Highlights

Pledge Drive Update #3 – 3/28/24

The momentum continues as our pledge month is drawing to a close! As of March 25, 2024, we have collected 60 pledges totaling $277.181. We have reached 65% of our financial goal and 49% of our participation goal. In addition, we have potential contributions from … read more.

A Message from the Chair 2/28/24

 Gordy McIntosh

Two reminders this week!

First, Sunday, March 31st, is the final day for the 2025 fiscal year pledge drive. If you’re anything like me, you may not have submitted your pledge for next year yet for any number of reasons. I will be getting my … read more.

RE Update 3/28/24

This past Sunday, we gathered up front in the sanctuary to talk about the many spring festivals shared by different faith traditions around the world. We discussed the Hindu holiday of Holi, especially, as we had prepared a little Holi celebration of throwing colors after … read more.

Building Beloved Community 3/28/24

Feminist by Feminist

In celebration of Women’s Herstory Month, renowned feminist figures like Gloria Steinem (who recently turned 90!) are often spotlighted. As a white woman, Steinem brought an inclusive lens to the work, believing that race, gender, age, and ethnicity must be addressed together. 

In addition to … read more.

Final Meeting of the Book Club 4/21/24

The final meeting in this year’s book club series will be on April 21 in the parlor. We will discuss Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer. 

As a botanist, Kimmerer has been trained to ask questions of nature with … read more.

Building Beloved Community

Term By Term

In the midst of Women’s Herstory Month, it’s a good time to highlight legal scholar and civil rights advocate Kimberle Crenshaw who coined the term “intersectionality” in 1989.

Her own definition:  “Intersectionality is a metaphor for understanding the ways that multiple forms of inequality or … read more.

Growing, Together: Pledge Drive Update #2, 3/21/2024

As of March 18, 2024, we have collected 42 pledges totaling $212,270. We have reached 50% of our financial goal and 34% of our participation goal. In addition, we have potential contributions from Standing Committee members totaling $18,280 to match contributions of first-time pledgers.

We have … read more.