Nursery care (ages 0-3) will be provided as usual.

For more information, contact Erin Reid, our Director of Religious Education (DRE) (256.694.6786 or eereid@hotmail.com). 

The Transition Team has been meeting regularly to process all the opportunities and challenges that come from moving to our new church home. A primary focus for our Team so far is to help facilitate the spiritual preparation that will help foster our common identity and will nurture our community throughout the move. We are focused on maintaining our strong identity as UUCH as we also grow in new and positive ways. In addition, we are attending to the important questions of how we will ritualize and celebrate this momentous occasion in the life of the church. As we prepare to move our services to Broadmor, we are exploring how we can make the new space reflect the types of worship experiences that reflect our mission, vision, and covenant.  

In order to address these issues, some practical considerations for making ready the new space, and all the other comments that have come from members of our congregation, we will be meeting with all the committees in the church structure in the coming weeks. The purpose of these meetings is to gather and share information and to ponder together the many questions that should be addressed. We have already had some input from these committees, and we have been working closely with the Renovation Committee and Finance Committee. Look for updates from these meetings as we work toward our move.

Please continue to send us your thoughts and questions to us at transition_team@uuch.org. 

We are listening to you!

Transition Team Members

Rev. Alice Syltie, Chair, David Bollinger, Nancy Finley, Denise Gyauch, Lynsie Lamitie, Tim Miller, and Erin Reid

ABD Final Results! 

Everyone is welcome! This verbally guided Awareness Through Movement® class is for anyone who wants more ease and comfort in their movements. Class is drop-in, no experience necessary, and will be led by Sally Locklear. Wear comfortable, loose clothing, and bring a bath or beach towel to use as head support for comfort in side-lying.  

Join us on May 10th at 9:00 a.m. 

For further information, contact Nancy Finley at finleyn@uah.edu.  If you need childcare for this event, please contact Nancy at least a week before the event.

It has been a busy week at our Broadmor facility:

• Our HVAC contractor has started removing the old sanctuary HVAC units and has begun preparations for installation of the new units.
• We met with our architect and potential contractors for renovation of the bathrooms and replacement of RE Wing windows.
• We met with two more flooring companies to obtain quotes for carpet and vinyl tile installation.
• We have hired a contractor to remove the existing flooring in the sanctuary, foyer, balcony, and RE Wing, and anticipate this activity being complete next week.
• David Bollinger has been busy painting in the RE Wing and has completed an initial coat in the hallway and two classrooms. A third classroom and touch-up in the hallway will be performed after the flooring removal is complete.
• In preparation for the flooring removal, a team of folks moved balcony pews and various other objects so that the floors will be accessible to the flooring removal contractor. Many thanks to George Fletcher, Bonnie and Steve Herold, Gary Hitt, and Pam Korb for spending their Saturday morning on this activity.

For this quarter, we will be sharing the plate with the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) in support of their "100 Gardens for Haitian Families" project.

As part of Justice Sunday 2014, the UUSC is encouraging congregations, families, individuals, youth groups, community groups, and others to build food gardens in our communities, and to sponsor urban food gardens in Haiti. The UUCH Social Justice Committee has decided to support this project and to make it the recipient of this quarter's Share the Plate.   

For each $250 donation, one family in Haiti will receive training and materials for their gardens. The goal of this program is to help 100 Haitian families grow their own food and achieve food sovereignty and sustainability. Once families don't have to buy all their food, they are better able to cover other basic expenses, like school fees for their children. Food sustainability can be at the heart of lifelong sustainability for thriving families and communities in Haiti--and you can help make it happen!

*When we "Share the Plate," all cash collected on the first Sunday of each month in the quarter (April, May, and June), along with any checks noted as "Share the Plate," will be halved with the "100 Families" project.  

Tim Waskerwitz: "Hope that my move next week goes well. I lost my dog of 14 years, Haley Jean."

Nancy Finley:  "Becky Ellingwood's mother, Alice, is in the cardio care unit of the hospital. Becky is in New Hampshire to be with her."

Gail Williams:  "I want to thank everyone who walked in and/or donated to the Alabama Kidney Foundation Walkathon. The day was beautiful, and we had fun!"

Vanessa Miller Mantis: "I lost over 20 pounds in 10 weeks on Weight Watchers. And George starts a new job on May 5."

Cheri Smith: Isis's school, Ed White, won first place in Gatlinburg for a choir contest.

The Bollinger family:  "Please light a candle for Maren Bollinger who turned 18 and went to her Senior Prom yesterday."

If you have pastoral care needs, please contact the Reverend Alice Syltie at revaluu@aol.com. Barbara Hitt is Chair of the Care Committee, and may be reached at home, (256) 881.2531; on her cell, (256) 348.5845; or by email at bghitt1@comcast.net.

Vice-President:  Denise Hunter-Gilbert 

Secretary: Bobby Hall           

Treasurer: Jerome Belcher   

Trustees: Nancy Finley, Kathy Heath, & Laurel Bollinger