What is a Call?


Candidating Week is an intense process in which a minister and an entire congregation try to discern whether they could build a satisfying long-term relationship.  It’s an immensely important endeavor, and your participation is crucial.

The congregational meeting is the culmination of the week when we will decide whether or not to call Rev. Barbara Fast as our Minister.  To call a minister is a formal process that is much more than just offering a job.  And ministers accept a position because they have a strong spiritual calling to serve a specific church.

In the words of Rev. John Weston, Director of the UUA Settlement Office, “A call is a sense, an intense conviction that what a minister has to offer is what a faith community needs.  That what the minister brings will help them thrive.  Together they can move ahead, move out, make tracks, go somewhere.  It is incredibly exciting.”  The intensity of this commitment explains why we must have approval for the candidate by a margin well above 90%.

This is YOUR choice.  Please learn as much as you can during candidating week so you can make the right vote for both you and the congregation as a whole.  The congregational meeting to call Barbara Fast as our minister will be held on April 30, following the one service to be held at 10:00 AM.  In order to open the meeting, we need 50% of our voting membership present.  (According to current records, we will need close to 100 members there to start the meeting.)  If you have any questions about the process, contact a member of the Search Committee.


Meet Rev. Barbara Fast

Barbara’s greeting to the Congregation

Our statement to the congregation
Why we chose Barbara

Getting to Know Barbara Fast

Q & A about the search process

A Brief Resume


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