CONTINENTAL ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER OF UU FEMINIST INSPIRATION 

NEWS TO USE FOR MORE THAN JUST PERSONAL GAIN

UU Women and Religion

an Affiliate Organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

c/o Secretary Gretchen Ohmann, P.O. Box 173, Benton Harbor, MI 49023-0173

Personal

Since the summer of 2000, I have lived in Houston with my husband Harry. He is an engineer with Anadarko Petroleum, and we have two daughters, Samantha, 26, who lives in Los Angeles, and Erica, 21, who lives at home and is attending the University of Houston. I became a Unitarian Universalist when I was 14, and have been a member of several UU churches as we have moved around the country. I served as board president for First Jefferson UU Church in Fort Worth in 1998, attended leadership school in the Southwest District, and worked for five years as a fundraising consultant for the UUA. I became president of Southwest UU Women (SWUUW) in 2000 and oversaw its transition to a nonprofit and Independent Affiliate of the UUA. I am also very active with the Partner Church Council.

 

SWUUW has been operating for 20 years in the Southwest District sponsoring an annual conference attended by several hundred women. We have had a growing desire to connect with UU women across the country and to connect with the international women’s movement. Since last year, I have been SWUUW’s first paid administrator. This past spring we received a grant of $10,000 from the UUA Funding Panel to support planning for an International Convocation of UU women.