Come help with the Cordon Road Cleanup effort on Saturday, April 27, at 9 am. Twice a year, our members pick up litter along the segment of Cordon Road adjacent to our property, in return for having our name on the Adopt-a-Road sign – a great way of increasing our visibility in the community. We … Continue reading Cordon Road Clean Up April 27
UUCS needs smiling faces and welcoming voices to cover the phone and reception during office hours: Tues—Fri, 9am—1pm. We’ve set up 2 hour shifts: 9am—11am and 11am—1pm. In the coming weeks, it will be especially important that the congregation step up to help with answering phones, greeting visitors, and doing building tours: Answering phones: Most … Continue reading Reception Volunteers Needed
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Come hear the next musical offering in the UUCS Concerts in the Sanctuary series, “Love is Strong as Death” on Sunday, April 7 at 4:00 pm. This unstaged, concise opera, was composed in 2017 by Christopher Wicks and is a re-telling of the ancient Celtic legend of Tristam and Iseult. The concert features UUCS’s own … Continue reading “Love as Strong As Death” at UUCS April 7
Join us for Songs of Civil Disobedience & Redemption, Saturday, April 13, at 7:00 pm at UUCS. The Civil Disobedients are a band of 6 whose music is dedicated to issues of social justice, reviving classic songs whose roots go back as far as the 1930’s depression era songs and also looking forward. Playing acoustic … Continue reading Songs of Civil Disobedience and Redemption April 13
Join in and share your Journey to Belonging in a 3-month Covenant Group that will explore our spiritual journeys. We will share where we come from, where we are, and what we look forward to exploring. Our spring session of Journey to Belonging will be facilitated by Sara Pickett, UUCS member. The group will meet … Continue reading Journey to Belonging Begins April 4
The Membership Committee is coordinating Spring Circle Suppers April 26th and 27th. Circle Suppers are potluck-style gatherings at members’ homes. Hosts provide their homes to gather in, and guests bring food to share. These are a great opportunity for an evening of fellowship and fun with a handful of members and friends of UUSC. Hosts … Continue reading Circle Suppers April 26 and 27
HOAP, the Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project, has been in operation since 1986 and offers a wide range of services for mentally ill adults experiencing chronic homelessness. It is part of Northwest Human Services The Drop In Center is open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Services offered include: Outreach & Advocacy Case Management Crisis Intervention … Continue reading Share the Plate Recipient for April 2019 is the Homeless Outreach and Advocacy Project
Reverend Rick and three other Social Justice in Action (SJAT) team members attended an Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ) meeting at First United Methodist Church on March 7 to learn and prepare for the first IMIrJ Advocacy Day on April 8. The Oregon Unitarian Universalist Voices for Justice (OUUVfJ) “action of the week” for … Continue reading Register for IMirJ Advocacy Day by April 1
Congregations Helping People is an affiliated ministry of UUCS. Recently, we received the following request from Rebecca Strader: Friends: I’m the new Program Director at Congregations Helping People, and I can say that my work with, in many ways, the poorest of the poor, is one of most meaningful ministry positions I’ve held. We do … Continue reading Volunteers Needed at Congregations Helping People
