This past Sunday, we held our second Congregational Meeting of the year. We took time to celebrate all that has come to fruition this year and to discuss the resources necessary for our work in 2025. And what a year 2024 has been! In our first full year in our new space, we’ve already seen […]
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Nomination Committee: Upcoming Board and Nominating Committee Vacancies
12/10/2024, Cheryl Hazlitt The Nominating Committee has begun its annual conversations with the Board of Trustees and with ministry to assess upcoming vacancies for elected positions. Diana Hutchinson and Sue Bloomfield will be leaving the Board of Trustees as their terms have been completed. Christine Engelen is rotating off the Nominating Committee leaving a vacancy […]
Important News from the Internship Committee
The job of the Internship Committee, in simplest terms, is to guide and support our ministerial intern during this portion of their training in the quest to become a minister, and to submit an evaluation to the Ministerial Fellowship Committee at the completion of the internship. As many members of the congregation have expressed, having […]
We Are A Sanctuary Congregation
Dear Foothills friends and members, The sanctuary was filled with an incredible energy on Sunday as 165 members and another 30 or so friends came together to discuss and ultimately vote on the question of becoming a sanctuary congregation. A few wondered if this was the best way to improve our broken immigration system, and others were […]
Becoming a Sanctuary Congregation – Vote on August 27th
Dear Foothills friends and members, While the blatant hatred and racism displayed in Charlottesville on Saturday left me feeling helpless and despairing, our time together yesterday morning engaging the questions of becoming a sanctuary congregation brought me to gratitude, and resolve. It is a privilege to serve a community that is engaging in such important […]