Well, gentle readers, it is time for a quick update on Behind The Chalice. The big exciting news is the new computer came! Ahead of schedule! It is getting install and comfortable in it’s new home. In case you are interested, it has a name. Adell. A-Dell. Get it? Got it? Good. (look up Danny … Continue reading Adell Joins Us, Webinar October 25, Trivia Night in November – October 20, 2020
The Salem and Spokane congregations join together via webinar to worship our common humanity while honoring our individual differences. Join Rev. Rick and Rev. Dr. Todd Eklof as they discuss the questions of diversity and division going on in our country with Irshad Manji, author of Don’t Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times.. … Continue reading How to Attend the 10:30 am October 25, 2020 Service
If you’re really missing coffee hour after the service, join us for Fellowship Time via Zoom. The meeting will last about 30 minutes. You’ll begin together and then be put into small “break-out rooms” for discussion. Bring your coffee and click the green button to join! As a convenience, you can also sign up to … Continue reading Sunday Fellowship Time- Via Zoom!
July, 2020 – Oregon Black Pioneers – August, 2020 – Partner Church September, 2020 – CAUSA October, 2020 – Microfinance November, 2020 – Santiam Canyon Wildfire Relief Fund December, 2020 – IMIrJ Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice January, 2021 – Family Promise February, 2021 – Marion Polk Food Share March, 2021 – LUS Latinos Unidos … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipients for the 2020-2021 Church Year
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Download “WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED” SIX DAYS LIVING THROUGH THE FIRE Written Thursday Sept 10th through Saturday evening Sept 12 It is Thursday evening at midnight. I am lying on the bed in a rented retreat house 9 miles east of Carlton, Oregon thinking about going to sleep– but not able stop my … Continue reading Six Days Living Through the Fire – September 10 through September 12, 2020
The object of this campaign is to give us an opportunity to pay forward the benefits bequeathed to us by the builders of this church and congregation. We can build the UUCS endowment as well as our maintenance reserve and emergency reserve. Some members are making cash gifts now. Others are making provision for end-of-life … Continue reading Legacy Campaign Ends November 22
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When last we saw our “cast and crew”, they were feeling marooned on an island called The Sanctuary. All attempts at communication from the island seemed to keep washing back up on their shore, and they were feeling alone, cold and isolated. They knew they needed to build a ship to communicate with the other … Continue reading Life Savers and a New Production Committee – November 27
The Social Tragedy Driving our Efforts On a single night, 17 of every 10,000 people in the United States experience homelessness. According to HUD’s 2019 Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR, 2020), the number of homeless people nationwide increased by nearly three percent between 2018 and 2019. The unsheltered homeless increased by nine percent, and those … Continue reading Habitat and Hope Village Project Needs Your Thoughts and Decision
