On January 22nd, Rev. Amy announced her plan to resign from her position as UUCPA Parish Minister in June. (Read her full announcement here.) While saddened by her decision to leave, the board acknowledges with deep gratitude Amy’s more than 22 years of service and will be working with her to plan a celebration worthy of her long tenure with us.
In the meantime, the board wants to update you on our work toward the next transitional phase. The board has identified an Interim Search Team that is a subset of the board. The team’s responsibility is to work with the UUA Ministerial Transitions Team to hire an interim minister who will serve at UUCPA for a likely period of two years and help guide us in our search for our next called minister. The members of the UUCPA Interim Search Team are:
- Heather Chen
- Kevin Crane
- Judy Lookabill
- Mayo Tsuzuki
The UUA has a well-laid out process and timeline with established milestones for hiring an interim minister, and we plan to follow it. What does that mean for UUCPA? Below is the timeline.
| Month | Task |
|---|---|
| Now – Early April | Interim Search Team completes UUCPA search profile in UUA MinistrySearch online system |
| April | Candidates view profiles of churches seeking interim minister and submit applications |
| First half of May | Search team reviews applications, conducts interviews, checks references, and makes research calls.Note: we are not allowed to reveal any candidate identities outside of the search team until the negotiation is final. |
| Second half of May | Verbal offer and final negotiations with top-ranked candidate.Note: The UUCPA board hires the Interim Minister. There is no congregational vote (as there is for a called minister). |
| August 1, 2025 | Interim minister start date at UUCPA! |
We expect our interim minister to serve for two years, from August 2025 through June 2027. This is a UUA-recommended standard timeline.
Please send questions about the interim search to interimsearch@uucpa.org. We look forward to embarking on this search for an Interim Minister.
In faith,
Heather, Kevin, Judy, and Mayo