{"id":8744,"date":"2025-06-30T17:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T21:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellspringsuu.org\/new\/?p=8744"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T21:16:09","slug":"from-rev-lee-a-new-year-at-wellsprings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellspringsuu.org\/new\/from-rev-lee-a-new-year-at-wellsprings\/","title":{"rendered":"From Rev. Lee: A New Year at WellSprings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-11527374b32110e2895f3a6dff0022fa\">Dear WellSpringers, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0e1bc74f3daca97a1fa088f088ce9b8f\"><a href=\"https:\/\/e.onrealm.org\/groups\/e3f5af8d-9f5d-4385-842a-a926011c8769\/posts\/6fda3154-9967-4748-9610-1bb84883d1cd\">Early in June<\/a>, we let you know that Beth Trandahl\u2019s role on our Staff Team would change in the coming year. Today we are pleased to announce that, effective July 1<sup>st<\/sup>, Beth will begin serving as our <strong>Community Engagement Coordinator<\/strong>. In keeping with the limitations of our budget \u2013 and Beth\u2019s request to let go of her regular Sunday morning hours \u2013 this will be a 12 hour per week position. As Community Engagement Coordinator, Beth will work the following regular hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15410b86c0ce0dd6f7d417ded14b3fc4\">Mondays, Wednesdays, &amp; Thursdays: 1-3pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2fc30c92569ea8299d2dc4d1ba14c2f5\">Tuesdays: 1-5pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b815dc3462f5d9d3f6561724b8ed03da\">Fridays: 8-10pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a8e1bdb09574aed9b373e6ceb75cbf55\">This new role will also require shifting some of Beth\u2019s tasks onto our volunteer teams \u2013 particularly, our Tech Team, Setup Team, and Belonging Team. If we want to continue to livestream our Sunday services, set up our in-person worship space each week, and ensure that newcomers are welcomed and supported as they get to know our community, we will need more of us to show up and pitch in. The specific needs for each Team are listed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3e906e555fef5dba73ad77738bb32071\"><strong>Tech Team<\/strong>: 4-5 new volunteers<br>Learn how to run our livestream video cameras, support our Band as they rehearse by running our sound board, or just tap a button to advance the slides on the screen \u2013 no prior experience required, Tech will train you! <em>Serve 1-2 Sundays each month, depending on how many new volunteers step up.<\/em><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ce35f9bcef912ce6a67865be26f51ae7\"><strong>Setup Team: <\/strong>2-4 new volunteers<br>Set up chairs and tables, hang signs by the road, learn where things are stored under the stage. Hear the band rehearse in the morning \u2013 and no more coffee setup required! <em>Serve 1-2 Sundays each month, depending on how many new volunteers step up.<\/em><br><br><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e9e75333e7af91b9a61f8a26482f1669\"><strong>Belonging Team<\/strong>: \u2026feels ready to take this on, but if more want to join, they are always welcome! Congregants can help this Team anytime by:<ul><li>Signing up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signupgenius.com\/go\/10C0C4FAFAE2DA3FAC43-57081257-greeter#\/\">here<\/a> to Greet on a Sunday morning in person, or<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Volunteering as a \u201cChat Host\u201d for the livestream, which can be done as often as you\u2019d like, from home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bed69acedac58b58338ab4fd9c7869a8\">We all know what kinds of marvels and wonders are possible in our community, when we support each other and work together. \ud83d\ude42 So if you can help, please reach out to me at <a href=\"mailto:lee@wellspringsuu.org\">lee@wellspringsuu.org<\/a>, and I will connect you to the right Team leader, to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b1c5a6ea59846f2b07a42f42e84cfb1d\">Finally, July 1<sup>st<\/sup> also marks the official start of our 2025-2026 congregational year! At our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellspringsuu.org\/new\/congregational-meeting-recap-2\/\">Congregational Meeting<\/a> in June, we introduced our goals for the coming year \u2013 and I already heard one congregant delightfully telling me, just this Sunday, \u201cI\u2019m spilling our tea, Lee!\u201d I want to invite each of you to consider, as we start this new year, what part you wish to take in helping to make these goals a reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-de4720ad3a9cc1bb17d32b814c0290bd\"><strong><strong>WellSprings 2025-2026 Congregational Goals<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-47d91ea09d9c6ca509629c2d3fbb6f35\" style=\"border-radius:34px\"><blockquote><p><strong>Spill Our Tea<\/strong><br>Tell folks about us. Share us with your neighbors. Talk about something that moved you on Sunday, or about a person you know in the congregation who inspires you. Practice doing it with anyone and everyone \u2013 even people who you think may never want to come here. That way it\u2019ll be easy to tell the people who really need us \u2013 and you may never know when that\u2019s exactly who you\u2019re talking to.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1cf7c040f6caecb6ddd64bd58f37a92c\"><blockquote><p><strong>Build Our Bonds<\/strong><br>Attend or host a small group gathering. Sit next to someone you\u2019ve never spoken with before, and introduce yourself to them. Invest in our community and help us build a strong foundation with the folks here now, so that we can continue to support newcomers \u2013 and other communities beyond our doors. Strong bonds make us resilient, and help us show up for those who are afraid and hurting.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-2c55f5f2bb3539cb20bb868d46e5fadd\"><blockquote><p><strong>Fund Our Future<\/strong><br>Find your way to give back to WellSprings, so that you can feel a part of what sustains our community into the future. Participate in learning opportunities and planning conversations, to help us build and fund our next era. Thank others freely, for the ways you see them supporting this community \u2013 and, by extension, supporting you, and the people you love.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01c38091c5399acc6666f1a6105e5da4\">This community is what we make of it \u2013 for ourselves, and for each other. In these times, we all need places where we are fully known and seen, encouraged and emboldened, and restored and recharged for all the days to come. I know we will continue to be \u2013 and share \u2013 that place with the world. Thank you for allowing me to join you for another year of ministry, WellSprings, and for always being who you are: a community charged-full with the charge of the soul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cd4c861b6485dfd33c8e0247e08a6457\">Take care,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"117\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellspringsuu.org\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Lee-Signature.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5019\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-dark-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c57e5bab0b7cc21669000077caf9e079\">Rev. 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