Being an active member in a UU spiritual community fulfills my needs — to be with fellow UUs doing crucial social justice work, to learn from others how to become a more whole person and to contribute my leadership skills.

Two years ago I wrote what it means to be a UU.

A Unitarian Universalist:

• Participates actively in spiritual community, accepting “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly,” often weighing loyalty to self or community.
• Challenges unjust policies and laws, and commits to change them. [Note: includes beyond RVUUF.]
• Says farewell to friends and ministers, sometimes sustaining real pains and sorrows.
• Seeks meaning larger than self.
• Smiles and cries and laughs and loves with the Spirit of Life.

In retrospect, at RVUUF I’ve experienced all of the above and more! I’m grateful particularly for RVUUF’s work in repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.”

My eight-year tenure as Endowment Chair tops my contribution, helping the Trust grow to almost $700,000. Primarily I count the moments when our community has risen to new heights of health and happiness. May we continue to strive and thrive!

Beth F. Coye
Past President of the Board