Sunday Offering
How does one nominate an organization?
We invite you to fill out the online form to nominate an organization. Of course, not all of the nominations we receive will be selected.
Sunday Offering News
- March Cause of the Month – Freedom Education Project Puget Sound February 24, 2025The March Cause of the month is Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS). Freedom Education Project Puget Sound (FEPPS) is a nonprofit that provides a rigorous, accredited college program for incarcerated women, transgender, and gender nonconforming people in Washington, and supports pathways to higher education after students return to community from prison. FEPPS provides an Associate ...Read more
- February Cause of the Month – Elevated Access January 27, 2025The February Cause of the month is Elevated Access. Elevated Access is a non-profit organization that enables people to access healthcare by providing flights on private planes at no cost. Their volunteer pilots transport passengers at no cost to access the healthcare they require. It was launched in 2022 in response to the extreme healthcare ...Read more
- January Cause of the Month – Pink Haven Coalition December 30, 2024The January Cause of the month is the Pink Haven. Pink Haven is a collective of organizations and individuals who are committed to trans liberation and joy and to growing community defense, mutual-aid, and alternative systems of care for gender diverse people. In response to the increasingly hostile legislative environment in the United States, with more ...Read more
Frequently Asked Questions
How does one nominate an organization?
We invite you to fill out the online form to nominate an organization. Of course, not all of the nominations we receive will be selected.
What is the role of the EUUC Sunday Offering committee?
Sunday Offering committee facilitates one of the many ways that EUUC extends the reach of our mission. We accept and vet nominations to support organizations from the membership. The committee arranges for a spokesperson from the organization to briefly introduce their organization’s work to the congregation. Due to COVID-19 protocol those introductions are now available via video.
When did EUUC begin the Sunday offering?
In 2006 Pat Garrity read an article in the UU magazine about a church that was donating their offering to another nonprofit once a month. Pat was chair at the time of the Services Committee (no longer in existence). She took that idea to Social Concerns and they thought it was a good idea so she took the idea to Ed Brock, our minister at the time, who thought it was a great idea and thought it would be even better to do it every week and that’s how it started. The rest is history.
Who receives the Sunday offering?
The recipients of our monthly donations are organizations engaged in environmental action, peace and justice education and advocacy, or social justice projects.
All the checks written to the EUUC with “cause” on the memo line and all online donations for “Sunday Offering” are given directly to the recipient organization.
Are you interested in joining the committee or learning more?
Here is a short FAQ:
~ How often and when does the Sunday Offering (SO) committee meet to review the submissions?
Ans: We meet around 4 times a year. Typically we meet in January, April, June and October. The dates are determined via consensus of the group members
~ What happens with the nominations?
Nomination arrives via the form >> located here. Someone from the SO reviews the nomination, does research and addresses questions, if any. We meet during one of our regularly scheduled meetings and do the final vetting. The list of fully vetted nominees are placed in a suggested place on the calendar (sometimes based on the nominator’s request but due to other things is not always). That list is then sent as a recommendation to the Social Justice Committee (SJC) for approval. The SJC meets monthly on the fourth Tuesday of each month.
~ Do we hear if the organization we submitted is chosen or not, and if it is not chosen?
Yes. After the SJC meeting we inform all EUUC parties of the results. That includes nominators, ministers, TWAE, EUUC, website managers etc. The SO committee lead then reaches out to the approved nominee to let them know that they will be a beneficiary and to request that they prepare a video that will be used to introduce them to the congregation. At the end of the offering we have the check sent to the listed party.
~ Does the submission stay in an active capacity (if not selected the first time) for the next go-round or do we need to resubmit it?
Unless there is an issue with the submission then there should not be a need to roll over. With that said, if there is an issue with the nomination we will kick it back to the nominator ASAP for more information or other assistance.
~ Does it matter or is there a strategy on timing for submission of these or should we submit as soon as we decide as a group we support an organization for consideration?
We do not meet every month. We suggest that one get in as many nominations as soon as possible. Let the nominations come forth as quickly as you can get them. Also if you have a preferred month, please let us know. But there is no guarantee that order will be followed. The SJC is the one that makes the final call.
Contact: Sunday Offering