Family Promise of the Mid-Willamette Valley is a consortium of 35 local churches that assists homeless families in the greater Salem community. Hosting rotates weekly among 17 host congregations in the network, with support congregations assisting. The goal of Family Promise is to empower families to help themselves. As families graduate to their own homes, … Continue reading Family Promise Needs Your Help January 17, 21 and 23
Well, things are puttering along back here behind the Chalice. Those bits of the service where the sound suddenly goes out is as frustrating for us as it is you. We are working on seeing if there is a solution. Some of us practiced using radios, or sophisticated walkie talkies, so that the tech folks … Continue reading Updates – December 9
You are invited to participate in creating our Spreading the Light video for the Christmas Eve Service by uploading a 10-15 second video or photo of yourself lighting a candle with another candle to this site..
We have been speaking to you from “Behind the Chalice” for several months now, giving you at times a bird’s eye view of what is going on to bring you the weekly Sunday services and help keep us connected during these times when we cannot physically be together. We’ve had our ups and downs, but … Continue reading Join Us! Volunteer for the Production Team – November 26, 2020
The Family Promise ministry needs help feeding 21 unsheltered family members December 6-12. Because of the wildfires, Family Promise has taken in an extra family. We need 3 volunteers to prepare or buy and deliver meals. Click here to sign up online. You can find additional ways to engage on the Family Promise website
Wouldn’t it be nice to get a friendly call from another UUCS member in the midst of an isolating pandemic just to say “Hi” and chat? Our Engagement Team is working on making that happen in the next few months. A team of volunteers will be calling as many lucky members as we can as … Continue reading Would You Like a Friendly Call?
Gary Swanson, who did our sanctuary’s beautiful stained glass window, is also an active firefighter (retired from fire chief) in Gates. At the beginning of the Labor Day fires, he worked a 41-hour shift saving houses in Gates and Mill City — while his own house burned down. He has written a moving, inspiring, and … Continue reading Donate to Help Fire Victims
We are resuming Special Music as a part of our services! Volunteer musicians will participate in our live-streamed services on Sunday mornings, in a responsible environment where social distancing and mask protocols are observed. Anyone interested in making a musical offering to our services and our community is welcome to contact our Music Director, Laura … Continue reading Can You Provide Special Music for a Service?
We are constantly learning, here Behind The Chalice, and this week we learned that the Sanctuary just doesn’t get enough WiFi to make a smooth live stream experience. At the moment. But, never fear dear readers, this is going to be looked into as far as needs and options go to make this happen successfully. … Continue reading Another Streaming Attempt September 13
On September 6, we tried our first Live Stream! There was a little hiccup with the “stream” part, but that should be fixed now, and the recording of the service went quickly up, so folks did get to see it on Sunday. The few people that were in the Sanctuary needed to create this service … Continue reading Streaming September 6
