Dear members and friends,

UUSS has been thriving this year. Online and in person, we have found robust and increasing attendance as newcomers and new members continue to join our community of commitment, love, and generosity. Our many groups, programs, projects, and Religious Education activities connect us to one another and enable us to serve the wider community.

When you lend a hand, lift your voice, greet another person, and provide a compassionate presence, you enlarge the abundance of our community. In addition, your financial support makes possible all the programs provided by our dedicated volunteers, staff members, and ministers. Your support keeps our doors open to welcome the next seeker of the gifts of our spiritual community.

Our annual Pledge Drive starts on April 7. This year, our Board and Stewardship Committee have set a bold and important goal to increase pledge revenues by 15%.

The purpose is to increase staff wages and salaries to achieve the Unitarian Universalist Association’s minimum recommendations for our size and our area’s average wages. We are grateful to the Personnel Task Force for their careful attention to this issue and for the continued support of the Board and our volunteer leadership to fair and competitive staff compensation for our dedicated staff members.

Making a pledge to UUSS is about putting faith in one another and in our future as a vibrant community. Your pledge demonstrates your faith in each other and in the value of this congregation. It reflects your own commitment, love, and generosity.

Every year, we ministers pledge to give at least 5% of our gross income to UUSS.

We are personally committed to its mission and values. We are grateful for your energy, courage, trust, and love as we build community. We invite you to make the most generous pledge that you can, taking up the invitation to increase your pledge as you are able.

Please know that it will make a difference. Thank you!

Yours in service,
Rev. Roger & Rev. Lucy

P.S.–The pledge drive takes place April 7-21. This is how we fund the operating budget for the 2024-25 budget year. Your generous giving sustains our mission.