As we embark on our annual pledging campaign for the 2025-2026 budget year, we renew our commitment to our values through action. Last year we launched our new model of “holistic stewardship,” elevating our declarations of service on par with our critical financial pledges. The Board of Trustees has an ambitious plan for the road … Continue reading This is Our Moment! Make your Pledge to EUUC by April 13
Here are some resources to look into after watching our Sunday Service on January 5th, 2025: A Conversation on Gender: Recommendations from PFLAG Skagit, Linden Jordan, MA, JD: LGBTQ+ Youth Watch video: The Science of Gender, A Keynote Speech by Linden Jordan Books: This is How It Always Is by Laurie Frankel Gender Queer by … Continue reading Resources for: A Conversation on Gender
First Chicago, then Atlanta, and now other cities are talking about building police training facilities designed to train police in urban combat and citizen control. This is a horrific idea for a number of reasons: –Police are already too aggressive, with police killings increasing every year since 2017, topping out at 1,096 in 2022, disproportionately … Continue reading We Have to Nip “Cop Cities” in the Bud
We are called to build a Beloved Community. We are continuing our journey toward dismantling racism and oppression. We have shifted in our social consciousness and are continuing to make changes as we look at our inclusive actions, address our goals for working toward long term cultural change, and stand in solidarity with social movements … Continue reading Building a Culture of Inclusion: the 8th Principle
We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote: journeying toward spiritual wholeness by working to build a diverse multicultural Beloved Community by our actions that accountably dismantle racism and other oppressions in ourselves and our institutions. The Racial Justice Committee of EUUC is supporting the adoption of the 8th … Continue reading We consider the adoption of the Eighth Principle
We are called by our Unitarian Universalist faith to respond to the pain of injustice made manifest in the riots and protests in our cities. We call out with cries of anguish at the extreme injustices we see in the news. We mourn for the murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor and Ahrmaud … Continue reading We bear witness, and as our faith demands, we act!
The Finance Committee is seeking proposals for the Fund-a-Need auction item. We have raised tens of thousands of dollars to fund improvements to our buildings through Fund-a-Need at our auction. Recent Fund-a-Need projects include the Enhancing our Spaces effort, the loft upgrade, and new furniture for the Friarplace. Any committee or individual member or staff … Continue reading Submit your Fund-a-Need proposals by February 1, 2024
There have been changes in Admin end of the building. The RE office has been enlarged to give Cecilia and her crew more space. The long narrow janitor’s closet has been incorporated into the new office. The waiting area has been provided with hard benches, no cushy seating. That entire North/South hall from the glass … Continue reading Building Improvements – Gratitude!
The Pacific Northwest District of the UUA Chalice Lighter Program assists Unitarian Universalist member congregations in the Pacific Northwest with grants to provide vital capabilities and infrastructure. Chalice Lighter grants are intended to help congregations grow by: securing, improving or furnishing a building reaching out to the community to attract new members updating electronic systems … Continue reading Become a Chalice Lighter
Since its creation about 40 years ago, the Community Engagement Committee, (formely the Social Concerns committee) has provided volunteer and financial assistance to numerous local organizations, primarily with a focus on alleviating poverty. Community Engagement serves as the hub for EUUC’s involvement in many projects, recruiting volunteers from the entire EUUC community. It is truly … Continue reading Community Engagement Committee – It Takes a Village
