A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner – March 30, 2023

I’d like to tell you about the party that came from a mistake. Several months ago, I had a conversation with the leaders of the Neighborhood Connectors, and with all the grace for myself that comes from recognizing that I am a human being with many roles in this congregation, I can tell you that

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner – March 23, 2023

Three years ago this week, we closed the campus due to Covid. This past Sunday, we had a wonderful celebration of our Neighborhood Connectors and how we got through it, with an amazing meal from some of our newest members.   I remember the first time I spoke to you all remotely–a Saturday evening broadcast that

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner – March 16, 2023

This week, we have a special guest, ministerial intern Brigitta Vieyra, writing this week’s Notes From Your Dance Partner column. It is a delight to be written into the dance card for this week’s edition of Notes from Your Dance Partner. As a new teaching congregation, all of us will be learning, growing, and “humaning”

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner – March 9, 2023

Does anyone remember my first sermon as your Called Minister? It was about “Humaning” together. I don’t think anyone could have fast-forwarded to almost four years later when our cameras went out and I was humming and providing percussion on the Blue Danube Waltz to the whole congregation to keep the great energy flowing. That

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner – March 2, 2023

I love Stewardship time. Like a little bit unusually much. I love it because it inherently is a time when we can dream, scheme and plan. It is the time we consider what this congregation means to us. While it is about financial support, it has never been JUST about financial support to me. Instead,

A picture of Reverend Christine at the pulpit during her installation ceremony

Notes From Your Dance Partner – February 23, 2023

What constitutes a Mass Shooting anymore? When do we drop stones in the vase? How do we commemorate the horrific, ever-increasing death toll by guns in this country? How do we respond as a faith community? My second week with UUCP in 2019, there were two mass shootings in a row. At the time, these