First Unitarian Church of San José

Ministers and paid staff

Board of Directors

Program and Operations Council

Committee on Ministry

Nominating Committee

Liz Owen , Inreach Ministry

Liz Owen, a member since 1992, has been involved in various membership roles as well as church landscaping, choir, and Small Group Ministry. She and her husband Bob enjoy having two of their three children living in the Bay area so that they can see their two grandsons and grandpuppy regularly.

"I joined the Program and Operations Council because I wanted to help our church develop a system to support the many volunteers of our church by providing a place to bring questions and new ideas,” says Liz.

On the Program Council, Liz is responsible for:

Campout
Campus Ministry
Caring Hands Committee
CUUPS
Dances of Universal Peace
Hiking
Hospitality (Membership)
Labyrinth
Meditation
Membership
Men’s Groups
Pastoral Associates
Programs
Retreats
Small Group Ministry
Social Hour
UUthful Spirits Social Group
Ushers & Greeters
Volunteer and Leadership Development
Welcoming Congregation
Women’s Group

Hospitality is the virtue which allows us to break through the narrowness of our own fears and to open our houses to the stranger, with the intuition that salvation comes to us in the form of a tired traveler.

Hospitality makes anxious disciples into powerful witnesses, makes suspicious owners into generous givers, and makes close-minded sectarians into interested recipients of new ideas and insights.

- Henri J. M. Nouwen in Ministry and Spirituality