The Endowment Committee recently sponsored an educational Luncheon on March 9th featuring an estate planning attorney and financial planner. Given a number of your requests, we’re pleased to provide this link to their PowerPoint presentation.
Endowment FREE Luncheon & Workshop
You are cordially invited to attend a FREE Endowment Luncheon and Workshop on Sunday, March 9th, Noon – 1:30 pm in Chu Family Hall. An estate planning attorney and financial planner will provide an overview followed by Q&A. Why attend?
- You are a new parent and have questions about writing a Will
- You have a Will but named executors, beneficiaries and/or charitable gifts need updating
- You have special needs children or grandchildren
- Important documents like Power of Attorney and a Medical Care Directive need writing or updating
- Peace of mind that what you have planned is up-to-date
- Share with others your knowledge and experience
RSVP by February 28th during Coffee Hour or via [email protected]. A final head count is needed for meal planning purposes. Look forward to see you there!
Sponsored by the Endowment Committee: Janet Horst, Carolyn Schwartz, John Solu, Sandra Persichetti
Endowment Grant Applications Now Available
The Endowment Committee is thrilled to announce this year we have $12,000 to fund projects deemed important to the Fellowship. Grant Applications and our Vetting Procedures are available during Coffee Hour through February-end and also via the links shared below.
What to know: Projects should enhance the mission of the Fellowship apart from its general operations, so as to help secure, strengthen, and extend its long-term survival. Proposals shall include major capital improvements or preservations to the physical facility of the Fellowship. In addition, proposals may include significant investments for outreach in the community or contribute to the wider mission of the Unitarian Universalist movement.
Question? Please feel free to contact any member the Endowment Committee: Janet Horst, Sandra Persichetti , Carolyn Schwartz or John Solu.
Lay Pastoral Care and Caring Ministry
Recently someone at the Fellowship approached me after a Sunday service. “Hey, I need some clarification. Can you explain the difference between our Lay Pastoral Care and Caring Connections Ministry?” As I responded I realized others in the Fellowship might benefit from some clarification. Here you go!
Lay Pastoral Care
Lay Pastoral Care (LPC) is a ministry that involves training and commissioning laypeople to provide pastoral care to those who are facing life challenges. Pastoral care can take many forms but most importantly it involves gentleness, patience, and listening.
The Fellowship’s Lay Pastoral Care Associates (LPCA) completed eight modules of focused online training while meeting monthly for over a year to share and learn from one another. The modules were led by UU experts on specific topics. For example: different forms of grieving, how to nurture better listening skills and training on how to ask non-judgmental but probing questions. The LCPA are not professional counselors but have been trained to listen and perhaps help their ‘sharer’ find new levels of understanding.
LPCA provide deep listening, bear witness to great pain, and identify to the Minister congregants who need more care by the Minister or outside professional help. Monthly LPC meetings with Rev. Sasha allow for confidential sharing of care needs.
If you think you would benefit from LPC, reach out to Rev. Sasha.
LCPA Members:
- Rev. Sasha (Coordinator)
- Janet Horst
- Judie Romano
- Laurie MacGeorge
- Carolyn Schwartz
- Diane Marks
- Paul Snellgrove
Caring Connections
The Fellowship’s Caring Connections Ministry is a team of Care Givers available to offer you in times of special need meals, transportation, calls, and visits. Most recently the team coordinated activities to support new mothers, Brooke and Candice Donaldson. Congregants signed up to help with meals, light cleaning and lawn care. Nuggets of love saying “We care about you!”
If you are interesting joining this ministry or need the help of Caring Connections, contact Diane Marks.