Dear Foothills community, After last Sunday’s service, a member half-jokingly compared a sabbatical to pregnancy—there’s never a good time. While I’ve never been pregnant, I get it! Last year, I postponed my sabbatical to be here for our move into the new building. This year, with the world in such turmoil, I can hardly believe […]
2025 Budget Packet for Congregational Meeting
This Sunday at 1 PM, we’ll gather for our Congregational Meeting to approve the rest of the 2025 budget. Attached is the information packet that lays out our budget plan as well as provides updated information on how we closed 2024. This 2025 Budget reflects our financial plans for year two of a five year plan, adopted for […]
Simplifying Giving: New Names, Same Mission
At Foothills Unitarian, our commitment to unleashing courageous love is powered by your generosity. Whether you’re pledging, giving to the Sunday plate, or contributing to our Community Care Fund, your support makes a tangible impact on our community and beyond. To make it easier for everyone—newcomers and long-time members alike—to understand what they are supporting, […]
Shape the Future – Inform our Vision
Please join the Foothills Board of Trustees for important, discerning conversations (and yummy snacks!) about where we’ve been as a congregation, and where we’re going in the years ahead. How can we live out our faith through our daily life? How can we inspire others to become partners with us? How can we expand our push for courageous […]
Congregational Meeting Review
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 […]
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 […]