Town Hall Meeting          

Town Hall Minutes March 16, 2025

Dr. Nika Quirk, Council Moderator called meeting to order at 12:30 pm

Financial Report 

 Nika gave report as the treasurer is on a cruise. Financials are posted. Expenses up due to parking improvement.

Pledges are coming in on good pace.

Community Care report by Karen Schafer.

Mission of the committee is to exemplify love and connection.  Members of Committee stood and were recognized.

Put out cards, and Roxey puts out handmade cards to people.

Setup team that puts up tables in the Social Hall.

Kitchen team organizes the food and prepares for the Sunday snacks.

Greeters for the Sunday programs are headed by Jackie Hull.

New members are provided welcoming information.

Bulletin Board maintenance.

Preparation for end-of-life information is underdevelopment with Rev. Nancy.

Call for volunteers for short-and long-term projects.

Committee meets monthly and all are welcome.

Council has talked about honoring the land and whether we can we do more.

Kathy Wright researched possible donations to Native American groups and charities.  Concentrated on New Mexico organizations. Some specialize on education, women, and other groups.  Used Charity Navigator. Some provide more general assistance to Native Americans.

Attempt to try to do more. Social Justice Committee will do more work on this topic.and come back to the Congregation with a recommendation. Call if people have other organizations. Call Carla Clark if have suggestions.

Refreshing the Classroom/Green Room

 Delbert presented plan from the Facilities Committee to paint, improve lighting, and remove inoperative wall furnace. Call for people to assist Art Team and Facilities in picking wall color. Discussion favoring an antique white. A discussion that some of the stencil pattern be preserved. Color team to assist Nic and Kelly in color selection gained volunteers from Maggie, Rob, Theresa, Janet, and Karen T.

New member class on March 29^th. Report by Rev. Nancy.  Can attend without obligation.

Training for Sunday presenter or service associate.  Workshop by Rev. Nancy with date and time TBD. Send an email to Rev. Nancy if interested.New members want information about UUWC activities. So, will have a Spring Information Fair on March 30^th. Will occur after service and snacks. Committees in the Classroom. Library and Conference Rooms will have people with affinity groups and their activities. So, lease attend and discuss with the committees. Information sharing. Make it fun.

Open Floor:

Tom felt his suggestions were not given proper due.

Need more information about the collage for the Anti-abuse to children theme in the sanctuary.

Nic: A communal collage will make it a wider statement from the congregation during April.

Avoid triggering to people who were abused as children. April is national child abuse prevention month.

Kathy: concentration on prevention of abuse to children. Show positive situations.

Nic will lead the creation of the collage. May have text as well as images.

Theresa needs information about caring for the Norfolk Pine in the Classroom.

 Adjourn at 1:09 to Classroom for Irish pub singing.