Dear Members and Friends of UUSA,
I’m looking forward with anticipation to my first visit with you on Wednesday, August 8. I will be coming up from my home in Quincy, MA early in the morning to spend the day in Amherst, meeting with staff … read more.
Dear Friends,
We’re writing with a brief update on our search for an interim minister to lead us through
the next year. If you were at the service last Sunday, you heard us announce that we were
close to sealing the deal with a highly experienced … read more.
Lucio Perez of Springfield, an undocumented Guatemalan immigrant facing deportation, currently resides at the First Congregational Church of Amherst, which is providing him sanctuary while he waits for his case to be reopened after Immigration and Customs Enforcement denied his stay of removal. Providing housing … read more.
Dear Members and Friends,
With heavy hearts the Search Committee (SC) is writing to let you know that our search has concluded without identifying a candidate who would be a good match for our next settled minister. Wonderful pre-candidates from the first round accepted offers elsewhere. … read more.
Dear Friends,
The message in this post today isn’t the one we’re sure you all want to hear, nor is it the one we want to give.
Although our search efforts did result in candidates whom we felt could serve us well, as we all know, what … read more.
By the time you read this, the Ministerial Search Committee will have met 51 times over the course of the past 9 months. This included four full weekends in intensive interviews and relaxed conversations getting to know each of our final four candidates. We’ve put … read more.
An update from the Ministerial Search Committee
We’re getting closer! We’re now in the midst of the pre-candidating weekends. You’ll recall that in January we were immersed in reading ministerial records and profiles and watching online sermons from an initial pool of 20 ministerial candidates. Last … read more.
UUSA Community –
Your Search Committee has begun the new year with a burst of energy! On January 2nd, we gained access to a list of nineteen ministerial candidates interested in the UUSA. We spent the first week of January reading the Ministerial Records … read more.
Happy New Year!
May this new year bring love, happiness and understanding into our lives. We have half a year left of the UUSA service schedule, which means we have a lot of learning, fun and worship to do. The Elementary children will continue … read more.
Ministerial Search Committee Update !!!
The new year brings one of the most exciting times of our ministerial search! Your crack Search Committee has spent the past several months gathering your ideas, hopes, and dreams; preparing a comprehensive Congrega-tional Record and Packet for ministers … read more.
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