It is a joy to be able to take a deep breath and say that the contract is signed, my lease has been approved by the Board and Finance Committee, and I am here to stay for another year!
And what a year it’s going to be. In June and July, I will finish out the terms of my old contract, and take those two months to finish unpacking, plan for the new church year, and maybe go see my folks. I will be back in the pulpit on July 28th!
Starting in August I plan to be hard at work. Over this next year, you and I are going to recreate Adult RE, find exciting ways to tell Venice, Florida, and the UUA all about UUCOV, and work together to grow our membership. Your Board is preparing to set UUCOV’s goals for the next year too, and I will be working with each Team to discover how they can help reach those goals.
Over at VOTI my ministry will be expanding this year, and I’m already enjoying working with our UUCOV VOTI residents to figure out all of the things that we can do together to support them and to bring our UUCOV message to a wider audience.
As many of you know, Nancy and I will be moving into Asta Linder on May 15th. We are excited about being on campus, and we are both looking forward to being where the action is! I’m sure it will take a little time to adjust to having us there, but I have faith in all of us. If we are outside, please feel free to come and say hi! My office will be relocating to Asta Linder in mid-May, so if we have a private meeting scheduled after May 15th, come on over there. Larger meetings will remain at Waters Hall or the Sanctuary. I’m hoping to hold an open house sometime in October so that people can see all of the wonderful work that UUCOV folks have done on the Asta Linder building.
I can’t tell you how happy I am to be writing this, rather than a goodbye letter. I say instead, “Hello again. I’m overjoyed to be with you on this journey for another year. Where shall we go this time?”
Warmly,
Rev. Amy