Thu, Dec 12
|Zoom
UU Belmont Alliance: Walking the Camino in Spain
Join us on the 2nd Thursday of each month at 11:00 am via Zoom for engaging discussions. This month, hear from participants in the First Church "Pilgrimage" to the Camino in Spain. Contact Kathy Lind at kathyalind@aol.com for the Zoom link.
Time & Location
Dec 12, 2024, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Zoom
About The Event
Please join us for a very interesting presentation by participants in the First Church “Pilgrimage” as they walked part of the Camino last May. Hosted by Margaret Marks, Jeannie O’Farrell, and others, we will see photos, hear stories, and learn of the historical significance of this ancient pilgrimage dating back to the Middle Ages. Contact Kathy Lind, kathyalind@aol.com for the Zoom link.
Our Story:
While it met at First Church in Belmont, the Alliance wasn’t part of the Church’s organizational structure. It had its own elected officers, dues, and bank account. Dues-paying participants were the official members.
The Alliance held monthly lunches which included either a presentation or an excursion. In earlier years, the organization ran the Rummage Sale, put on a music program and Wassail every December, and provided the reception following funerals. The group also contributed to church projects such as the restoration of the Tiffany Window.
Alliance bylaws were amended in 1999 to reflect the dissolution of the national organization and the absorption of the local chapter into First Church. The structure of the Alliance remained largely unchanged until 2014, when the group dropped the word “Woman,” from the title to make it clear all, not just women, are now welcome to join in.
Now a subcommittee of Adult Programs, the Alliance remains semiautonomous with its own bank account and elected officers. Because the group now holds its monthly meetings on Zoom, it no longer collects dues. At its May 2023 meeting the group declared that anyone who attends two presentations during a two-year period will be a voting member. The group votes to elect officers and approve expenditures. Officers include President Nicole Bernstein, Co-President Patricia Hawkins, Treasurer Miriam Baker, Secretary Mary Harrison, Program Committee Doris Hunter, and Technical Advisor Mark Rosenstein.