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I find it hard to believe that I am writing one of my final columns of the regular church year. It does not seem like that long ago that I was writing here introducing you to our new board of trustees. It is hard to believe that we will have our final board meeting in June for the current church year. Time does fly when you are having fun.
I have had fun over the last church year; at almost every meeting there has been laughter, which I believe is a true balm for the soul. I have been fortunate enough to work with you and with many great groups of people.
We have a great caring and visionary board, the finance and trusts committees are so dedicated and wise. The communications group puts in hours of hard work so that we can keep in touch in a timely way.
It has been a true blessing and fun to meet weekly with the executive committee of the board to share this wonderful leadership. I am greatly indebted to their commitment to share this leadership. I look forward to next year, when we will welcome Val Catlin onto the team.
We are already planning for the board retreat, which will give us the opportunity to share and envision our work for the coming year. I serve a wonderful congregation of loving people who are not afraid to reach out to help one another; what an honor.
I wish for you all a happy summer. I hope to see many of you in church during the summer months as our programming continues.
Many of you have shared kind words with me over the last year and I cannot tell you how important that has been to me. I feel loved, blessed and at home. I hope you feel the same.
In faith, Kathy
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Kathy McGowan, Board President