Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

Stewards Honor Roll

April 2008

Our Steward of the Month is Lauri Anderson for her co-leadership of Family Chapel (with Rev. Eva.) Lauri leads many of our Family Chapel services, introducing our children to worship that is abundantly loving, energetic, creative, and spirit-filled. Family Chapel will continue, but Lauri is here for only a little while longer, as the Andersons are moving to Houston. Whatever your age, don't miss a chance to attend a service led by Lauri!

Also honored this month:

• Sara Newcomb, Ila Keiper, and Susan Plass for getting Caring and Sharing notes out to the entire congregation each week.
• The Nominating Committee (Sara Newcomb, Barbara Schonborn, Jenise Fuess, Ray Schuster, and Bill Landauer) for bequeathing UUCPA a strong leadership for the coming years.
• Jack Thomas for coordinating the Information Table volunteers for lo these many months (and Pauline Farmer for taking over from him).
• Philip Hodge, Jean Nelson, and Misao Sakamoto for facilitating recent Elder Journey sessions, and Sylvia Whitcher for helping publicize this wonderful semi-monthly gathering.
• Dena McLerran for suggesting that the rainbow and Earth flags fly whenever the church is open, not just on Sundays, and John Pierce of Buildings and Grounds, with Jeff Cashdollar and Howard Milligan of the staff for promptly turning this lovely suggestion into reality.
• Kristi Iverson, Catherine O’Brien, Bill Landauer, and Bobbie Geiger for the leadership in getting a new Covenant Group started.
• Ben Hammett, Ralph Johnson, Hershey Julien, Jan Lawrence, Betty Seike and Joanne Wells, our new Elder Council. As Rev. Kurt explains in convening them, “They are available to offer their best thinking to the professional ministry and the Board of Trustees on an ‘advice only’ basis regarding any issues they are requested to consider. The Council members desire no decision-making power – nor will they accept any – but out of their deep commitment to the congregation, they seek, rather, to offer the vantage point of their considerable life experience about issues facing its life.”

Thank you all for your dedicated stewardship of our congregation!