As a member of the UUA, our congregation is entitled to have 5 voting delegates at our General Assembly. Delegates who register for the General Assembly vote on business matters. GA will be hybrid this year, on June 21-25, 2023 so you can attend virtually to cast your vote. There is still time to request … Continue reading Delegates Needed for UU General Assembly
In January, UUCS successfully hosted guests from Family Promise of Salem. Thanks again to all the wonderful volunteers who made that possible! Here’s what to expect from Family Promise for the rest of the year –Not all the churches involved with Family Promise are able to host in-house at this time. So, Family Promise is … Continue reading UUCS Commitments to Family Promise
The social justice survey during the last half of March 2023 found that: 35% of respondents said social justice is an important UU value and 55% said it is an extremely important UU value. 36% of respondents said social justice is important personally and 52% said it is extremely important to them personally. 90% said … Continue reading Results of the March 2023 Social Justice Survey
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 or in our congregation which has goals that align with Unitarian Universalist principles. This month’s Share the Plate recipient is the Minister’s Discretionary Fund. The … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for April 2023 is the Minister’s Discretionary Fund
You can help the Social Justice Team understand UUCS’s social justice priorities by taking a brief 3-minute survey. It asks about how you spend your time and money on social justice activities. This is done to understand members’ social justice priorities and identify if members have shared social justice interests. The survey also asks what … Continue reading Social Justice Survey
The Facilities Team is looking for someone to lead our EarthWISE re-certification effort. UUCS is recognized by Marion County for our conservation practices by being certified as EarthWISE. It evaluates a business’s energy conservation, water conservation, recycling, waste reduction, purchasing, and conservation culture. To retain our EarthWISE certification we need to be re-certified. It involves … Continue reading Help Needed with UUCS EarthWISE Certification
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 2023 is Partner Church
You are invited to attend a presentation at 2 pm on Wednesday, March 8 in Hanneman Hall on the exciting work of the UU International Women’s Convocation (IWC) around the world. IWC projects include: Ukrainian refugee relief through its Transylvanian Unitarian Women partners, leadership training to indigenous women working on domestic violence, COVID education and … Continue reading Learn about Work of UU International Women’s Convocation March 8
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 2023 is Marion Polk Food Share
Are you interested in an opportunity to participate in small group discussions? A pilot of Chalice Circles (CC), a program that complements Connections/Soul Matters, was planned for February, but has been delayed until March. Like Connections, CC offers monthly discussions led by facilitators, as well as materials containing background/resource information with relevant questions that are … Continue reading Chalice Circles to Discuss Societal Issues-Register by 2/20
