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Welcoming Our New Staff Members

by Rev. Mary Higgins, NNE District Executive

 

When Benette Sherman resigned as our Program Consultant for Religious Education and Youth Programs in June, we wondered where and how to fill that position in the interim so we could gather our resources and envision our next steps. We were also concerned about the future of the staffing that will best serve our congregations for the long haul. We were very sad to see Ben­ette go, for she served our community well.  I also believe that each change creates an opportunity, and I decided that for this next year we would hire interim staff members to serve us so we could be visionary as we look forward.

 

I am so pleased to introduce you to a group of wonderful new creative people to help us through this year. First is Linnea Schroeder, our Interim Youth Program Co­ordinator. Linnea attends the UU church in Milford. She has extensive experience with youth programs with the United Church of Christ (UCC) at the congregational and district level. In addition to her youth work, Linnea will also serve us as the administra­tor for the religious education programs this year. So if you have a Renaissance Mod­ule, OWL Training request, addition to the RE Newsletter, Linnea will be your contact. You can reach her in the office on Tuesday and Thursday, and on her cell phone on Wednesday at 508-369-6768. Her e-mail ad­dress is youth.nned@hotmail.com.

 

In addition to Linnea, we are pleased to let you know that Connie Goodbread will be the support person, consultant, wise voice, and experienced religious educator who will be at the end of her toll-free number from Florida to answer your calls and con­cerns about your congregation’s religious education programming. Connie is not go­ing to be physically present, but her coaching skills are known to me, and you will find yourselves very well served by her experience, vision, and energy. For those of you with Religious Education questions, please call Connie. She is amazing! You can reach her at 1-888-800-6404 or on her cell phone at 727-772-3508. Her e-mail address is cgoodbread@uua.org.

 

Welcome, Connie and Linnea! We are glad to have you with us.