I am pleased to announce that in June, I accepted a permanent position at the Unitarian Universalist Association with nearly-full-time hours. My position is public witness specialist and I help publicize the public witness initiatives of the UUA and member congregations. During the spring I had been working at the UUA on a part-time basis; I decided to step up my commitment because this is a wonderful opportunity to raise the public profile of Unitarian Universalism and share the good news about our congregations. The desire to help share our faith led me to co-found Welcoming Websites with Shai, and that desire that will continue to fuel my work at the UUA, as well as our work here at Welcoming Websites.

The decision carries for me a little sadness that I will be spending less time each week at Welcoming Websites. However, Shai will continue to be fully available to new and ongoing UU clients, and we will continue to offer the same level of web development services. Welcoming Websites has had several accomplishments that we are proud of this spring, including the launch of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee website, the redesign of Rev. Rosemary Bray McNatt's blogs, and a good start to the redevelopment of the Prairie Star District's Stonetree Congregational Resources Project website.

For those of you who know me also through the UUA, or through Looking for Faith, you may notice that I am wearing many hats. (Sorry to use such a cliche, but there's just no other phrase for it!) We want to be very clear that Welcoming Websites continues to be an independent business; we are not sponsored, endorsed, or otherwise supported by the Unitarian Universalist Association.

If you have any questions about how Welcoming Websites operates, or suggestions for how we can better serve congregations and religious nonprofits, please don't hesitate to contact us.