May 15, 2024

“We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business;
we are each other’s magnitude and bond.”
–Gwendolyn Brooks

Beloveds–

Every spring, with the annual processes of our pledge drive and budget-setting and annual meeting, we are reminded that to a rather significant degree, we are each other’s, that our collective congregational life depends on our connections to each other, and that collectively we are magnified or diminished in proportion to the love, generosity, and trust (and trustworthiness), that flows among us.

Our Finance Team has been collecting pledges and crafting a realistic budget for the church year that will run from the beginning of July through the end of June 2025. I hope you are planning to join us for the annual (but by no means only) communal exercise in democracy–our congregational meeting–which will be held this Sunday at the end of our 11 am service. All voting members are strongly encouraged to attend either in person or via Zoom. (Others are welcome, too, to observe.)

Yours in business, magnitude, and love,
Rev. Denise
RevDenise@gnuuc.org