Following the report from the Needs Assessment Committee about Lay Leadership at Union Church, we have begun Appreciative Inquiry listening groups for the whole church family between May 23 and June 16. Groups are listed here and you are asked to choose your group and let the host know that you will attend. Sign up at church, call the office, or call the host to indicate which group you will join. Here’s the schedule of upcoming meetings:
- Saturday June 2 at 1:00 pm at Shirley and Howard Carlberg’s (859-985-5501) (who have 21 steps to their entrance).
- Sunday, June 3, at 4:00 pm Tom and Joy Frazier (859-797-6337) will host a group in their Richmond home.
- Tuesday, June 5 at 1:00 pm Shirley Carlberg (859-985-5501) will host another group (don’t forget the 21 steps);
- Tuesday, June 5 at 7:00 pm Kelly and Teri Mehler (859-582-2085) will host in the Church Parlor.
- June 7 at 10:00 am Mim Pride (217-827-1505) will host at her home.
- Saturday June 9 at 1:00 pm Sally Zimmerman (859-358-4617) will host a group (cat in residence there).
- Monday, June 11 at 2:30 pm Dorie and Tom Hubbard (859-986-0839) will host a group at their home.
- An online group to be scheduled
- An anticipated mid-June group with childcare provided (date tbd)
You may find the attached background info and questions helpful when you attend a Listening Group! Hard copies available in the church office or vestibule.
Background Info for Listening Groups
What’s Next Response Sheet
Also in this newsletter….
- Stephen Ministry: Contemplative and Restorative
- Music News — and plenty of it!! Concert Finale Photo, Gift Toward Organ Restoration, Piano Fundraiser, Summer Music Opportunities Link, Carnegie Hall Opportunity!
- James Everett Small Stokes Birth Announcement!
- Pentecost Church Family photo, Notes & Notices, Cowan Chapel Lectern, Birthdays & Anniversaries
- Union Church Completes its First Our Whole Lives program for Teens
- Take Back the Kitchen: Lessons from the Zapatistas
- Did You Know?
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