Sunday Collections at UUCR
Share the Plate for October 13th
We’ve all seen and heard the heart-wrenching stories of families, neighborhoods and towns throughout the lower mid-Atlantic and Southeast that have been decimated by Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. In times like these marked by extraordinary loss, where hope is in short supply, it is only natural and humane for us to empathize and wonder how we can help.
This week, we are dedicating a special Share The Plate collection to benefit the Unitarian Universalist Association’s Disaster Relief Fund. The Fund offers quick, effective and flexible responses to local congregations and their members and wider communities who are impacted by this kind of calamity. The Fund works to repair damage to congregations’ buildings and facilities, offer help to repair congregants’ homes and provide temporary shelter, and work with other local organizations to direct aid to the affected community, especially those who are not eligible for other more traditional grant programs.
The UUA Disaster Relief Fund serves the covenants between UUA and individual congregations, between those congregations and those in need who they serve, and between the UUA community and other partners in the cause of service to those who end up in harm’s way with little to fall back on. Through assistance to the Fund, we can put our faith into direct action. As you are able and willing, please give most generously to the UUA Disaster Relief Fund.
Collage Item Collection
All congregants of all ages! To honor our Soul Matters Themes throughout this year, we have an exciting art project underway! We will be creating collaborative collages that represent what the Soul Matters themes mean to all of us! We would love for everyone, friends and members, young and young-at-heart, to participate in this project!
What we are asking of you
What we need to begin is items to collage. These can be magazine clippings, newspaper clippings, copies of photographs, articles - any flat words or imagery that YOU connect with each month's theme.
How can you participate?
We will have a basket in the Corridor each Sunday that is labeled "Soul Matters Collage Donations" - please bring those items that represent the monthly theme to you to drop into the basket. You are more than welcome to bring more than one! Each month the theme will change, and we'd love your participation throughout the year.
The theme for October is: Deep Listening
If you'd like more information, please contact Lara Klopp.
First Sunday Food Drive
Help support UUCR's program to reduce food insecurity in Montgomery County by bringing canned food items on November 3rd for our monthly food drive for Manna Food Center!
Please bring one or more non-perishable foods that we'll donate to Manna Food Center for local distribution. Any and all donations are valued and welcome (no glass containers, please). Collection bins are in UUCR's lobby off the courtyard entrance and outside the sanctuary doors.
Thousands of families in Montgomery County don't have enough food to eat and turn to food pantries for support. Our local pantries are struggling to keep up with the rising demand and need community support. Let's all pitch in and help as we can! Thank you!