We are meeting on campus (Patio Room) and on Zoom:

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https://zoom.us/j/96665631829

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The Open Issues Forum at Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater is attended by numerous members of the UUC congregation and the public as well. No topic is out of bounds; often they are unsettled issues. We encourage agreeable disagreement, knowing that we learn more by considering different points of view. One of our goals is to learn more than we think we already know. We meet every Sunday from 9:30-10:25 a.m. in the Patio Room of our Social Hall, the building immediately east of our main building. Need directions?

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As many of you know, the requirements of hosting Open Issues every Sunday can be a bit daunting! Because of that, we have been on hiatus since early in the summer of 2024. Recently, a new face offered to bring it back! We hope you'll join us in welcoming Bill Hyde, PhD to the UUC fold. Bill's unique style of hosting Open Issues is sure to invite thoughtful conversation and open the doors to new connections. Welcome, Bill!

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When asked to share a bit about himself, here's what Bill had to say:

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I spent my childhood in Maine.  As an adult, my career time was split among academia, private business, and adventures.  I began postdoctoral work as the executive director of the National Academy of Education followed by a few years of research in educational finance.  That was followed by a number of years developing a business, which I sold in 1996.  For the past 28 years, my wife Pam and I have embarked upon a number of adventures including building an off-the-grid cob tower home in Taos, NM, teaching in Venezuela, biking through Spain and Portugal, and developing an organic farm in Colorado.

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We are only recently full-time residents of St. Petersburg and spend time tutoring at Sail Future Academy and performing monthly as the Junior Seniors at Play a variety show at three senior centers.  My newest endeavor is serving as a Guardian ad Litem for two teenage boys.

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Of course, none of these activities are allowed to interfere with a nearly-compulsive need to play pickleball.

 

My wife and I share four kids and six grandkids left behind in New York and Colorado.

 

Personal curiosities:

• I skied down an active volcano (Mt. Ruiz in Colombia).

• I was one of the first kids in the United States to be officially diagnosed with severe dyslexia.

• I am the lucky recipient of an all-expenses-paid trip to Vietnam in 1969 with an expedited return thanks to Medivac.

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