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Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica

Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica
10 Higby Road
Utica, New York  13501
315-724-3179
www.uuutica.org
welcome@uuutica.org


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Contributions can be accepted by
Lynn Shaw, Financial Secretary

Our Treasurer is Joseph Gee

Unitarian Universalist Church of Utica
10 Higby Road
Utica, New York  13501
(315)724-3179
welcome@uuutica.org
  http://www.uuutica.org

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Stewartship Campaign 2010

IMPORTANT:  Set clocks ahead one hour for daylight savings time before you retire on March 13th!!

Sunday, March 14, 2010 11:30 AM:  Second Annual UU IDOL Show & 2010 Stewardship Kick Off:  Remember how great last year's kickoff was? Make plans now to join us for food and fun, including a Chili Bake Off.  Singers, musicians, dancers, comics, jugglers, magicians–we need you to be a UU Idol this year. Please tell Jeff Chard if you'd like to be in this year's show. The UU House Band will be available to provide backup as needed. - Jeff Chard
IMPORTANT:  To view or print flyer for this event and see more details including who to contact to help, go to:  http://www.uuutica.org/march2010kickoff.pdf

Treasures and Dreams

This year's campaign will focus on what we treasure about our congregation as well as our hopes and dreams for our future.  In early January 2010, a number of our congregation met to share our treasures and dreams with each other.  Below is a list of highlights from that meeting.  If you were not able to be present for the original conversation, don't be shy! Send an e-mail to our Minister at revdsb@aol.com or leave a note in the office with YOUR three treasures and YOUR three dreams. Your ideas will be incorporated into the larger list, and will contribute to the ways we work together and chart our future. Every voice counts. Every vision matters. What are yours? We're all ears.

UU Church of Utica       Treasures & Dreams        January 3rd  2010

Treasures
  • Growing community and growing sense of community
  • David’s words, sharing, encouragement and help with (prior entry).
  • Shared progressive social, political, economic ideas/actions/etc
  • Jack’s IONS group
  • Sense of community
  • Completely inclusive of everyone
  • Social action
  • Youth/RE
  • Diversity, including age/experience
  • History & Traditions shared amongst congregation
  • Fellowship
  • Spiritual stimulation
  • Intellectual stimulation
  • The community/people
  • Our minister
  • Location
  • Small groups/Chalice Circles
  • Participatory worship
  • Community
  • Acceptance
  • A place to contribute/serve
  • Children’s involvement
  • Outgoing/welcoming congregation
  • Broad musical abilities
  • Music
  • IONS
  • Each other
  • David
  • David
  • David
  • Friends like-minded
  • Growing church school with volunteers
  • Friendly community
  • A nice group of children
  • A dedicated group of leaders
  • Our minister
  • Caring People
  • Environmentally friendly facility
  • World class minister
  • Terrific people in congregation
  • Environmental concerns
  • Personal openness of the services
  • Welcoming community
Dreams
  • Development of system of sharing/helping people who need “caring”
  • Be better known in community
  • Greater involvement and interaction of youth with older congregation
  • Better configured or expanded RE space
  • Boarder involvement by congregation in RE.  It is critical to raising lifelong UUs 
  • Larger congregation with more new and younger members
  • Hymn leaders – several people at each service who know the hymns and can guide us
  • A better building  ie a new sanctuary
  • An enlarged RE program
  • More small groups
  • More choir (bigger)
  • More music
  • Participatory worship
  • More newcomers
  • More active committees
  • Musical involvement by more individuals
  • More involvement with childrens programs
  • Music
  • Interfaith dialogue
  • International dialogue
  • David full time
  • More members from local colleges
  • A rich benefactor
  • More Intergenerational services
  • Outreach/publicity/recruiting in community—making presence better known
  • An addition for the church school
  • More activities to integrate new members
  • Stronger committees
  • An addition with basement for increased church school space
  • More visibility in community (of a good kind)
  • More social events
  • Stronger financial footing
  • New larger building
  • Church Administrator
  • More spiritual, less raucous services (no applause, no yelling out)

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Previously Posted:

Just as spring will come and the snow will melt, it is time again to ask each of you to think deeply about what Unitarian Universalism means to the quality of your spiritual life.
 

Whatever your reasons for being a part of our religious community, whether many or few, it is time to honor them by making a financial pledge.

With your generous pledge, we hope to provide our Church with the funds it needs to pay our minister a living wage, to fund the programs that mean so much to us, and to make needed improvements and repairs to our building.