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The Endowment Committee is happy to announce that our annual grant application process will begin again in February, 2021. Please be on the lookout for an application link and application due dates in upcoming communications. The Endowment Grants are used to benefit UUCWC and support at least one of the 8 UU Principles. The projects … Continue reading Annual Endowment Grant Process To Begin
by Michael Waas, Trustee, UUCWC Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees held a winter retreat on January 9th. As with the fall retreat, this was an opportunity to explore how the board can support the ongoing work of the congregation, as outlined in the Board of Trustees 2020-2021 goals, by embracing the Simple Church … Continue reading Dreaming of a Post-Pandemic UUCWC
Last week, my family and I finally took down our holiday decorations. We kept them up for the bright cheer they brought and because we still hadn’t felt like the New Year had come. I joked that 2021 started off like the 13th month of 2020. And yet, we really are in a time of … Continue reading We remain committed to public health and safety. – a message from Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray, UUA President
“Side with Love is an interfaith public advocacy campaign promoting respect for the inherent worth and dignity of every person. Side with Love confronts issues of exclusion, oppression, and violence based on identity. With the goal of creating beloved community, the campaign pursues social change through advocacy, public witness, and speaking out in solidarity with … Continue reading 30 Days of Love from Side with Love
by Al Johnson, Co-Chair, Earth Ministry Allie’s Organic Garden at UUCWC was alive and well in 2020. Earth Ministry started the garden in 2012 to provide fresh produce for the Monday Tutoring and Wacky Wednesday meals provided for the HomeFront Children and for Food Ministry meals. The garden has evolved over the years. We started … Continue reading Allie’s Garden in the Time of COVID-19
This New Year, only two weeks old, has already wrought terrible pain and disruption. I am still reeling from the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol by a white nationalist mob trying to stop the certification of the Electoral College. And we are learning of possible mob violence at state capitols nationwide this weekend … Continue reading Special Message from UUA President Rev. Dr. Susan Frederick-Gray
The Long Shadow is a PBS documentary about Director Frances Causey’s personal living experience of white privilege in the context of the history of anti-black racism in the US. She exposes her own family’s history of slaveholding and looks at how slavery continues to have an impact today. During the week of Martin Luther King … Continue reading Racial Justice Ministry Co-sponsors Screening of “The Long Shadow”
In keeping with our Soul Matters Monthly Theme for January, Imagination, below is a calendar of ideas.
The Unitarian Universalist Church at Washington Crossing was recently awarded certification as a River Friendly Community Partner by the Watershed Association due to a long time and long term commitment to environmental stewardship. According to the Watershed Association, “This River-Friendly status means the organizations have taken steps to protect water quality, conserve water, improve wildlife … Continue reading UUCWC Named as first River Friendly Community Partner
by Steve Saddlemire, Co-Chair, Grounds Committee The Grounds Committee has had a long planned project to identify and label the memorial trees located on the church property. Utilizing the historical perspective of Bernie Ruekgauer, we found the trees for Donald Kahn, Art Shafer, Catherine Hager, Chris Lahoda, Ruth Anne Rosenberg, Jack Sharp, Rudy Turner, Barbara … Continue reading Memorial Trees
