Updated 12/16/22 Donations from us and the MSUC congregation recently purchased items on their “needs” list a few items on their “wants” list.  Several UUCM Youth will wrap the presents this Sunday.  We’ll deliver the gifts next week, along with food staples including chicken breasts and hot beverage (hot chocolate) packets to bring to work. A family in our congregation donated a twin bed frame, mattress and bedding and will deliver them to the family.  Thank you for your ongoing support!

We are still looking for a volunteer comfortable using an Android phone to help the parents access email on their Android phones. Spanish language skills is a plus (could be an adult and youth). Contact Lori Arnold loriwarnold10@gmail.com if you can help.

If you’d like to donate to our ongoing support of their food security: Donate online to Special Donation Campaigns using a credit card at bit.ly/giveuucm. Please put “UUSC Family” in the memo line. Mail a contribution with “UUSC Family” in the memo line to UUCM at 2030 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391. You can also place checks and gift cards in the secure box near the church office door.

Our December offering will go to Guest at Your Table (GAYT) the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s annual intergenerational program to raise support for and awareness about key human rights issues. Each December congregations are encouraged to invite four “Guests” to their table, with the resources provided. Continue Reading to meet this year’s Guests, and learn about the incredible work they are doing in their community, exemplifying the theme: Hope, Courage, Action.

How to Donate: You can donate online using a credit card at bit.ly/giveuucm. You may also mail a contribution to UUCM at 2030 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391. Simply make your check out to “UUCM” with “Social Generosity” in the memo line.

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REMINDER There is a Terracycle box located next to our regular blue recycle bin. This box is dedicated to recycling snack bags (such as potato chips, pretzels etc.) and candy wrappers. Blister packs are also allowed. Examples of allowable items are displayed on outside of box. These are the only items Terracycle allows for this box. Questions to Sue Asinger are welcome.

Our November offering will go to honor and support the IOCP Sleep Out Campaign. The funds raised through the Sleep Out campaign help IOCP – Interfaith Outreach & Community Partners – deliver individualized services in the areas of family support, food, housing and neighborhoods, education and youth, employment, and transportation. They help nearly 2,000 local families each year stabilize, strengthen and thrive. Over the years, our local communities have helped prevent homelessness 35,438 times through rent assists. The Sleep Out is one way we celebrate and tap into the power of our collective compassion.

How to Donate: You can donate online using a credit card at bit.ly/giveuucm. You may also mail a contribution to UUCM at 2030 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391. Simply make your check out to “UUCM” with “Social Generosity” in the memo line.

Meaning “Our Home” in Ojibwe, the Ain Dah Yung Center (ADYC) provides a healing place within the community for American Indian youth and families to thrive in safety and wholeness. They offer seven overarching programs including emergency shelter, transitional and permanent supportive housing, culturally responsive after school programming and safe harbor services. Watch the two videos below and visit adycenter.org to learn more.

• This video introduces the ADYC staff and shares more about their current programming.
• This two-minutes slideshow provides music, text and pictures about ADYC.

How to Donate: You can donate online using a credit card at bit.ly/giveuucm. You may also mail a contribution to UUCM at 2030 Wayzata Blvd E, Wayzata MN 55391. Simply make your check out to “UUCM” with “Social Generosity” in the memo line.