UUCS is scheduled to cook for Family Promise the week beginning April 17.We will need to provide a complete dinner for 11 people on Sunday (April 17), Thursday (April 21) and Saturday (April 23). The meals are delivered to a single location. UUCS Family Promise Team is ready and able to assist you with cooking … Continue reading Help Feed Homeless Families April 17-23
Marion Polk Food Share comes by the first Monday of each month to pick up donations generously given by UUCS members, visitors, and Staff. The donation site is the beautiful Red Wagon in our Foyer. Let’s try to fill the wagon each month with food waiting to be sent to hungry people in our community. … Continue reading Contribute to Marion Polk Food Share
The March Share-the-Plate recipient is our Partner Church Fund. This is our annual fund raiser, which we use for committee administrative costs and funds we share with our partner church in Simenfalva, located in the Transylvania region of Romania. We have had a relationship with Simenfalva since the late 1990’s, and cemented our connection in … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for March 2022 is Partner Church
What is Share the Plate? During each Sunday service, we take a collection. This voluntarily given money is then shared between our congregation and an organization from the local community which has goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. This month’s Share the Plate recipient is Marion Polk Food Share. Marion Polk Food Share collects … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for February, 2022 is Marion Polk Food Share
The 2021 calendar year giving statements were sent by email on January 24. Statements for givers who do not have an email address were mailed on January 26. If you did not receive your statement, you can either contact the office or you can follow these instructions to re-generate your own statement using Breeze. If … Continue reading Your 2021 Giving Statements
The Giving Tree Event that provided gifts for individuals with significant mental health conditions and limited social support was a huge success! Every gift request was filled and returned on time with holiday cards and festive wrappings. The Mindful Organization for Recovery of Psychological Health expresses our sincere appreciation for the congregation’s generosity and kindness, … Continue reading Thank You for the Gifts
I’m very pleased to report that as a result of your generous support for the UUCS Microfinance project, we will be able to send $4,807 to The NEO Fund for Microfinance projects in Nicaragua and India. Your donations will help women like Rebecca who started cooking traditional Nicaraguan dishes and selling them out of her … Continue reading Thank You for Helping the Poorest of the Poor
UUCS is a founding member of Family Promise, a multi-congregational consortium that provides shelter and food for homeless families. We are scheduled to host Family Promise 4 times in 2022. Our first week this year will begin January 16. We will need to provide meals for homeless families on Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday for 12 … Continue reading Help Feed Homeless Families January 16-22
What is Share the Plate? During each Sunday service, we take a collection. This voluntarily given money is then shared between our congregation and an organization from the local community which has goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. This month’s Share the Plate recipient is Family Promise. Family Promise of the Mid-Willamette Valley (formerly, Salem … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for January, 2022 is Family Promise
What is Share the Plate? During each Sunday service, we take a collection. This voluntarily given money is then shared between our congregation and an organization from the local community which has goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. This month’s Share the Plate recipient is the Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice.. The Interfaith Movement … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for December 2021 is IMIrJ
