Lee Ormsbee

Here 'tis.  

PRESIDENT’S COLUMN

              Confession time.  I was hoping for a tiny respite from all my overwhelming and time-consuming duties as your president but, no, it’s a 24/7 job.  I wished the Dansbys would take a leisurely trip around the world this summer but that’s not about to happen and the newsletter will be available on the last Sunday of June.   A newsletter including this column by the president which, supposedly, you are reading right now.

              For those of you who were present at my debut as Lay Leader, I want to thank you for your support.  Boy, I really needed it and you came through. You’ll probably be deliriously happy to know I’m doing it again.  Won’t tell you when because there might be a mass exodus to the Valley UU Church on that Sunday. Remember, I’ve got no place to go but UP.

              I’ve tried to thank the volunteers whose work keeps this church running smoothly. I think that’s important..  There’s one person I’ve not thanked…mostly because I don’t see her when she’s making her important contribution. Thanks to Ann Winsor who opens and closes the church each and every Sunday.  Ann’s here before most of us arrive and stays until after we leave.  A wonderful thing is happening after the service.  People are staying longer.  They’re enjoying coffee and great snacks, talking and getting to know each other.  And Ann stays until the very end to make sure the doors are locked and the lights are out and probably other things that I don’t even know about.  In addition, Ann serves as an usher.  Thanks so very much, Ann, for all you do, from all of us.

              A special thanks to Bob Stackman for his tribute to Ric Masten,  the composer of “Let it be a Dance” (aka Hymn 311) (aka the president’s favorite).  I did no lobbying.  It was Bob’s idea.  He’s a man of good taste and offered a reading of one of the Rev. Masten’s poems in memory of the composer who died recently.  One of our most prestigious members told me, after Bob’s tribute, that when we sing 311, he just wants to keep on singing it.

              One more thing.  Have you noticed how members of the congregation mime the children’s moves during the lighting of the chalice?  Child that I am, I do it and I hope other members of the congregation will join in. 

A Special Note to the Nominating Committee:  I realize that you’re going to have to come up with the name of a successor to the writer of this column so please disregard the entire first paragraph of said column.

Welcome back, Walt.

Lee

                                                                                   

                                                                     

                                                                              

Lee

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