At the Annual Meeting of UUFC membership on May 17, 2026, the congregation voted to offer Emerita status to Jill McAllister. The letter of agreement is here. Jill retired from the role of minister at UUFC in Summer 2025. Below is a note from Jill expressing her gratitude and well wishes to the Fellowship.
Dear Friends – I’m writing with thanks for your decision to confer upon me the status of Minister Emerita of the Fellowship. Thank-you! I take on this new status with gratitude and appreciation for our many years of shared ministry in challenging times, and for all we learned and accomplished together. I’m grateful every day for your support for my decision to retire – it was definitely the right time for me. I am still “settling in.” And, as Life has its own ways, I am exploring new horizons. A sibling with cancer – now I can visit often. And an upcoming move: due to a quite unexpected (and beautiful) job opportunity for Walter, my spouse, we’re moving to Germany for at least a couple of years, leaving at the end of June. And I know that you, the members and friends of the Fellowship are exploring new horizons and moving ahead too! Thank-you to all who are dedicating yourselves to this work. I look forward to what emerges between you. You will be in my thoughts, as ever, and I’m sending love to you all.
Jill McA