From the Minister – July 2024
A final message and update with Rev. Kristina Spaude with the UUCTS community.
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From the Minister – June 2024
June’s spiritual theme is Renewal. I’ve been thinking of this as a way for you to renew your relationships with each other and with the congregation as a whole. There will be some initiatives rolling out over the summer and into the fall that will be asking you to commit to the work of making this congregation the best it can be. May your yeses be enthusiastic and many!
Saying Goodbye, Rev. Kristina
Sunday, June 16th will be Rev. Kristina’s last day in the pulpit as she concludes her four-year stint as our part-time minister in Tarpon Springs. Please join us in expressing appreciation for her contributions to UUCTS and extending congratulations and best wishes.
From the Minister – May 2024
We come together to make our communities better, our organizations better, our lives better. We are enriched when we engage with people who are different than we are. Unitarianism, Universalism, and Unitarian Universalism all have rich histories of pluralism, which we’ll be exploring in worship.
May 17th – Sam Robbins at UU
We have an awesome Listening Room Network folk artist, Sam Robbins, performing on May 17th! Sam Robbins is an internationally touring singer-songwriter, in the vein of classic writers like James Taylor and Jackson Browne, with an upbeat side.
From the Minister – April 2024
The spiritual theme we’ll be reflecting on for April is Interdependence. A proposed new value in our bylaws invites us into deeper relationships with each other, the world, and That Which is Greater than We are (the sacred) by reminding us not only of what’s important to us but also by asking us to keep our relationships central to our practices. This includes holding one another accountable as we all strive to live into our covenants.
From the Minister – March 2024
The spiritual theme for March is Transformation, and our worship services are working out to be engaging in the related ideas of listening, growing, and health, and how those connect with the practice of covenant.
From the Minister – February 2024
Our spiritual theme for the month of February is Justice and Equity, following with the other themes this year taken from the proposed Article 2 Values under consideration.
From the Minister – January 2024
Moving into the new year lets reflect about celebrating our accomplishments and honoring our losses? What about letting go of what’s been holding us back and making space for what’s yet to come? What possibilities are we looking forward to? What commitment will you make to helping build a more just, more beautiful, more peaceful world?
From the Minister – December 2023
The spiritual theme we’ll be reflecting on together this month is Mystery. (Another thing I look forward to is whatever theme is designated for December — I have loved them all!). Mystery in a spiritual and religious context for me is a little different than a science context — I think of mystery as an appreciation for what we do not, and sometimes cannot, know or understand. There can be something deeply beautiful and vital to our humanity in that.