The monthly meeting of Women’s Alliance will be April 10, 2:00-3:30 in the Fellowship Hall. Guest speaker this month is Tania Wilson Moran, Volunteer Coordinator for Salem for Refugees. All are welcome to attend Women Alliance meetings! Food and beverage is always served. Salem for Refugees is a refugee resettlement agency providing services to refugees … Continue reading Women’s Alliance Meets April 10
The service on May 5 will be “”Transforming Hearts: Supporting the trans folks in our lives.” Our speakers from Basic Rights Oregon are asking for your questions and concerns so that they can address them during the service. Please email questions and concerns about trans issues to Eric Schuman at ericpa3@comcast.net
UUCS will host homeless families from Family Promise Sunday, March 31 through Sunday morning, April 7. We will need volunteers to provide and serve meals, be evening hosts, and to spend the night as overnight hosts. Please consider finding time to help. It takes nearly 50 volunteers to make this work. The Family Promise team … Continue reading Help Homeless Families March 31-April 7
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 2002 … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for March 2024 is Our 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 2024 is Marion Polk Foodshare
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 2024 is Family Promise
Chalice Circles (CC), a program of small group discussions that was introduced last spring at UUCS, has been highly successful. Chalice Circles focuses on external issues/opinions, in contrast to Connections/Soul matters groups that focus on introspection and feelings. They both foster relationships through discussions, and they both have discussion materials with readings/videos for preparation, as … Continue reading Chalice Circles to Resume in January
We are very pleased to report that our UUCS Microfinance fundraising in November has raised a total of $6,071 to date! Of this amount $1,337 resulted from our sale thanks to the very generous donation of eleven beautiful handmade quilts by Lorna Youngs and Elenie Smith’s handcrafted pendants, pins and magnets. We are also thrilled … Continue reading Results of 2023 UUCS Microfinance Fundraiser
Join us in dances for peace and to celebrate the New Year on Dec 31, from 8:30 to midnight. The first dance session will be 8:30- 9:45, the potluck and social at 9:45-10:25, and 10:25-midnight, more dancing, a New Year’s ritual, and a Peace Bells celebration to ring in 2024. For those coming from out … Continue reading Dances of Universal Peace New Years Eve
The Mindful Organization for the Recovery of Psychological Health, M.O.R.P.H. asks for your support this holiday season by providing gifts for people with significant mental health conditions who are without support from friends or family. Please join us in reaching out to those who are so often alone and forgotten. You are invited to select … Continue reading Giving Tree Available November 29-December 17
