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
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 2023 is IMirJ, Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice
On October 31, 2023, the UUA’s Article II Study Commission released to the its final version on of the proposed revision of Article II of the UUA’s bylaws. This version will soon be presented to the UUA Board of Trustees for approval and, if approved (as expected), it will then presented at the June 2024 … Continue reading Article 2 Study Commission Revisions Adopted
UUCS is hosting homeless families from Family Promise this coming week – Sunday, November 19 through Sunday morning, November 26. We are still in need of Overnight Hosts on Monday (1), Wednesday (2), Friday (1). and Saturday (1). If you would like to help, contact the team at familypromise@uusalem.org. For more information on Family Promise, visit … Continue reading Family Promise Still Needs Overnight Hosts
The women of this farm workers cooperative, Mujeres Luchadores Progresistas (Women Striving for Progress), are selling 24-inch wreaths made of noble fir, pine cones, and holly for $40. They can be purchased in Hanneman Hall after Sunday Service on November 12, 19 and 26. Checks should be made out to MLP with “wreath” in the … Continue reading Order Farm Worker Christmas Wreaths
The quilt sale for the UUCS Microfinance project is over, and all quilts were sold. The Microfinance Committee thanks the Congregation for your purchases and contributions. More contributions can be sent to the church with a “MICROFINANCE” notation. The funds will make a huge difference in the lives of some of the poorest of the poor in Nicaragua … Continue reading Microfinance Quilt Sale a Success!
On November 12, 2023 our guest speaker will be Ron Hockley, Executive Director of the NEO Fund speaking on “Helping to Lift the Poorest Out of Poverty”. He will highlight our successes and challenges and how we, the UUCS Microfinance Team and the Neo Fund, have impacted the lives of the poor, especially in Nicaragua. … Continue reading Helping to Lift the Poorest Out of Poverty November 12
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 our Microfinance project. The UUCS Microfinance project makes small loans to … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for November 2023 is Microfinance
The 34th Annual Salem Peace Lecture will feature the Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, co chair of the national Poor People’s Campaign on Wednesday, October 18 at 7:30 pm. It will be held at Hudson Hall in the Rogers Music Center at Willamette University. Her talk is titled “Peace, Peace When There is No Peace: Addressing … Continue reading October 18 Peace Lecture Features Poor People’s Campaign Co-Chair
