Eric Kaminetzky, Minister
A love letter to the congregation from our Minister,
Eric Kaminetzky
Hello!
My name is Eric Kaminetzky and I am so looking forward to meeting you this year.
My family and I are thrilled to be with you, embracing this adventure and relationship.
So please know we send an open-hearted “Hello!” and a big “Thank you!” for this magnificent opportunity to get to know you.
From the first page of your excellent website to the last, I see a community and a congregation that yearns to live this mission:
Gathering Together
Nurturing the Spirit
Living Our Vision of a Just and Sustainable World
That draws me.
Your leaders, laypeople, and other folks who know and love you paint a bright picture of who you’ve been, who you are, and who you hope to become.
In listening to others’ experiences of you I become hopeful that we might paint bright pictures of the future together.
My heart, my mind, and my imagination are open, and when I look at who you say you are and who you say you want to become, I see Ministry.
You asked me:
What are you searching for in a church?
A welcoming, warm congregation?
Dedicated, committed, hard-working lay leaders?
A congregation socially active in the community?
A thriving lifespan religious education program?
A musically talented congregation?
A professional, energetic, creative staff?
A congregation generous in time and energy?
Well-maintained clean facilities?
Yes, I am!
You replied: Why that’s Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Church!
After examining you all through the lens of the people who love you and of our time together, I believe it.
Fall will soon be upon us. I look forward to sharing with you years of exploration, interaction, synergy, and dreaming.
Until we meet, I wish you well and I challenge us all:
Let’s Be Ministry!
Eric