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 CAUSA. Causa is Oregon’s immigrant rights organization. Causa works … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for September 2020 is Causa
This past year has been momentous in more ways than one! We are enduring the worst presidential administration in our nation’s history. Our nation has floundered under scandalous and morally rudderless leadership causing concerns about the sanctity of our democracy. For that very reason, it’s important to remember our congregational role when things take a … Continue reading 2019-20 Minister’s Report from Rev. Rick Davis
UUCS will be feeding homeless families August 23 – 29 through Family Promise. The families will not be staying at our building this time but, we will still be providing some of their meals. Volunteers are needed to provide and deliver meals to two locations. Click here to sign up online . Family Promise provides … Continue reading Help Homeless Families August 23-29
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 August 2020 is our Partner Church
The vision of Oregon Black Pioneers is to be the premier resource for Oregon’s African American culture and heritage information. They aspire to preserve this largely unknown and rich heritage and culture through collections and programs that promote scholarly research and public use. They envision becoming a center for study of Oregon’s African American life, … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for July 2020 is Oregon Black Pioneers
The Nellie Thompson-Dorothy Patch Scholarship Fund is named for two champions of social justice and equality in Salem. In 1976, Dorothy Patch – longtime school teacher and community activist – and Reverend Nellie Thompson teamed up to find ways to improve Salem’s racial climate. In honor of their legacy, the Thompson-Patch Scholarship Fund provides financial assistance … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for June 2020 is the Thompson-Patch Scholarship Fund
Salem Harvest is a non-profit organization that connects farmers and backyard growers with volunteer pickers to harvest fruits and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. Salem Harvest has as its principal purpose the distribution of food without charge to children or homeless, unemployed, elderly or low-income individuals. For more information, visit the Salem Harvest … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for May 2020 is Salem Harvest
Marion Polk Food Share collects and distributes food to a network of more than 100 partner agencies. Support from the community makes it possible for the Food Share to distribute food to meal sites, food pantries, foster homes, low-income day care centers, shelters, and senior housing sites across the Mid-Valley. They also operate Meals on … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for April 2020 is Marion Polk Food Share
The Minister’s Discretionary Fund provides invaluable assistance to UUCS members and friends who are financially hard pressed by adverse circumstances. Know that your generous donation to this fund is an act of compassion and will eventually help provide badly needed relief for someone in our beloved community
In months with a fifth Sunday during this church year, the Share the Plate offering on that Sunday will be redirected to the RE Fund. This occurs on September 29, December 29, March 29, and May 31 in the 2019-2020 church year. Our RE Fund supports the children and youth programming by providing funds … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for “Fifth Sundays” is the RE Fund
