For me at least, in dealing with a change, it is not so much the change but what really remains the same. Even though we, like people all over the world, like to claim a particular and sometimes peculiar uniqueness, people in the end are people, born and fashioned out of the same raw stuff called life. What I have found at BUC is life. And more than that I have found a place, a pastoral charge, a congregation, a community, a parish and a human society that wants the very best for themselves, so that we might share what we have been given by God with others, who are also seeking to find a connectedness with the Divine and a church family. I have been asked what I see for the future of the church? I see BUC as a sacred spot where human beings can treat with each other: a spot in life where regardless of all that separates us as human beings, we can find a high, holy ground. This is a place where generations that have been literally raised with understandings which are often worlds apart, might come together, join hands, find a common voice and resolution. This holy ground is a place where we might take off our shoes and realize that we at all times stand before the creator who invites us to ponder not only why we are in the world but how we are in the world while we are here. I sense a yearning to become a vital, growing, learning, embracing and open community to which people want to belong.

What I have found uplifting and even intriguing is the energy that is being unleashed to allow people to actually be themselves and use the tools and skills we bring to build up this community. In the following pages you will note many activities and areas of interest that invite you into this process. I would encourage you to find a place to belong. If there are projects or passions that you have and would like to see accomplished please feel free to bring them forward.

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