Happy New Year!

The holiday season has passed, we’ve reflected on what has been, and sang Auld Lang Syne before tucking ourselves to bed. Today we finish off the leftover food, put the last of the decorations back into storage, and resolve the direction we wish to take in the new year. For the Board of Trustees, we’ve made progress on our three focus areas for the year (records maintenance, membership, and communications) but would like to see changes become habit even as we continue to improve each a little more.

For records maintenance, we’ve cataloged what we have and what we need, purchased office equipment to keep things in order, and drafted policy to keep our records in order for years to come. Next steps include solidifying that policy, updating turnover procedures, and hiring a new office administrator to help keep it all in order. This last bit is key! So if you know of someone who might be interested, please contact Amanda Standish-Wainwright or Reverend Doctor Cook so we can keep up our momentum.

Our second focus area, membership, has been revitalized with triannual prospective member orientation meetings scheduled throughout the year, a quartet of red mugs and a purple table to invite conversation, and stretching our smiles past our front door and all the way to the benches by the garden. Next steps include aligning our use of Breeze with our path to membership and doing the hard work of reaching out to inactive members about all the new energy we’re bringing into the new year.

Our communications focus area has made significant progress behind the scenes. The torch of webmaster has been passed, new members added to the committee, and we’ve taken a hard look at how we use our various communication channels. Next steps   involve updating our website with current messages/photos and refining some of our processes to get information out to our congregation, friends, and the wider community. Want to replace a image from back at Obrero or Madero with a photo from this decade? Have new contact information for an upcoming event? 2026 is the year to make things right!