UURMaPA members often remain active in retirement, sometimes serving in interim ministries or doing pulpit supply or sabbatical fillin ministries, sometimes in leadership roles in Unitarian Universalism, often as mentors and coaches to ministerial colleagues, as speakers and presenters, and outside UU circles in arts and crafts, sports, and a myriad other things. If you are engaged in an activity you’d like others to know about, drop a note (and a digital image) to webmaster@uurmapa.org.
Some of us are:
Reflecting on Ministry:
Dick Gilbert and Nancy Doughty
Dick Gilbert gave the 50-year speech at Ministry Days 2011 in Charlotte, NC. Download the text of his talk 50-Year Talk by Dick Gilbert Nancy Doughty introduced him. Download her text Introduction for Dick Gilbert
Ken MacLean
Kenneth Torquil MacLean gave the 50-year speech at Ministry Days 2010 in Minneapolis, MN. Download the text of his talk: 50-Year Talk by Ken MacLean
Emily Morse Palmer
Emily Morse Palmer shared her Odyssey about entering ministry in midlife at the UURMaPA Pan-South Conference in Ft. Myers, FL. Dick Fewkes shared his Odyssey at the 2016 Attleboro conference, and Thomas Anastasi gave his at the 2016 Santa Barbara conference.
Preaching and Presenting:
Dick Fewks
Dick Fewkes has brought Theodore Parker to life preaching in churches in Massachusetts and at the UURMaPA Northeast Conference in Attleboro.
Practicing a Craft:
Carl Bretz
Carl Bretz weaves at the Appalachian Arts Crafts Center in Norris, Tennessee. He has found weaving a great stress reliever and it has become a part of his religious practice. He has been inspired by his experience teaching weaving to recovering hospital patients (as part of their occupational therapy).
Set for Guys and Dolls
Andy Backus designed the set for the musical, “Guys & Dolls” at Bellingham Theatre Guild. He is shown here adjusting a cityscape painted on muslin. You may recognize the Chrysler Building in New York City.
Competing in Athletics:
Barbara Murry
Barbara Murry won a gold medal at the US Figure Skating Adult Championships for her freestyle program in the group for ladies 61 and above. The group has printed a tee-shirt with a skater pictured doing an arabesque and a legend that reads: “Can Your Grandmother Do This?”
Raising Grapes and Making Wine:
Kim Beach and Granddaughter Libby in the Vineyard
Kim Beach with his granddaughter, Libby, in his vineyard, Campicello, in Madison County, VA, where he enjoys perfecting his cabernet.
What Keeps You Active?