This is the third article in the series of ‘Why My Heart is Here’. This series showcases how individual congregants’ roles and activities at Concord UU help them find connection to and meaning in their lives at church. By spotlighting these individual stories, we hope to show how you might also find your heart’s home here. We hope you enjoy getting a deeper insight into how the varying ways congregants connect and serve brings us meaning and joy, enmeshing us into the web of our church community and our community at large.

I first connected with the UU community through their service at the Friendly Kitchen. I had been volunteering at the Friendly Kitchen for years through my employer, and after retiring I didn’t want to stop working there so I reached out and started working at the kitchen with the UU group and Fran P.  and the people were so kind.

I am currently involved with the Friends of Refugees, some landscaping, the Friendly Kitchen, Finance Committee, Pastoral Care Associates, Usher, Drum Circle, and I usually show up at the dance events because there is so much joy there. Whether it’s Ecstatic Dance, Mud Season, or a 70s dance, what happens is for a couple of hours the world becomes as it is meant to be, boundaries dissolve, hearts open and magic happens. We become the children on a playground that we were meant to be.

The drum circle is a source of joy, no talent is needed. We bang on the drums and become connected with one another. It’s beautiful

~ Bob Holleman