Category Archives: President’s Message

Ministers Message, January 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Linda Pallay

Dear friends,Welcome to 2019! Do you feel that 2019 will be any better than 2018? We hope so (but we fear not). Here are three big, interrelated problems still before us (and, of course, there are others): The political climate … Continue reading →

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President’s Message, January 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by Linda Pallay

Have you made a resolution for the new year — promised yourself you’ll stick to a healthy diet, exercise more, learn a language? People have been making resolutions at the beginning of a new year at least since the times … Continue reading →

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President’s Message: December 2018

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Linda Pallay

President’s Message This past month has been a productive time for UUFP.  I’m happy to announce that the Board and the Reverends Kerry Mueller and Dave Hunter have contracted at least through June 2019 for part-time ministry and pastoral services. … Continue reading →

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President’s Message, November 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Linda Pallay

A Meditation on Gratitude and Joy With gratitude I remember the people, animals, plants, insects, creatures of the sky and sea, air and water, fire and earth, all whose joyful exertion blesses my life every day. With gratitude I remember … Continue reading →

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President’s Message: October 2018

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Linda Pallay

President’s Message This month marks the start-up of a special new program at UUFP – born of our “Begin Again” efforts. This group’s goal is two-fold: to assist the Sunday Service Committee in providing meaningful programming while we consider the … Continue reading →

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President’s Message September 2018

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Linda Pallay

September is the month of Ingathering for UUs. We celebrate returning “home” to our Fellowship from our summer vacations, visits to relatives and friends far afield, our gardens, and perhaps some lazy afternoons on the back patio reading a book … Continue reading →

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President’s Message August 2018

Posted on July 29, 2018 by Linda Pallay

President’s Message Summer greetings! We’ve had some beautiful days so far this summer. Hope we’re blessed with more of the same to take us into September. The Board will take the month of August off, as usual, and will meet … Continue reading →

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President’s Annual Report 2017-18

Posted on June 30, 2018 by Linda Pallay

Annual Congregational Meeting      June 10, 2018 Report to the Congregation With this annual June look-back over the past year, I’ve realized that it has been one of the busiest and productive years I, personally, have experienced at UUFP. … Continue reading →

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President’s Message June 2018

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Linda Pallay

UU polity is based on a foundation of democratic tradition. Early in our nation’s history UU’s began meeting on a yearly basis to elect their leaders. Eventually, their leaders were not so much expected to be paragons of religious virtue … Continue reading →

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President’s Message May 2018

Posted on April 29, 2018 by Linda Pallay

President’s Message At this time of the year Committee Chairs are putting together their budgets for the upcoming church fiscal year. Thought is being given to what each committee would like to accomplish in 2018-19 and what that might cost. … Continue reading →

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