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Tuesday, May 27 | Drop-In Discussion: Our Proposed 2025-2026 Budget
Do you have questions about the proposed 2025-2026 church budget? Join Finance Committee Chair Brian Mumey and Board President Clinton Swingle for our last budget discussion prior to our Annual Meeting on June 1. All questions are welcome! Drop-in Discussions meet via Zoom on Tuesday nights from 6:30-7:30pm. Look on the First Universalist homepage for details and a link, or click the Zoom meeting link in this blurb title!
Thursday, May 29 | Membership Committee Meeting
The Membership Committee is meeting at 11am in the Clara Barton Lounge. If you’re interested in finding out what we are all about, come join us!
Sunday, June 1 | Annual Congregational Meeting
Our Annual Congregational Meeting will be Sunday, June 1, after the service. This provides us opportunity to live into our value of using the democratic process to govern ourselves. Democracy requires our time and participation to work. Again, this year we will have a hybrid meeting to include everyone, either online or in-person. We meet each year to approve our budget and appoint our leaders. Full participation of our membership is important! Childcare will be provided.
Sunday, June 1 | In-Person Drop-In Discussion: Whiskers on Kittens and Warm Woolen Mittens . . . What Makes You Happy?
An introduction to the science of happiness chemicals and how to hack them. Will discussing happiness make us feel happy? Find out! Beth Ares presents. We will meet at 9:15am in the Chalice Room. All are welcome!
These Worship Times They Aren't A-Changin'!
While many changes are inevitable, and perhaps a defining characteristic of these times that are driving people to church as a place of refuge, we don't want confusion about our worship start time to be one of them.
So tell your neighbor. Tell your companion in the pew. Worship at First Universalist Rochester starts at 10:30am on Sundays ALL YEAR ROUND!
Updated Documents: "Covenant of Right Relations" & "Policy on Responsible Behavior"
The Committee on Ministry reviewed and revised our church’s “Covenant of Right Relations” and “Policy on Responsible Behavior”. These revised documents provide a structure to guide our process of conflict resolution. These documents can also be found on our website at uuroc.org/bot. We want our church to be a sanctuary in these challenging times—even as we are facing major changes ourselves. Distress around us can leak into relationships, even in this community of intentional love and support. The design of the new policy is based on the Unitarian Universalist value of Love at the center of all interactions. Specific elements were developed from our own church’s previous policies as well as the work of other congregations. The documents have been approved by the Board of Trustees and other church leaders. We hope that some of you will look them over and contact any member of the committee with questions or comments. Email any one of us at com@uuroc.org.
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