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Church Board Message

June 2010
   

End-of-the-Year Activity

As we wind down the year we are finding our newly opened fellowship building in great demand. The board is currently working on the issues to balance the need to generate rental income where possible with our desire to be a welcoming member of the community.

In the old fellowship building we had one “anchor tenant,” the Evergreen School, which accounted for about 40% of our rental income. In the interim they have moved on to larger quarters so we are looking for ways to replace that source of income for the Church operating budget. Over the next several weeks we will be setting new rates for our facilities to be consistent with the general rental market and the demand for our fabulous new facility.

We are pleased to announce that in our last meeting the Board approved a new charter for the Green Sanctuary Team. You’ve heard about the Squash Hunger movement and the HUUC “Glean Team” so it seemed appropriate to add a “Green Team” to the mix.

The Green Sanctuary Team’s mission is to plan and organize activities and to involve the members of the congregation to bring about positive environmental changes in three areas:

Personal lifestyle choices
Congregational activities
The broader community

In so doing, the Green Sanctuary Team will also pursue recognition as a UUA Green Sanctuary Congregation.

We would like to wish everyone a great summer.

Jim Colony
With the Board: Cary Browse, Bob Cleary, SusanMary Redinger, Imre Toth, Darrell Wickman.