{"id":12661,"date":"2026-06-09T17:54:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/?p=12661"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:54:23","slug":"a-fond-farewell-from-chelsea-mccoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/a-fond-farewell-from-chelsea-mccoy\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fond Farewell from Chelsea McCoy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dear UUMFE Community,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I cannot thank you enough for welcoming me into your community with open arms, minds, and hearts. My time spent as your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/hello-from-uumfes-movement-chaplaincy-intern\/\">Climate Justice Movement Chaplain Intern<\/a> proved to be one of the sweetest, most rewarding, and enlightening experiences of my life and I do not take that for granted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for all the trust and vulnerability you showed me during 1:1 sessions and the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScZbEm519HlXKQQMHEsrLcA7mfr7pssV1-5dfE9Xd-Hfddjmg\/viewform\">Climate Grief Support Group<\/a>, thank you for all the feedback and support you have given me during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/embodiment-recordings\/\">worship services<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/community-read-2025-26\/\">Community Reads<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/spiritual-gatherings\/full-moon-gatherings\/\">Full Moon Circles<\/a>. You have inspired me to get out of my comfort zone by leading sermons, workshops, meditations, and rituals in spaces that were previously unfamiliar to me, and I have learned so much from every person I have had the pleasure of interacting with and truly believe I have found a home amongst the UU communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, all good things must come to an end, and my last official day as your chaplain intern will be on Tuesday, June 30th, 2026. I will still be available for 1:1 sessions throughout the month of June so if you are still interested in connecting (either again or for the first time!) please use my <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/chelsea-uumfe\/30min\">Calendly link <\/a>to book. After June 30th, you will still see me around at worship services, the Climate Grief Support Group, and at the Full Moon Gatherings before I welcome my firstborn child into the world at the Fall Equinox.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I miss being in this role, how sweet it is to know that \u201cAt last, the wheel comes full circle\u201d (Cassandra Clare). I wish the best of luck with all that enters into your life.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With love, light, and liberation,<br>Chelsea McCoy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear UUMFE Community, I cannot thank you enough for welcoming me into your community with open arms, minds, and hearts. My time spent as your Climate Justice Movement Chaplain Intern proved to be one of the sweetest, most rewarding, and enlightening experiences of my life and I do not take that for granted. Thank you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":12662,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12664,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12661\/revisions\/12664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uumfe.org\/uumfe-wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}