Thanks to the congregation for their patience as we work to make viewing our online services a smooth process. It has been an unanticipated steep learning curve for us all, as we work with our technology, our equipment and our dedicated volunteers. Now, we are integrating streaming services with live, in-person services, as Oregon opens … Continue reading What’s Happening with Streaming Services?
Volunteers are needed to make connections in our UU community. The membership team is starting an “Engagement Team” to do quick check-ins with members/friends. This has become especially important in this time of isolation. Members of the Engagement Team would have a list of UUCS members/friends to call quarterly. A script will be provided to … Continue reading Join the Engagement Team
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 CAUSA. Causa is Oregon’s immigrant rights organization. Causa works … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for September 2020 is Causa
A plea from the UUCS indoor plants: “We are in desperate need of quality care. Since the closing of the building, our care has been neglected. We lack the human interactions, water and nutrients and regular care that we need to thrive. Sadly, some of our fellow indoor friends have died. If you have any … Continue reading Help Save the Plants!
For this programming year, Rev Rick and Don Wolfe will be co-leading an adult RE class using Huston Smith’s The World’s Religions. This class will meet via Zoom on the last Tuesday of each month beginning September 29 from 6:30 – 8 pm. The required text for this class is available at Powell’s Booksellers for … Continue reading World Religions RE Class By Rev. Rick and Don Wolf
Every year, the UUCS Congregation gathers together to participate in a Water Communion Ritual that inaugurates a new year of worship, programming, and learning together as a sacred community. It is a tradition dear to the hearts and minds of UUCS, and it’s part of our identity and history as a faith community. However, it … Continue reading Re-Imagining Water Communion for September 13
The annual congregational meeting that is normally held in May is scheduled to occur via Zoom on August 23 beginning at noon. You must register to receive the meeting link. Click here to register for the meeting. All of the meeting materials, such as the meeting packet, are now available on the 2020 Annual Congregational … Continue reading Register Now to Attend Annual Meeting August 23 via Zoom
A new way to see the Sunday service and means of connecting are coming in September: Starting September 6, fingers crossed, we will be live streaming the service on Sunday mornings at 10:30. A recording that can be viewed on Youtube at a later date will also be available. And….. Have you been missing the … Continue reading Streamed Services Coming In September!
Have you done any artwork while staying at home because of the virus? The Art Works Team invites congregants of all ages to submit photos of their artwork to be used on the Welcome slide at the beginning of our streaming services. Send a photo (jpeg or pdf) to artworks@uusalem.org. The Art Works Team will coordinate … Continue reading Artworks Calls for Your Creations
The UUCS Men’s Group, which had been meeting “virtually” on Zoom, is now meeting in-person outside, weather-permitting at 8 am every other week. The meeting on Sunday, August 16 was at the Minto-Brown Park picnic shelter at the end of the road, near Parking Lot #3. Locations and times of future meetings may vary. … Continue reading Men Meet “In-Person, But Socially Distanced” Bi-Weekly
