This year UUCS will hold a Lantern Walk at the church from 4:30 – 5:30 pm on Christmas Eve. Masks are required due to COVID. More information on this event will be shared in the December Newsletter. Please stay tuned. White Christmas lights will be used to line the path of the Lantern Walk and … Continue reading Jars and Lights Needed for Christmas Lantern Walk
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..
Sign up to make your own contribution to the UUCS Prayer Flags for Our Hopes and Dreams Project! Sign up for a time to make your flag in the sanctuary from Saturday, December 19 through Saturday, February 6. This window may be extended by appointment. The Sanctuary will be open by appointment only on Saturday, … Continue reading How to Make a Prayer Flag
If you need a compassionate connection with Reverend Rick and the members of Life Lines Lay Ministry, join us on the second Sunday of each month at noon. Although we meet online, we will do our best to create a safe and confidential space for you to share your concerns and in turn receive the … Continue reading Compassionate Connections Every 2nd Sunday at Noon
As background for the December 6, 2020 sermon by Rev. Rick at UUCS, “UU Democracy in Action” the UUCS Committee on Ministry (CoM) is releasing three documents for people to understand the full history of what has been happening in the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) and Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association (UUMA) movement that has caused … Continue reading “UU Democracy In Action”– Link to 6:30, December 15 Online Discussion
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
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 2020 is IMIrJ
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
First and most important, THANK YOU to the Congregation for supporting this campaign. The longer-term financial future of the Congregation is more solid because of your participation. When we started, of course we had no idea that a Coronavirus would get in the way. It did. Lack of togetherness opportunities made it more difficult to … Continue reading Legacy Campaign Final Report
There is a homelessness crisis in the Salem area and most people want something to be done. UUCS and Habitat and Hope Village, Inc. can provide one piece of the solution. This article provides information on the Farmhouse transitional housing project planned for an unused portion of the UUCS north parking lot. We are working … Continue reading UUCS Farmhouse Answers to Common Questions
