10:30 am worship
Rev. Laurie Bushbaum (ministry applicant)
If your shoes could talk, what stories would they tell? As you remember shoes of your past, can you also recall what has kept you grounded at different stages of your life? What grounds you now? This Sunday, you are invited to take off your shoes, and stand on holy ground.
The Search Committee is excited to announce that Rev. Laurie Bushbaum has accepted our invitation to interview for our part time Minister position. Rev. Bushbaum willconduct the service, meet with us at coffee after service and to meet with the Search Committee and Board in the afternoon.
Rev. Laurie Bushbaum was ordained in 1984 in Minneapolis and holds a B.A. in Religion/Women’s Studies (UM), M.Div. (United Theological Seminary), and a Mini-MBA in Non-Profit Management (St. Thomas). She has served as a Chaplain, Minister of Religious Education, and Parish Minister. In addition to her ministry interests, Rev. Bushbaum is an accomplished textile artist with several big awards. She has published a Coming of Age Curriculum for UU Youth, and in UU World, Unitarian Universalist Sermons, and Art Quilt Magazine. Some of you may remember Rev. Bushbaum when she served Nora Church in 1986-87. She is also an avid bicyclist; last Sunday she rode in a 60 mile fundraiser and she will be around Lake Tahoe in early June in another fundraiser.
Rev. Bushbaum has a broad range of ministerial experiences including large and small congregations with her most recent work leading small congregations in Sioux Falls and Fridley to calling a full time minister. These efforts clearly require a person who can build community, provide leadership, and guide stewardship efforts. In addition, she brings terrific experience as a Religious Educator.
We strongly encourage you to come to the Fellowship May 6 for the service and to get to know Rev. Bushbaum. In addition, please plan on coming the next Sunday, May 13, when the Board and Search Committee, in a discussion after service, will be asking for your feedback. If you have any questions or comments, please contact one of the Search Committee members.
Barbara Brindle, Tony Filipovitch, John Knox (Chair), Tricia Nienow, and Carrie Rice
