Board Snap Lines: November 5, 2021
WITHIN. AMONG. BEYOND.
These words aren’t marching orders, though if chanted in succession might be a nice metric for chipping ice off the porch stairs in coming months. Courage!
The three words are containers for our shared identities and goals at UCE. The edges are porous. And flexible. They overlap. They bristle and jab. They harmonize. They have a pulse, and attitude, and history. Now, the future:
In the coming weeks we’re asking you to join the quest to find our beloved and hard-working W.A.B. in gatherings hosted by board members in person or on Zoom. They’re full of story-telling and reflection on meaning within us as individuals, and how that becomes a vision for UCE—among ourselves, and beyond our walls to community and national healing. Despite the portentous aim, they’re a heap o’ fun! No lie. The following dates are open, and eager for your energy:
Sign up on the UCE website. You can review our goals online under the tab ABOUT / WHO WE ARE / MISSION & ENDS STATEMENTS
Author Carson McCullers nailed it in A Member of the Wedding. The young character Frankie says this: “the trouble with me is that for a long time I was an I person. All people belong to a We…Not to belong to a We is too lonesome.” Frankie refers to her quest as THE WE OF ME. And so too for us, this discovery.
Here are three other important words: That. Was. Amazing.
Reverend Eileen’s installation service was a powerful reminder of the importance of ritual, celebration, and humor in our congregation. Thanks to all nearby and across the country who created this beautiful day. And to Reverend Eileen Wiviott. As a somewhat bewildered, ol’ Unitarian who quakes and rationalizes far too often, I was wholly inspired. I felt joy and strength, and recommitted to whatever comes our way. Like ice on the porch.
We got this.
In love and service,
Ally Hunter
* SNAP LINE, carpentry: a tool to draw a line between (within among beyond) two points, a guide