As most of you know, each season our congregation hosts three to four homeless families with children for one week at our church. These families arrive at 5:30 pm each evening, have dinner here, spend the night in the RE rooms, breakfast at 6:30 am, and are off by 7:00 am to the Day Center. There the families have access … Continue reading Salem Interfaith Hospitality Network (SIHN) November 6-13
As part of the Welcoming Congregation recertification process sponsored by the Salem CUUPS, (Covenant of UU Pagans), we will be showing the documentary “The Out List” on Oct 9 at 7:30pm in the Fellowship Hall. Discussion to follow. The showing of “The Out List” coincides with National Coming Out Day held Oct. 11. The … Continue reading Welcoming Congregation Documentary October 9
The 34 Days of Peace campaign sponsored by Oregonians for Peace will conclude at UUCS with a special program marking United Nations Day. The Oct. 24 event falls on the same day as the official UN Day, the anniversary of the ratification of the UN Charter in 1945 and the day the United Nations came into being. Prof. James … Continue reading 34 Days of Peace Lecture and Potluck October 24
The Board of Directors of the Nellie Thompson-Dorothy Patch Scholarship Fund invites you to celebrate their successful 2015-16 scholarship recipients at the inaugural Scholars’ Picnic Saturday, September 10 from 1-4 pm. It will be held at the Willamette Heritage Center, 1313 Mill Street SE, Salem. There will be a presentation by Ricardo Larios, Milken Family … Continue reading Scholars’ Picnic September 10
Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice invites you to our Seventh Annual Meeting in Salem on Saturday, October 15. We gather together to celebrate our accomplishments, make plans for the coming year, and commit ourselves to supporting each other in our quest for a more just Oregon. The ORUUVfJ board has suggested 4 broad campaigns for … Continue reading UU Voices for Justice at UUCS October 15
Neither heat, nor heat, nor heat could keep our wonderful UUCS volunteers from helping make and serve lunch to the community on Sunday August 28 at the Kairos Community Lunch. We served an (almost) record 97 diners a hearty lunch of soup, chili, pasta salad, hot dogs, chips and pie. Many thanks to Sharon Pierson, … Continue reading Kairos Community Lunch Report
It is time to renew our Welcoming Congregation status. UUCS did the initial certification process in 1993. So much has changed in the past 23 years. The Salem Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) asked the UUCS Board of Directors for permission to host the re-certification process. The request was approved at the August 2016 … Continue reading Welcoming Congregation Re-Certification
The Northwest Hub is a not for profit full service bicycle shop, bike reclamation program and training center. Proceeds from the cycling center directly serve neighbors in need of transportation who “purchase” a bike through service to our community. Through recycling, reclamation, training and redistribution, the NW Hub provides affordable services and sales to the … Continue reading The Share the Plate Recipient for September 2016 is Northwest Hub
Due to shipping dates, we have the chance to extend our collection of items for our Partner Church friends in Simenfalva, Transylvania. The October shipping date will allow our box to arrive at Christmas-time, coincidentally. Our minister’s wife, Csilla Szen, has given us a list of suggestions for needed items: Reading glasses English books for students ages … Continue reading Items Needed for our Partner Church
Members of the Social Justice in Action Team have been attending Mid-Wilamette Homeless Initiative Task Force meetings and Salem Homeless Coalition meetings to explore ways the SJIA team and the congregation might make meaningful contributions to decriminalize homelessness and find solutions that serve both the homeless and the community. Follow the link to find meeting dates, … Continue reading UUCS SJIA Team Helping the Homeless
