation’s work in our communities. Our partnership with the To Our House makes a real difference, offering winter shelter to the homeless. Also, it was a joy to be able to help families impacted by Hurricane Helene and celebrate the opening of the Calfee Community & Cultural Center.

Finally, we are especially thankful to our Finance Committee. Their guidance has been so valuable to the Board, and their hard work is often unseen. It is our mutual goal to move away from a deficit budget and ensure a sustainable financial future.

And if no one’s told you today: you matter. We’re so grateful you’re here, and our congregation is better because you’re part of it. – Laura Robinson, UUC Board President