About the Outreach Committee
UUFC has active groups working towards social and environmental justice: Campus Ministry, Green Sanctuary, First Sunday Food Collections, and support of various charities in the area with donations and voluntarism. Outreach Committee meets approximately 5 times per year, generally before or after Sunday service. New Outreach Committee members are very welcome; contact Toni King at king.toni62@gmail.com.
4th Sunday Donations
4th Sunday Donation for the month of AUGUST will go to Our Daily Bread:
Our Daily Bread provides delicious lunches five days per week in downtown Seneca for the hungry.
Many of us know first hand the value of this caring group. We hope to tell you more about it in the weeks ahead. Thank you for being generous when 4th Sunday, August 28th rolls around.
Designated charities for the rest of the year are as follows:
August - Our Daily Bread
September - UU Service Committee
October - UUA Appeal
November - Our Daily Rest
December - Christmas Day (TBD)
Going Greener? How About a Road Map?
Green Sanctuary and the Outreach Committee's Grow Your Own Food initiative have been very active over the past 15 months to address ways of living here in our local community more sustainably. It's time to talk about next steps! On Friday evening, August 26th all are invited to join us at the Fellowship Hall from 5:30-8:30 to help us craft a road map UUFC will take in the next 12-18 months to make UUFC more environmentally friendly. While our Congregation has taken many steps to lighten stress on the environment, we can and should be doing more. Going greener is not just the work of the Green Sanctuary....it is a Fellowship-wide effort.
The Road Map to Environmental Justice retreat on Aug. 26th is sponsored by Outreach and the Green Sanctuary committees. Our goals for the evening include how to create a positive, upbeat, hopeful attitude toward environmental action at UUFC, and to select one or two specific church-wide intergenerational action items for fall 2011 and 2012. Watch for flyers about the event. Hope to see you there!
Looking to get involved in your community? Consider representing UUFC at Clemson Area Congregations in Touch (CACIT), an inter-church group that meets 5 times per year to organize and coordinate efforts to address social and environmental justice issues.
Contact Toni King at king.toni62@gmail.com for more info.
