Board of Trustees Blog
News and announcements from your Board of Trustees
- A Letter from your Board President March, 2025 March 21, 2025Dear 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 and met with your ...
- Listening Circle this Saturday, March 22 March 21, 2025Many 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 to ...
- An Announcement Of A Transition In Congregational Life March 14, 2025Below, 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 have mutually agreed ...
- Welcome to the start of the Annual Meeting preparations! December 13, 2024Your 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 ...
- Opportunity To Support Non-ministerial Staff December 9, 2024We 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 Fisher ...
- Special Congregational Meeting Oct 27 October 16, 2024Special 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 for selling ...
- Special Congregational Meeting Announcement and Information September 12, 2024What? 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 the continued difficulty finding candidates ...
- UUCSS President’s Monthly Report December 5, 2023Wow…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 ...
- President’s Letter, September 2023 September 16, 2023Dear 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 great ...
- President’s Letter – October 2022 October 16, 2022To 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 look ...