The Winter Wonderland Potluck will take place on Sunday, January 22 after the second service. Check your favorite soup, casserole, or bread recipe for warmth and comfort in mid-winter and bring your yumminess to share with all. Your offering to our community pot luck should feed 8 to 10 people. Please remember, there are those … Continue reading Winter Wonderland Potluck January 22
Please join the Dances of Universal Peace for a Global Peace Dance in The UUCS Fellowship Hall Dec 31 at 8:30 pm. Celebratory and ethnic dress encouraged. Every dance is fully taught, and no partners are necessary. We will begin dancing at 8:30 with a potluck break at 10 pm. More dancing at 10:45. If you can, please bring food to share. … Continue reading Global Peace Dance December 31
On Monday January 23rd at 7:30pm the Welcoming Congregations team will present the documentary “Do I Sound Gay?” A documentary that examines the stereotype of the “gay accent” After the movie please join us for a discussion. For more information contact Benjahmin Boschee at benjahminboschee@yahoo.com. This is part of our congregation’s Welcoming Congregation re-certification process. … Continue reading Welcoming Congregation Movie Night January 23
This coming year we are doing something new with our annual pledge drive, offering activities to help us: 1) deepen our relationships, 2) discover what our hopes and dreams are for UUCS and our surrounding community, and 3) continue creating a congregational culture grounded in abundance and generosity. The annual pledge drive is something we … Continue reading Volunteers Needed for 2017 Pledge Drive
There’s a new space in the fellowship hall designed to be especially comfortable, peaceful, and child friendly. It’s called, “The Cozy Corner.” As an inclusive congregation it’s important that the parents of babies and toddlers feel secure knowing that if their child needs some quiet time or a place to freely move around during the … Continue reading A New Resource for Our Children: “The Cozy Corner”
Thanks to all the donors, fruit pickers, packers and freezers, to the pie makers and bakers and go-fers and cleaners! We had another successful PIE Day on November 19 with about 20 people making fruit pies, and another 5 bakers at a separate site making gluten free pies. All profits went to UUCS. We equaled … Continue reading Successful PIE Day Fundraiser!
This activity cancelled because of the snow and ice. Please join us in the UUCS Fellowship Hall at 7:00 pm Dec 15 for a special night of Dances of Universal Peace as we celebrate the Urs of Rumi, the night he passed through the veil. Jelaluddin Rumi, the 13th century Persian poet, is currently the best … Continue reading Dances of Universal Peace Celebrates Rumi December 15
What a wonderful feeling, especially this month when we need all the wonderful feelings we can experience, serving a Thanksgiving lunch to the Salem community through the Kairos program. UUCS volunteers prepared/reheated and served turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, yams, beans, cranberry sauce and of course pumpkin pie to 106 diners. We ran out of … Continue reading Kairos Community Lunch Thanksgiving 2016
Mark your calendar for these concerts in the UUCS sanctuary in January and February. Proceeds are split between the UUCS Music program and the artists. More information will follow on each of these performances. Songs of Civil Disobedience and Hope – January 28th at 7 pm in the Sanctuary- See separate post. Roy … Continue reading Concerts for January and February 2016
The Youth gathering activity for November is roller skating at The Hoop, 3575 Fairview Industrial Drive SE, Salem from 6:45-8:30 pm, with advisors. $6.00 per participant, which includes skate rental. There is plenty of space to visit, if roller skating is not your thing!
