Annual Program Fund: The New Millenium

Welcome to the New Year and new millennium. I can remember when I was a young woman wondering what it would be like to cross over into the year 2000. Here we are and what good things await us! It always gives me great pleasure to thank those congregations in the Florida District who honor their covenant as UUs to the UUA. Already two congregations, UU in the Pines and the River of Grass Unitarian Universalists, are 1999-2000 Annual Program Fund fully paid fair share. Quite an accomplishment by December 1st .

In addition you may be interested to know that out of 42 Florida District congregations, thirty have pledged to be fair share. That makes us 71% fair share pledged. I thank all of you who sent in the pledge card and also realize that more of you will be fair share even though the pledge card was not sent in. It is never too late to make your commitment to the Annual Program Fund. How about it?

In keeping with my commitment to you to keep us all in touch with what the UUA does for us and how our precious fair share funds are used the list continues: Annual Youth Conference, Board and Lay Leadership Training, Small and MidSize and Large Church Conferences, Capital Campaign Consultants, InterConnections Newsletter, REACH Packets for RE, UU Leader Newsletter, and the list goes on. Again, I will come up with some additional ones in the next edition of Sunshine.

Remember, in life the more we give, the more we receive. Let us honor our covenant with the Unitarian Universalist Association by being fair share. You will be sharing with Unitarian Universalists near and far away. May I be among many to wish you the very best in this new millennium. Dear Florida District congregations you are the best! If I can be of service please call or email.

— JOAN LUND, FLORIDA DISTRICT CHAIR, ANNUAL PROGRAM FUND 813-931-9727 JBLUND@AOL.COM