As the River Road congregation begins the process of saying goodbye to Scott and beginning the search for another senior minister, how do people need to act and feel? In the vein of the Beatles Dr. Speck will lift up some reflections from life and popular culture to give some clues about what lies ahead. He will also be available after both services for answering questions and hearing concerns from those present.

It’s often said that “change is good,” but it’s often observed that “people always resist change.” Is it possible that both these insights—and perhaps several more that contradict one another—are true about how we experience change in our lives? This is obviously a timely topic for all of us at RRUUC because our Senior Minister is preparing to move from River Road to another very different congregation. RRUUCers are also processing the change as we prepare to welcome a new interim minister and to embark on the search for a settled minister.

In this lay-led service Suzanne Griffin and Bennett Harman recount how the realizations they experienced in the dying moments of persons close to them led them to more deeply cherish human connection and the sacredness of relationship.