Deirdre Downes

Apr 012021
 
 April 1, 2021
In Case You Missed It...

Tonie and Kurt are just two of the many voices you can hear this week in video testimonials about what UUSS means to them and why they support it financially. Find more of these videos here. Thank you for doing your part to support UUSS. Please submit your 2021-2022 pledge by Monday, April 5, by

Apr 012021
 
 April 1, 2021
Solid Support Builds for Stewardship

We feel continued gratitude to the UUSS community. The Stewardship Committee is pleased to announce that close to $250,000 has already been pledged for 2021-22 UUSS operating expenses. Please help our UUSS community continue toward our goal, moving forward to better days…together. Please submit your 2021-2022 pledge by Monday, April 5, by one of these methods: Go to the

Mar 292021
 
 March 29, 2021
Speedy Progress on Stewardship

Thank you early donors! The Stewardship Committee is pleased to announce that more than $150,000 has already been pledged for 2021-22 UUSS operating expenses. Please help our UUSS community continue toward our goal, moving forward to better days…together. Please submit your 2021-2022 pledge by Monday, April 5, by one of these methods: Go to the stewardship page

Mar 292021
 
 March 29, 2021
Pledge Drive Begins

Our 2021-22 pledge drive kicked off with an inspiring sermon on “Commitment to Community” by Reverend Lucy that included 3 personal testimonial videos by UUSS members. Find the link to watch it here. Our bonus stewardship video today is a message from UUSS Members Fred Deneke and Jim Eastman (who is also Stewardship Chair) Please submit your

Mar 242021
 
 March 24, 2021
Stewardship Campaign Starts Sunday!

Get Ready for our first ever: ·    1-week-only (!) stewardship pledge drive ·    with options for quick and easy online pledging! It all kicks off this Sunday with Rev. Lucy preaching on “Commitment to Community.” The campaign goes from then till April 5. Watch for a brief email message every day next week featuring inspiring

Mar 182021
 
 March 18, 2021
Moving Forward with Stewardship

– Jim Eastman, Stewardship Committee Chair This is a time of change, of possibility, of optimism, and of thanks.  Though there are still many questions on what our near future will look like, our attitudes and actions can help make it better. We can help each other emerge from a historic year of illness, loss,

Mar 112021
 
 March 11, 2021
Stewardship at UUSS

by Jim Eastman, Stewardship Committee Chair Flowers are blooming, birds are singing, the sun is warming—nature’s magnificent annual construction project is underway! Healing from the pandemic is on the way too as vaccine doses are delivered, infection rates are falling, and our region carefully begins to reopen. Imagine what good things the future may hold

Mar 072021
 
 March 7, 2021
"Moving Forward to Better Days... Together"

As we see the end of a particularly challenging year, the Stewardship Committee’s theme this year is “Moving Forward to Better Days… Together.” Stewardship Week begins March 28 and ends April 5. Yes, this year we’re doing just a one-week, mainly online stewardship campaign! Though we cannot gather together in person at this time, many

Jun 132020
 
 June 13, 2020
Now More Than Ever...

… we cherish and support our Beloved UUSS Community. Please take a moment to appreciate the words of your fellow UUSS members on this beautiful image created by Stewardship Co-Chair Jim Eastman using a photo by David Dawson. This is the Stewardship Committee’s gift to you for all you do in these troubling days and

May 222020
 
 May 22, 2020
Only 1 Day Left...

… to respond to the special invitation from Jim Eastman and the Stewardship Committee: What does UUSS mean to you? Sprinkled over the last 11 weeks, you’ve heard stories from friends you know in this community who’ve shared what UUSS means to them and why they pledge. But like the interdependent web, your story is mingled