Podcast: Who’s on Bainbridge:
Series: Clergy on Bainbridge:

Cedars UU Church Co-Minister Jaco ten Hove

<i>Podcast: Who’s on Bainbridge: <br>Series: Clergy on Bainbridge:</i> <br>Cedars UU Church Co-Minister Jaco ten Hove

BCB_150pxWhosOnPodcast_FINALIn the first podcast of a new BCB series called “Clergy on Bainbridge”, we welcome the co-minister of Cedars Unitarian Universalist Church, Jaco ten Hove.

Cedars UU Church Co-Ministers Jaco and Barbara ten Hove
Cedars UU Church Co-Ministers Jaco and Barbara ten Hove

Jaco and his wife Barbara have jointly served for 7 years as the settled ministers of Cedars, responding to a year-long national search in 2007-08.

In this interview, we explore with Jaco how he enjoys living out his principles in the wider community, such as:

  • collaboration, for example, with other clergy in the Bainbridge Island and North Kitsap Interfaith Council;
  • appreciation of nature, such as serving as a docent at the environmental learning center in the woods at IslandWood;
  • addressing climate change, through projects such as those of Sustainable Bainbridge and Island Power that help achieve energy conservation and greener electrical power; and
  • seeking peace, such as when he marched with Zen Buddhist spiritual leader Senji Kanaeda from Olympia to the submarine nuclear weapons depot in western Kitsap.
Co-Minister Jaco ten Hove with his Yes! Magazine t-shirt
Co-Minister Jaco ten Hove with his Yes! Magazine t-shirt

Jaco says he appreciates that the Cedars congregation has chosen to conserve land and trees by sharing the lovely facilities of The Island School rather than consuming resources on a separate building.  He also appreciates how the Cedars congregation welcomes members of the LGBTQ community, and expresses a friendly welcome to worship service visitors of a wide variety of ages and life styles.

During the Cedars Sunday morning worship services at The Island School with the backdrop of the UU logo
During the Cedars Sunday morning worship services at The Island School with the backdrop of the UU logo

Jaco says visitors are invited to the weekly Cedars worship services at 10am each Sunday at The Island School at 8553 NE Day Road.

Credits: BCB host, editor and publisher: Barry Peters.