Posts from January 2024
A Recap Of Our Congregational Meeting on 1/28
A Note from the board… Our hearts are full from our Special Congregational meeting on Sunday, January 28th, in which we discussed the process of calling a minister. Calling a minister is a matter of deep significance to a congregation, and we hope to approach it with the requisite reverence and love as we ask ourselves to more deeply commit in our relationship with Reverend Lee. It is fitting we started this process on the same day we mark our 17th birthday! …
Special Congregational Meeting on January 28th
A Note From the Board… Greetings WellSpringers, We are writing to provide notice of a Congregational Meeting to be held on Sunday, January 28, 2024, after Sunday service. The purpose of the Congregational Meeting is to share information about calling Reverend Lee Paczulla as our settled minister. The Meeting will also be live-streamed, just like previous Congregational Meetings. When Reverend Ken retired as our Founding Minister, it sparked many conversations and questions in our congregation. One question that arose was…
Did You Know…? WellSprings Has a Book Club!
One of the newest additions to our congregational activities is the newly launched WellSprings Book Club – and you are invited to come check it out! The club meets once a month, on a Monday evening at the Montgomery School, from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Books are announced about a month in advance. This Month’s Book Club pick: Poverty by America by Matthew Desmond In this landmark book, acclaimed sociologist Matthew Desmond draws on history, research, and original reporting to show how…
Success and Gratitude For Our Faithify Campaign
Thanks to your overwhelming generosity, we’ve exceeded the $5,000 fundraising goal for our Faithify campaign, over this holiday season! Our Ministerial Intern, Nick Sanchez, recorded a special “thank you” message to share, with all of our supporters, which you can watch on YouTube below. By the close of our campaign, 50 backers had pledged over $6,700 to support our Beldon Intern Fund at WellSprings. Of those, 22 gifts came from folks outside of our congregation’s membership, including other UU clergy from across the country,…