Collection for Local Food Pantries:Please support Faith Formation’s efforts to help stock the Madison Food Pantry! We will collect these items until further notice. As per the Madison Food Pantry, the most needed items are: ToothbrushToothpaste (full size)DeodorantShampoo (full size)Conditioner (full size) Period products – pads, tampons, cups Collection bins are in the fellowship hall and …
In October, we will Share the Plate with Hawkwing, an organization founded to fulfill a granddaughter’s promise to her grandmother and her people. For more than twenty years, Hawkwing has served the people of Cheyenne River Sioux/Lakota Tribe (CRST) in South Dakota. It works to empower the People of CRST to enhance health and education, end …
. Thanks to all who have taken postcard packets for the Get Out the Vote (GOTV) campaign. Two more packets are available in the foyer for pick-up – one to PA and one to GA. They should go out after October 10 and before October 28. We are indebted to Shoreline Indivisible for all their …
Social Justice reports that SUUS’s initial donation of $1,500 to the micro-lending organization, KIVA, is continuing to be loaned out, paid back and loaned again. Over a decade, our SUUS money has gone into 100 loans to people in 27 different countries, mainly small farmers working to become self-sufficient. They have also gone to women …
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Our Social Justice Coordinating Team (SJCT) has two specific requests that need your input. 1) How best to continue our commitment to Shoreline Soup Kitchens and Pantries? SSKP serves breakfast to those in need at the UCC church in Old Lyme. Their weekly meals have been shut down during the pandemic, but are now planning …
In June, we will share our plate with the Witness Stones Project, which was founded in 2017 in Guilford, CT. They seek to restore the history – and honor the humanity – of enslaved individuals who helped build our Connecticut communities. The hope is that communities that are committed to learning their history will dismantle …
Every month, our Fourth Sunday collection of personal and feminine care products continues! Please remember to bring items to the church for our team to distribute to food pantries and IRIS. Please bring feminine care products to SUUS during office hours or leave in the designated bin on the landing. You may also order them …
THANK YOU to ALL who came out to support the town of Madison for the annual Green UP Clean UP and to Beth Skudder for coordinating on behalf of SUUS! Aside from the ticks, it was a productive morning of collecting trash on Cottage Road. We definitely filled our bags, but since we hit this …
