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Music Search Committee Update May 2018

The Music Director Search Committee continues its work to recommend a candidate to replace Stephen Grimm, as Musical Director.

To date, the Committee has reviewed visioning documents from two years ago, considered the results of last fall’s Town Hall meeting, hosted a café-style, roundtable (focus group) forum, tabulated results from the music survey and polled Neighborhood’s youth.

A significant…

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Net Zero @ Neighborhood Draft Plan Report

As we were reminded at our recent Earth Day worship service, the Neighborhood congregation unanimously committed the church to becoming a net zero emitter of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to development a plan this church-year for achieving that goal. As the chair of the resulting Net Zero @ Neighborhood Committee I’d like to give y’all an update on the plan we have developed to date.

Since…

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Thoughts on Change: An Update from Board President, Clyde Derrick

NEW Blog Post from Board President, Clyde Derrick

There is a formula that supposedly can predict the age at which you are likely to die. (How is that to launch an essay on change?) You add the ages of your parents, divide by two, and consider that number of years as the number you will live. By that formula I have just two months left on this planet. My obvious plan at present is to prove the formula wrong.

As William Holden says at one point in…

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Net-Zero @ Neighborhood: First in a Series

At its annual meeting last May, the Church voted unanimously (and with much enthusiasm) to become a Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emitting Congregation, and to spend the 2017-2018 church year: 1) Developing a master plan with timeline and budget recommendations for review by the Board of Trustees and, if feasible, presented for approval by church members at the next annual meeting. 2) Conducting…

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Update from the Board President

Dear fellow church members,

Here are some updates since my last check-in in October.

Honoring Rev. Dr. Jim Nelson: On Sunday, March 25, 2018, we will be dedicating the Programs Building Courtyard to Rev. Dr. Jim Nelson at an event after services, honoring his accomplishments during the ten years he served as our Senior Minister. Nancy Breaux has graciously offered to chair this important event,…

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Thoughts on Change from Eugene Hutchins, member of the Board of Trustees

I love change!

When I speak about change, I am always drawn back to one of my favorite past engagements when I was working for Chautauqua Opera for four seasons. The Opera company was a program of the Chautauqua Institution, an extraordinary nonprofit organization that has been around for more than 135 years in Western New York State.

It was started as a venue to train “Sunday School” teachers…

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Thoughts on Change from Esther Martin, member of the Board of Trustees

What possibilities exist when we challenge our hearts and our minds to grow?

This powerful question points in the inevitable direction of CHANGE. For our hearts and our minds to grow, there must be change. And I have to admit that I do not like change. I never have, and I probably never will. I have always enjoyed my comfort zone and seldom have ventured out of it. It has taken me at least 10…

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Out of the Darkness Walk Team Lukas

There is a team from Neighborhood Church who will walk in the upcoming Out of the Darkness Walk in Pasadena on Saturday, November 4th. We are Team Lukas.

We are walking to raise awareness of suicide and the need for suicide prevention. On average, there are 121 suicides a day; suicide takes more lives than war, murder and natural disasters combined and yet doesn’t receive anywhere near the…

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Update from the Board President

Dear fellow church members,

I’ve received several requests from church members to please offer updates on recent Board business and church developments through this blog. I am happy to accommodate this recurring request!

Good news about church finances: We are at 105% of pledging for our $655,000 budget which is a positive indicator for the church. That means that our pledges are at 5% above our…

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Thoughts on Changes from Lauren Worley, member of the Board of Trustees

I love change. I love exploring, finding something new, opening myself up to possibilities, and welcoming the next steps in life. My entire adult life can be summed up in being open to change: after all I started going to school for baking and pastry arts and now I’m a social worker. Nothing keeps my attention long, I frequently find myself wondering what happens next and waiting for something…

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Music Program Changes

Dear Friends,

By now you have received the news that Stephen Grimm will be retiring from Neighborhood Church and Pasadena Pro-Musica at the end of June, 2018. After nearly twenty years of service to the congregation, we celebrate Stephen’s long and impressive tenure at the church, and the possibilities that retirement will bring for him: rest and rejuvenation, time with his family here and…

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Dim Sum, Yoga, and Soundbaths

Hosting a Dining for Dollars provides you an opportunity to shine your light, to share your expertise, to meet other UUs, and to support Neighborhood. It also provides your guests a journey along with you, a journey into something familiar or into something novel.

Or “hosting” could be something singular, like going into someone’s home and helping them with a lesson or task. Events that involve…

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A Season of Change

Dear Members and Friends of Neighborhood Church:

It’s hard to believe, but even in Los Angeles, the land of endless summer, the slower pace of July and August is rapidly drawing to a close with Labor Day around the corner and school back in session. It’s been an unusual summer for me in many regards. In June, I enjoyed two weeks in Maine with family to celebrate my sister’s wedding, and since…

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From the Board President

Dear Fellow Members and Friends:

Usually summer is a welcome period of down time for the Board of Trustees and the church in general. That has hardly been the case this summer, but the forward momentum has been exciting. Here are some brief updates:

Emeritus Ministry:The Board greatly appreciates the careful and thoughtful letters from congregants that we received about this issue. Our meeting to…

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Emeritus Minister FAQs

Dear fellow members and friends of Neighborhood UU Church:

Some questions have come to the Board during the discernment process related to emeritus minister status. I hope the FAQs below are helpful. Please do not hesitate to contact me by phone or email (see church directory) if you have further questions. Thank you for your consideration.

What happens when someone becomes Emeritus Minister? Is…

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Welcome to Our New Board President!

Thank you all very, very much for this opportunity. I am truly honored to be elected to the position of Board president for Neighborhood Church for the next two years. I’m especially relieved because ever since the outcome of events on November 8th, 2016, I’ve never considered this election a sure thing. That day really rattled my confidence in the voting process in America. Thank goodness I can…

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From the Board President

As I write this, our annual meeting is coming up on May 21st. I hope to see you at the meeting – if you can’t make it, please turn in your proxy. You can assign your vote either to the Board or to another member. After the meeting, stay for conversation and lunch. Senior High is selling lunch to raise funds to help them attend General Assembly.

At this meeting, you will adopt the budget and elect…

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