You may have notice that the past two Sundays we’ve had coffee hour outside – by the warmth of our fire pits. In an attempt to support the desire expressed by many of you for a longer and more spacious coffee hour, the Hospitality Team is trying an experiment through January: Weather permitting, we’ll have coffee hour on the patio with two small fires! Some of you have personally experienced the limits of our space on Sunday mornings when we need to – very quickly – turn the social hall into an extended sanctuary for the 10am service. Our hope is to create a warm and welcoming environment on the patio to give more space and time to those treasured conversations that happen before and after services. But! Don’t forget to check-in with Jude in the social hall before heading outside who will have the Caring Card table setup inside. And, you’re invited to thank your resident Fire Keepers – Hospitality Team volunteers who tend the fires in-between services.
We’d love your thoughts and feedback about the outdoor fire-pit experiment. You are welcome to send a note to Kristen and Kathryn, who lead our Hospitality Team:
Kristen Psaki, Ministerial Resident, kristen@foothillsuu.org
Kathryn Boyle, Office and Facilities Manager, kathryn@foothillsuu.org

Rev. Sean is Foothills Acting Senior Minister while Rev. Gretchen is on Sabbatical.
Responsible for Worship, Justice Ministries, Faith Formation Strategies and sits on Foothills Executive Leadership Team with Director of Finances and Operations Katie Watkins.
Sean was born on Treaty 7 land in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and comes to Foothills after four years in New England where he completed seminary at Harvard Divinity School where he studied alongside future imams, rabbis, justice activists, and other Unitarian Universalists. Sean is a self-proclaimed nerd — particularly about history, current politics, science, and Star Wars. Outside of ministry you will find Sean hiking or cooking up a storm with his partner Charles, watching his son’s basketball games, all under the watchful eye of their dog Dollie.