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, Romania. We have had a relationship with Simenfalva since the late 1990’s, and cemented our connection in 2002 when both churches signed a … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for March 2019 is Partner Church Fund
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.
PFLAG (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) will be hosting an organizational meeting at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 26 at Broadway Coffeehouse at 1300 Broadway Street NE in Salem. The goal is to bring back a PFLAG chapter to the greater Salem area and adhere to the mission, which includes “uniting people … Continue reading Salem PFLAG Organizational Meeting January 26
UUCS will be hosting homeless families February 3-10 through the Interfaith Hospitality Network. Volunteers are encouraged to sign up during the fellowship hours after each service or online using the button below. It takes about 50 volunteers to set up for the week, prepare and serve dinner, entertain our guests in the evenings, stay overnight … Continue reading Help Homeless Families Feb 3-10 – Volunteer Sign Up Now
The January 2019 Share the Plate recipient is Family Promise of the Mid-Willamette Valley(formerly, Salem Interfaith Hospitality Network). This is a group of churches who minister to homeless members of the greater Salem community. Each church hosts homeless families for one week, providing morning and evening meals, companionship to families and children in the evening, … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for January 2019 is Family Promise of the Mid-Willamette Valley
A workshop with Dr. Shariff Abdullah will be held from 2 to 4 pm Sunday, January 13, 2019 at UUCS. You can preview him as a speaker at the 10:30 am service! Then join us for the workshop from 2 to 4 pm. Cost is $15 at the door for the workshop, but no one … Continue reading Creating a World That Works for All- A Vision for Our Turbulent Times – January 13
The Salem Warming Centers now have a centralized website that you can check to see when the centers are open, where they are located and to volunteer to help during cold snaps. The centers cannot open without enough volunteers to staff them through the night. Check out salemwarming.weebly.com.
Salem Progressive Film Series will present In The Executioner’s Shadow on Tuesday, January 15 beginning at 7 pm at the Grand Theater. This documentary looks at the consequences of the death penalty through three powerful stories – a former state executioner who comes within days of executing an innocent person; a Boston Marathon bombing victim … Continue reading Movie – In the Executioner’s Shadow January 15
The Habitat and Hope Transitional Village committee is a group of UUs and committed people from the Salem community dedicated to creating a transitional village in the Salem/Keizer area. It has been designated an Affiliated Ministry of UUCS. Rev. Rick Davis and Bob Francis, Chair of the Committee, were in the pulpit on Sunday, December … Continue reading Habitat and Hope Village
The Mindful Organization for the Recovery of Psychological Health, M.O.R.P.H. (formerly the Mental Health Association of Marion County) is asking for your support this holiday season with providing gifts for people with significant mental health conditions who are lacking support from friends or family. You are invited to select gift tags which will be on … Continue reading Annual Giving Tree- Return Gifts by December 16!
