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Stewardship: Living Generously

Our annual UUCM Stewardship Campaign, “Living Generously,” is now underway until April 30, 2023. Please read the Stewardship Information Packet for more details.

Generosity is a shared UU value, and our UUCM members and friends have long displayed a generous spirit of kindness, gratitude, and hope. Your generosity builds the connections and community that are needed to advance justice and equity, and to create a world where everyone can thrive. During this campaign, we are asking you to make a financial pledge in support of the continued growth of our UUCM community and its ministry. 

The key to success for the campaign is participation, and pledges of all sizes are welcome. If many of our members and friends join the campaign, we will meet our goals of receiving 125 pledges totaling $410,000. 

To learn about the campaign, please review the details in the Stewardship Information Packet. You may also want to attend one of the upcoming Stewardship Information Sessions: 

  • April  3, Wednesday, 6:00pm, via Zoom 
  • April 14, Sunday, 11:30am, in the Sanctuary
  • April 16, Tuesday, 6:30pm, via Zoom
  • April 25, Thursday, 6:00pm, via Zoom

Attend a session and discuss current activities and plans for the future, learn about the campaign and our new Breeze online giving platform, and get your questions answered. The link for the Zoom sessions is https://zoom.us/j/99766595448?pwd=Y3JPMnJ0NS9tLzF3SGlqQ0wwbFVxZz09 (Meeting ID: 997 6659 5448 Passcode: 206719).

When you have made your decision, please use the online form or the paper form in the information packet to make your pledge.  Then, please provide valuable feedback by completing the 20-minute Congregational Survey.

Again, please respond by April 28th. If you have questions, please contact Fred Hulting or the UUCM Giving Team at give@uucmtka.org. Thank you for supporting our “Living Generously” campaign! 

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PHISHING WARNING

Another phishing scam is targeting UUCM through texts and emails. If you got a text claiming to be from Rev. Lisa ending in “God Bless,” or an email from another member asking for information to access our directory, both are fake. Please do not respond. 

This is a known scam that has been targeting churches for years, but scammers are becoming even more sophisticated. We’re looking into ways to try to prevent this in the future. If you get one of these spam messages, please report and delete it. The Federal Trade Commission has more advice on how to recognize and avoid phishing scams here. 

If you ever have a question about a message from UUCM please call us at 952-473-5900. 

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Worship Service Every Sunday

UUCM is currently holding multi-platform worship services, offered both in person and online. Click here to learn about our current in-person Covid protocols for Sunday morning.

Online worship note: Check your Friday Update or visit www.uucmtka.org for this week’s Zoom meeting ID and service details.

If you’re new to Zoom or would like some extra help, we’ve created an instruction document that take you through how to install and use Zoom. If you need immediate assistance on Sunday, please text ‪(612) 486-2656‬ (and include your name). We have a UUCM Zoom tech team ready to help!

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UUCM Annual Meeting—May 19, 2024

UUCM’s Annual Meeting is coming up Sunday, May 19 at 11:30 a.m.  The meeting will be held both in-person at the church, and online via Zoom.  All members are encouraged to participate because we need a quorum to conduct business.  Friends of UUCM are also welcome to attend.  If you are planning to join by Zoom, you need to pre-register at this link to join the meeting.

The full agenda for the meeting is available here. You can preview the details of the operating budget here. Please get to know our new nominees for the UUCM Board of Trustees & Nominating Committee here! We’ll also approve the minutes from last year’s Annual Meeting, you can review them here.

Stay tuned for this year’s Annual Report from the Board, Council, and Minister that summarizes all that our UUCM community has accomplished in the last year. We’ll also share some brief comments and highlights from the reports at the meeting.

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Ridwell Pickup Reminder!

Please have your donations at UUCM by noon on May 20. This pick up’s Featured Category is yarn and fleece scraps, at least 1’x1′. The response to Ridwell has been terrific but we need your help to follow the rules: 

  • Clean plastics, dump out crumbs, rinse and allow to dry. 
  • Bag all items 
  • Only drop off items that are our Featured Item or regular items (multilayer plastic, plastic film, styrofoam, light bulbs, threads and shoes)
  • Please sort your plastic into film and multi-layer. If you have questions, please contact Kathy (612.590.9606) or Sue(612.703.2297) for help. Please do not leave bags or loose mixed items for us to sort. Better still, come spend an our with us as we sort and prepare for each pick up (every other Monday) and you’ll get valuable hands-on experience!