As I write this June letter to us,
the congregation of Piedmont UU Church, it is still spring.
Margaret Atwood said “In
the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt”.
What did she mean by that? Well maybe she just meant that we should
dig in and till, plant and weed our garden. You may have noticed the
boxes behind the Meeting House and in those boxes some of us and some
others will be digging and planting and weeding. We hope that some
of the seeds that we plant will thrive.
On a more abstract level, we have
been digging and tilling our collective thoughts for more than a year
to plan our vision for the future. We have been digging in what I
call brainstorming sessions. We have created the Vision 20/20 team
who have been tilling in that abstract plot to prepare a fertile seed
bed for the steps that we will be planting in the next 5 to 7 years
as our Piedmont UU Church grows.
Just like in a physical garden, our
steps have a season for planting and harvest. The operational plan
developed from your inputs as we dug through our thoughts for the
future tell us and our committees and counsels when to plant each
step and when to enjoy the fruits of our work. Now, the plans of
mice and men are not always followed. How can we till when the
ground is too wet? We may have to wait a few days. Maybe a few of
the seeds do not germinate. We may have to plant a later variety of
lettuce or tomato. Likewise I can foresee a few setbacks as we
implement our operational plan but that does not mean that we quit.
We just adapt and carry on as a
loving church family tending our garden to nourish both ourselves and
the wider community.
With this last monthly letter from
me, your president, I wish us all happy gardening.
Karl
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