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Minister:
Rev. Jake Bohstedt Morrill

1500 Oak Ridge Turnpike
Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Phone: 865-483-6761               

Fax: 865-481-3646

Email: office@oruuc.org

Services :

Sun 10 AM ♦ Wed 5:45 PM

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What's Happening 1-22-12

by ORUUC on January 20, 2012 0 Comments
What's Happening and
Note from Rev. Jake

Dear Friends,

As I'm here in New Orleans with the UUA Board, talking through how our Association might best support the ministry of congregations, the Unitarian Universalists in Oak Ridge are more than on my mind--you are also on Facebook, my cellphone, and my email inbox! And I am glad for it. Our connections are precious. Sustaining them is vital.

While each of us has a part in sustaining these connections, it may be that one person is responsible for maintaining the whole network of connection, to make sure things run right, is someone often unseen, whose work of support and coordination often goes unrecognized (until those rare instances when things, for whatever reason, just don't go right!). This person is the Office Administrator.

For the last couple of months, ORUUC has been ably served by the temporary staffing of Debby Crider. Debby arrived with the purpose of helping us keep things going as the Board's Staffing Task Force discerned our best configuration for staffing. Meanwhile, day after day, Debby's worked impressed not only me, but other staff-members, as well as many members. It is rare that people gush about competent administration, but gushing is exactly what I heard with respect to the skill, poise, and wisdom we'd discovered in Debby.

On Wednesday, I shared the good news that Wendel Werner's status was changing from just-for-now to permanent. Now, I'm so happy to be able to tell you the same about Debby.

ORUUC has been in a time of transition with staff in the last several months. But now it feels as if we've come to some wonderful resolution. I'm so grateful to walk alongside such a talented staff team. And also alongside the generous congregation who supports them. Spring is coming again. Can you feel it? I can.
Faithfully,
Jake


Greetings all,
I want to say thank you all for being so supportive. A huge congrats to Wendel.
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  Oak Ridge Unitarian Universalist Church

        A Welcoming Congregation

We are a lively, welcoming, diverse community practicing the progressive faith of Unitarian Universalism.  At ORUUC, people claim many different spiritual paths and practices--Christian, Atheist/Agnostic, Jewish, Pagan, Buddhist, questioning, seeking, wondering, loving, and others--but walk together in love.

As Unitarian Universalists we believe in...

The inherent worth and dignity of every person

Justice, equity and compassion in human relations

Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations

A free and responsible search for truth and meaning

The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large

The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all

Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part

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