The Unrestricted Gifts of Barbara Hubbard
A Celebration of 25 Years
Sunday, March 17 | 4:00 p.m. | Sanctuary at Unity Church | Livestream | Order of Service | Music Insert
A reception in Parish Hall will follow the service.
A reception in Parish Hall will follow the service.
As so many of us know, Executive Director Barbara Hubbard has given her mind, body, heart, and soul to us at Unity Church for 25 years! Now it’s time to celebrate her gifts and accomplishments as we release her into retirement.
Retirement celebration: Sunday, March 17, 4:00 p.m., at Unity Church
As the weeks grow short before Barbara’s retirement, it's important to reflect on her contributions to Unity Church. The executive director role she hands off to Laura Park is not the original job for which she was hired. You may not know this but at the time of Barbara’s second interview for Unity's director of finance job, she was offered a position with a different organization with better pay and benefits. As she tells it, she followed her heart and accepted the job at Unity Church. Are we ever grateful that she did!
Barbara came to Unity Church on August 1, 1998, during a turbulent time in our history when the church’s finances were handled by the minister and a committee. Within months of being hired, the board of trustees developed the executive team model, and Barbara was quickly promoted to director of administration.
From the beginning, Barbara has brought all her humanity, kindness, selflessness, dedication, and deep integrity to the task. She found an invaluable colleague in Song Thao, professionalized our church finances, worked extremely well with congregational fundraising and with the board, and has been shaping a more secure financial future for us ever since.
Now, with only weeks left in her tenure, Barbara is still not done. She and Laura are currently organizing a development ministry team, an internal organization capable of sustaining development of funding for years to come.
We can never fully reciprocate all that Barbara has shared with us, but we hope to express our appreciation with an offering from the congregation that honors two important areas of her life: a gift that will enhance her much-loved exploration of the outdoors, and a gift that will be used to reflect her love of this beloved church.
You are invited to contribute to Barbara’s retirement gift fund, so we can express our gratitude for her years of servant leadership to Unity Church. Please give generously as a tribute to her steady, loving presence in our lives.
Thank you from the Barbara Hubbard Celebration Team:
Jackie Smith (chair), Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, Shelley Butler, Barbi Byers, and Lee Carey
Retirement celebration: Sunday, March 17, 4:00 p.m., at Unity Church
As the weeks grow short before Barbara’s retirement, it's important to reflect on her contributions to Unity Church. The executive director role she hands off to Laura Park is not the original job for which she was hired. You may not know this but at the time of Barbara’s second interview for Unity's director of finance job, she was offered a position with a different organization with better pay and benefits. As she tells it, she followed her heart and accepted the job at Unity Church. Are we ever grateful that she did!
Barbara came to Unity Church on August 1, 1998, during a turbulent time in our history when the church’s finances were handled by the minister and a committee. Within months of being hired, the board of trustees developed the executive team model, and Barbara was quickly promoted to director of administration.
From the beginning, Barbara has brought all her humanity, kindness, selflessness, dedication, and deep integrity to the task. She found an invaluable colleague in Song Thao, professionalized our church finances, worked extremely well with congregational fundraising and with the board, and has been shaping a more secure financial future for us ever since.
Now, with only weeks left in her tenure, Barbara is still not done. She and Laura are currently organizing a development ministry team, an internal organization capable of sustaining development of funding for years to come.
We can never fully reciprocate all that Barbara has shared with us, but we hope to express our appreciation with an offering from the congregation that honors two important areas of her life: a gift that will enhance her much-loved exploration of the outdoors, and a gift that will be used to reflect her love of this beloved church.
You are invited to contribute to Barbara’s retirement gift fund, so we can express our gratitude for her years of servant leadership to Unity Church. Please give generously as a tribute to her steady, loving presence in our lives.
Thank you from the Barbara Hubbard Celebration Team:
Jackie Smith (chair), Rev. Kathleen Rolenz, Shelley Butler, Barbi Byers, and Lee Carey