The April Advance came out today
Good stuff:
Writing
Artwork
Poetry
Puzzles and games
Announcements
Hope and courage
How we’re responding
If you like something you see
Why not send an email or a card to someone to say thanks?

Check out the Church Calendar (uuclb.org)
Many activities are now posted on our church calendar
Public meetings with links
Private meetings without links.
More will be added later

Church Chat
Join me on Zoom tonight at 5pm

Connections survey
Training meeting for callers tonight at 6pm
More volunteers are welcome
Calling over next week or so

Review responses
Recruit and Assign Buddies
Other Pastoral Care Responses
Good information for new minister
Who are members are and their home situation
Updated contact info

Candidating Week
We have a match – but we don’t know who!
Background check
Negotiating
Look for announcement from Search Committee within the next week or so
Candidating Week, tentatively April 26 – May 10

Worship on Sunday
Zoom Webinar, 10am
Link on the church calendar (uuclb.org)
And several other places
Still working on
facebook live
Closed Captioning

Please support the church financially, if you can.
Text “Give” to (833) 931-1845 to get started
And you can give at UUCLB.org 

•  Message

I was talking to Jonipher Kwong yesterday
We were talking about the church
I was thinking when is he going to ask about me?
My plans for next year?
How am I doing?
As I shepherd the church through all of this change

And then I realized
I hadn’t ever asked Jonipher how he’s doing
So I asked
And I saw the relief come over him

He shared how hard he’s been working
He shared how a lot of his work was already online
He shared his worries about a family member who’s ill
Not with Covid-19 but difficulty visiting
And I realized in caring for him
I felt cared for myself

It wasn’t really that I needed to tell him my story
What I needed was a human connection
Not what work are you doing?
What challenges are you facing?
What’s next on your calendar?
But how are you feeling?
And opening up that feeling space
Was as healing for me
As I could see it was for him
Even though in this case it was me asking
And him sharing

So I want to encourage you
To reach out to someone
And open up that feeling space
If you’re feeling that you wish someone would call you
Instead of waiting
Call them

And it will be good.

See you tomorrow at 1pm