November Reflections - Rev. Barry Bloom

​And now there is that nip in the air that warns us of what is coming.  Many branches are bare.  The colorful excitement offered by golds and reds and yellows on the hills has passed.  Except down here on the plains, some colorful relatives still stand proud.  
I enjoy the changing seasons.  I find it stimulating, even exciting at times.  I don’t know what it would be like to live in a one season area.  I don’t especially want to find out!
I hope you are following the information and invitations that President Julie Miller is sending out.  Right now it is about gathering your input about who/what you want your next minister to be.  At their best.  Talk of cottage meetings and surveys fill the air.  Please participate as best you can.  The more that your wishes are known, the closer the reality of landing the person who most embodies those values.
It was good to see many of you at Scott Clugston’s Memorial Service at the Congregational Church on Oct 23.  I am sure Karen and family appreciated your presence.  The choir and I certainly did.
The services this month are primarily about happiness.  What do we need in order to be happy?  How much is enough for us to be happy?  What role does gratitude/thankfulness have in our happiness?  All to help us mirror this month’s UU theme of “Abundance.”  And as a warm up to Thanksgiving.
I hope you are all feeling hopeful and optimistic in spite of whatever ailments and darkness comes.  May we be grateful just as long as we have life!  
Peace,
Rev Barry Bloom