First of all, thank you all for the overwhelming positive and supportive response to my post suggesting this. I legitimately thought this idea might seem pointless and had my doubts that anyone would care — only to turn around and get a boatload of unexpected affirmation and advice. Consider this my awkward but warm expression of appreciation. Y’all are great.
And particular thanks to Connie/doubleinvert for her comment bringing the UCC denomination to my attention — the one United Church of Christ in my area is pretty small, and I probably wouldn’t have found its page if I hadn’t have gone deliberately looking for it.
Without any further happy yammering — here’s the skeleton of what I sent out:
The Ace Theist 