FROM THE BOARD

Joy Stieglitz Gottschalk, Board Member

exploration of our unique spiritual paths and our shared congregational life! We are also in the process of creating new Mission and Vision Statements that will provide an updated roadmap later this spring. Together, our congregation, ministers and staff are forging a new path in this next chapter.

So, how do we continue to strengthen our resilience in anticipation of the next set of challenges that may come our way? Building resilience in our FUS community relies on engagement, stewardship, and volunteering in shared ministry and collective accountability. Shared ministry thrives when we all work cooperatively together. When we strive to discover, develop, utilize and support the gifts of each person as responsible stewards, we produce an overspill of energy that is greater than the sum of the parts. We actively participate in the preservation, restoration and creation of our community and the world, and we build resilience.

How might you share in ministry and fortify FUS’ resilience? What does that look and feel like to you as a member of our community? Will you sing as part of our ministry of music? Will you join the Journey Circle for Families with Young Children? Will you volunteer as an usher or greeter? Sign up for an adult ed class? Will you read As Long As Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock and discuss it with the Sustainability Book group? Board President Alyssa Ryanjoy and I recently pondered, what would it look like if Leslie (Ross) didn’t have to try to fill all the RE teacher slots because we had a list of teachers ready to go?

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