Dear Friends, When I was asked several months ago if I would consider serving as the President of your Board of Trustees it came as a huge shock to me. I had never considered doing it, and was doubtful I was the person for the job. I had to think long and hard about it … Continue reading A Letter from your Board President March, 2025
Many of you have questions about the announced departure of Rev Joe as our minister. The Board of Trustees welcomes you to attend a Listening Circle this Saturday, March 22 from 2:00-3:00 in the sanctuary and on Zoom. (To attend by Zoom, click here.) The Listening Circle is another opportunity to share your concerns, listen … Continue reading Listening Circle this Saturday, March 22
Below, please find two letters: one from the Board of Trustees and one from Rev. Joe, as well as closing remarks. Dear Members and Friends of the UU Congregation of Saratoga Springs, After thoughtful and heartfelt conversations about the future of our congregation and Rev. Joe Cleveland’s ministerial aspirations, the Board and Rev. Joe … Continue reading An Announcement Of A Transition In Congregational Life
Your Finance Committee and its Chair, Sue Bender-Wilkinson, have gone to great lengths to make sure the budget is sound, supports our staff and our activities, and creates opportunities for all of us to have a safe and welcoming space for spiritual growth. Our values and priorities are reflected in the budget, and your Board … Continue reading Welcome to the start of the Annual Meeting preparations!
We had a very successful Budget meeting after services yesterday. Thank you to Harry Moran for an informative presentation, and to all of those who participated. It is an austere budget this year, and one of the places that we could not keep up with the cost of living was in non-ministerial staff wages. John … Continue reading Opportunity To Support Non-ministerial Staff
Special Congregational Meeting Oct 27 A special congregational vote is required by New York State law. As you probably know, the congregation has a contract with a purchaser to buy our 624 North Broadway property. The Board accepted this offer because it was within the parameters the congregation had set by a special congregational vote … Continue reading Special Congregational Meeting Oct 27
What? A meeting to vote on proposed changes in our governance structure and means of electing the Board of Trustees. When? Sunday, September 15, 2024, immediately after the Sunday service. Why? With growing dissatisfaction with our current leadership format [President, Past- President, President-elect, Secretary and Treasurer, the last 3 directly elected by the Congregation], and … Continue reading Special Congregational Meeting Announcement and Information
Wow…it’s December! Aren’t we all thinking that it’s hard to believe another year has come and (almost) gone in this pandemic age? You may have thought you missed my usual monthly Board meeting wrap up, but rest assured you did not. With the flood of emails, reports and year end annual meeting minutiae that have … Continue reading UUCSS President’s Monthly Report
Dear Beloved Community~ What a joy it was for me to have so many of you be a part of our Next Steps Weekend! Your turnout for this event matched the glorious weather we had, and I hope that you felt as much warmth and happiness being together as I did. We truly have a … Continue reading President’s Letter, September 2023
To Our Dear Beloved Community, Emergence – the process of coming into view or becoming exposed after being concealed. That’s the definition I found online of our worship theme for this month. I certainly feel like that describes us as we take our safe, baby steps from the confines of COVID. Fortunately, we can now … Continue reading President’s Letter – October 2022