At its September 13 meeting, your Board filled the three remaining elected positions (on the Committee on Shared Ministries and Leadership Development Committee); discussed the continuing and growing prairie dog invasion and asked the Grounds Committee for a detailed analysis of options; and began consideration of the Congregation Wide Goals that emerged from the August … Continue reading September Board Report, from Wynn Montgomery
Brother David Steindl-Rast and a crew of followers have produced a beautiful and multicultural-friendly video about gratitude for each day. Only 5 minutes long, A Gift for World Gratitude Day, is a gift you can give yourself. Thank you, my beautiful Fellowship Family, For teaching me about social justice, different ways of being spiritual in … Continue reading In Honor of World Gratitude Day, Sep. 21
Beautiful Friends, Good News! We have two interviews scheduled for Monday with skilled applicants for the Office Assistant position. Board Treasurer Joan Mulcahy and I will conduct the interviews; Capital Treasurer Diana Forrest may join us. I am looking forward to Monday and hope that the good news of a hire follows, though we won’t know until … Continue reading The State of the Union – for the Office!
Turnaround is fair play! Last week, I shared the Top Ten Memorable Questions I’ve been asked as the office manager at the Fellowship. Now here for your reading pleasure, are the questions I remember as most well, kind of crazy! And yes, some of them (not all) play off of questions mentioned last week! 1. … Continue reading Top Ten Fun Questions I’ve Asked of Others!
Best question of the week, asked of me by an onsite surveyor: Have you seen my machete anywhere around? Sometimes, I am chasing prairie dogs and rabbits out of the playground. I swear the critters’ brains have gotten bigger just working on how to outsmart our installations of wire and fencing to keep them … Continue reading Carol’s Schedule, Or Where the Dickens is That Woman?
I had been working at the Fellowship less than six weeks. My head was spinning. I stepped into the office manager position ready to share the mission, and every day there were a 1000 new questions: What does BVCAN stand for? How do I print an oos? (How do you say that?) Who are the … Continue reading On the Run with Dog Poop and Cops
Tech Tip for this week: Do not fear tech; Google it! Ever have an error message show up, or something work differently one day that worked just right the day before? Try googling it! Whatever your tech concern is about, Google Search it! If you’ve had a problem, other people have had it too, have … Continue reading Google may be your Techie Bestie Friendie
This is my first report to the Fellowship as BVUUF Treasurer for fiscal year 2017-2018. Thus I report on the fiscal health of the Fellowship at the end of June 2017 as well as the end of our fiscal year–information provided by Wayne Itano, our previous treasurer, in his end-of-fiscal-year 2016-2017 report submitted to the … Continue reading Treasurer’s Report for August 2017 by Joan Mulcahy
Dear BVUUF Community, Welcome! We are excited to have you aboard the BVUUF Fellowship. Please fasten your seat belts, lean back and enjoy this new fiscal year. In case of unexpected turbulence, please keep your seat belt fastened and trust or assist the crew… we are moving forward to bring our strategic direction alive: “Create … Continue reading President’s Report for August 2017 by Elizabeth Kern
Here’s a question for you. What do you do to orient yourself toward your growing edge? I recently read the above question on Daily Compass, and learned that the reason a sunflower tracks the sun across the sky is because the stem facing the sun grows faster. Basically, it is oriented toward growth. I love … Continue reading Growth 2
