June 17, 2026

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: 
it is the courage to continue that counts.” 
~Winston Churchill

Friends,

In honor of General Assembly (the annual Unitarian Universalist exercise in self-government, group discernment, and fellowship that is going on this week), I thought about offering you Churchill's famous (albeit somewhat snarky) comment about democracy being imperfect but better than everything else that’s been tried. 

Instead: his reminder that success and failure are impermanent and that courage in the task of keeping on with the work in front of us is a more important focus seems a good answer to much of this week’s discouraging news as well as a good companion in my work this week, of joining with ministerial colleagues and UUs from far and wide, to conduct the business of our association (the UUA). 

Heading back to Zoom now, but looking forward to seeing you on Sunday,

Rev. Denise
RevDenise@gnuuc.org

P.S. Reminder: Instead of our usual Sunday service, we will be joining the service being live-streamed on Sunday morning from the General Assembly of our Unitarian Universalist Association. You also have the option to arrive before the service for a sing-along on Zoom! Please join us in our sanctuary or on Zoom; see below for the times. See below for the time: these events are earlier than our usual Sunday meeting time!