From DLRE: January 29, 2021

A huge “thank you” to those who participated in the recent REvisioning gatherings. Rev. Karen, Rev. Eileen, and I were blessed to witness the honesty, hopes, and dreams that were shared. There is a great desire to create innovative ways for people to connect within and across generations in all aspects of congregational life: worship, faith formation, social justice, and social gatherings.  

This is no small task, of course, and so we have formed a coalition of people who are excited to explore the many options out there as well as think outside the box. And so I introduce to you the Faith Formation Force 2021! Gladly serving on our task force are: Ben Kornfeld, Karena Nelson, Carolyn Leman, Ann Gadzikowski, Shirley Adams, Margaret Shaklee, Dan Solomon, and Cheryl Mounts.  

Over the next several months, we will explore these with and for our congregation:  

• Ways to co-create a multi-generational, inclusive community of life-long learning and growing in spiritual depth, commitment to living our values, and cultivating care.  
• Models of faith formation that will help us strive toward our ends and our mission.  
• Practical, clear, and accessible methods to create experiences of learning at all ages about our UU history, identity, and values.  
• Opportunities to work for justice, deepen relationships, and have fun together. 

You will be hearing from us along our journey towards building a more vibrant UCE! Of course, there are still ways to connect with others as we set out forging a new path. One opportunity coming this next week is Mystery Match! 

What’s Mystery Match? This program takes interested adults and matches them with a young person anonymously. During the week of February 6-13, adults send a card or two to their Mystery Match with some clues to their identity. The young people love to get snail mail, and they love guessing games! Then after the worship service on February 14, we will have a Meet Your Match virtual celebration where the young people will guess who their match is and meet you. This is a fun and easy way to get to know our young people!  

If you’d like to participate in Mystery Match, sign up here or email me at kunderwood@ucevanston.org. 

In Faith, 

Kathy