Annual Service Auction: Event Ticket Sales are Open!
Posted by Jennifer Webb
Posted on October 7, 2026
Tickets are on sale now on the Sparkle Auction Website
Join us on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 4–6 p.m. for a happy-hour gathering, which will include:
🍷 Sips and small bites (see menu below)
🎤 A lively in-person live auction featuring three special items + Fund-A-Need (our NEW, State-of-the-art UUSS Website!)
🧺 A Theme Basket Raffle — $1 per ticket or $20 for 25 tickets
💵 A 50/50 Raffle — $10 per ticket or $40 for 5 tickets; half of ticket proceeds go to one lucky winner
📸 A complimentary photo booth
🧸 Complimentary childcare — register here
Tickets are $30/person. If this price is a barrier, discounted tickets are available:
$10 per person — use code cost10
$20 per couple — use code couple20
Here are other ways you can help make this our most successful auction yet.
Online Silent Auction💻
The silent auction features services and experiences donated by fellow members and friends. This is a wonderful opportunity to deepen connections with other UUSSers outside of Sunday coffee hour. Everyone can participate!
🍽️ Hosted meals and dinners at homes and restaurants
🏡 Vacation rentals and getaways
🥾 Guided hikes, concerts, and plays
🎨 Classes, lessons, and personal services
Note that many of these items are “fixed price events” for as low as $10!
You can also support special UUSS initiatives through:
Fund-A-Need — a New, State-of-the-Art UUSS Website🎁
Help build the new online hub of our congregational life! After months of careful evaluation, our task force has selected a local, woman-owned firm to create a contemporary, user-friendly, and fully accessible website. It will be shaped by input from across the congregation and will connect seamlessly with the scheduling and communications tools we already use. Our goal is $35,000 – which will be matched by the Board from restricted funds to pay the contract estimated to be $70K. The website is our digital front door and we want to make it as welcoming and user friendly as possible. Every dollar raised helps make this happen.
Generous Sparklers ✨
Contributions to targeted programs include:
- Coffee hospitality
- Member and children birthday cards and postage
- Religious Education programs
- Sunday guest musicians
- Zoom subscription
Key Dates 📅
- Buy event tickets through Nov. 1: on the Sparkle Auction Website
- Sign up to volunteer by Nov. 1: We need many hands before and during the event. Visit the Auction Table during coffee hour to sign up or e-mail Jennifer Webb at auction@uuss.org
- Donate a raffle basket by Nov. 5: Visit the Auction Table during coffee hour or e-mail Susan Davis-James at auction@uuss.org
- Donate wine by Nov. 5: We especially need white! Drop off at the Auction Table during coffee hour or in the church office during business hours
- Bid Oct. 23-Nov. 8: in the online silent auction
The Auction is one of our most meaningful community events—a time to gather, connect, and support the programs that help UUSS thrive. We hope you’ll join us by attending, donating, bidding and volunteering! 💫
For questions or more information, please contact Auction Chair, Jennifer Webb, at auction@uuss.org.
Warmly,
The Auction Team
Susan Davis-James, Deirdre Downes, Gail Evans, Tiki Harlow, Rev. Dr. Roger Jones, John McMillan, Beth TenPas and Jennifer Webb
