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Welcome Center Clothing Donations
Sweatshirts, coats, jackets, gloves, hats and other clothes are desperately needed at the Phoenix Welcome Center. Asylum-seekers arrive with only the clothes on their backs and many are heading to cold climates to await asylum hearings. We will be at the UUCP Outdoor Holiday Get-Together Sunday afternoon, December 19, at Granada Park from 3-5pm to
Outdoor Holiday Get-Together
Come join us for an in-person holiday gathering, with music, games, activities, and all your UUCP family. Here are some ways you can participate (fun, but definitely optional): Bring 2 dozen cookies—in 4 bags of six each, with a note inside sharing a message from you/your family. You’ll take home a dozen of someone else’s
Share the Plate: December 24, 2021 – Minister’s Discretionary Fund
Reverend Christine uses this fund for needs in our congregation and the community that might not otherwise be met with congregational resources—especially for those who are in crisis or have immediate financial needs. Within our congregation, the fund has been more critical than ever this year. It has paid bills for those who have lost
Share the Plate: December 12, 2021 – Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro
Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro is a Black, Queer, and Femme led organization, that centers Black people who are the most impacted and marginalized, and envisions a world that achieves Black liberation through global transformation. Black Lives Matter Phoenix Metro’s ministries study decoloniality, provide community members with support and resources, foster community engagement, write blueprints
Blue Christmas Service
While the holidays are joyful and happy for many, they can be difficult and lonely for many others. If you are finding the holidays challenging; if you're having problems getting in the spirit; if you've experienced loss, grief or loneliness; please join us for music, reflections, sharing, and solidarity.
UUCP Christmas Carol Singalong & Open Mic
Join the UUCP music program for an hour of Christmas carols and other winter holiday favorites! Music Director Benjie Messer and UUCP's own singing Santa Claus, Igor Glenn, will lead a few singalongs each, and then the floor will be turned over to you!
Earth Justice Ministry Update – Dec 9, 2021
Please join us for our regular monthly Zoom Meeting this Sunday, December 12, at 1:30pm. Newcomers are welcome. Meeting ID: 929 0550 6684 Passcode: Earth CHISPA CHISPA is a Latinx arm of the League of Conservation Voters. If you would like to help them, please stay in touch with them through their website: www.chispalcv.org, or
Winter Hats and Gloves Needed
Some asylum-seekers who are housed at the Phoenix Welcome Center for a day or two are heading for cold climates. They arrive here with only the clothes on their backs and need to be prepared for destinations such as Minnesota and New York. Please consider donating via this GoFundMe campaign to purchase winter hats and
Earth Justice Ministry Update – Dec 2, 2021
2 ways to help Greta help the Earth: Eat less/no meat and communicate with your members of Congress.
2021 Holiday Gift-Giving From UUCP
We are pleased to announce that our gift-giving appeal was a big success! Thanks to the generosity of our UUCP congregation, we will be able to provide gift-wrapped clothing, shoes, and a special interest gift to each of the 6 children in a Ugandan refuge family—plus grocery gift cards!
Flat Tax Will Be on the 2022 Ballot
Signing a petition DID matter! Enough people signed the petition that contested the catastrophic flat tax passed by the Legislature to put the issue on the 2022 ballot. To make clear why this tax would be catastrophic, this is what would happen if it became law: It would reduce state revenue by $1.9 billion by introducing
Maryland School December 2021 Update
Volunteers Needed! The Washington District School Board has decided that volunteers will be allowed to return in January! What this means is that your help could make a big difference in the lives of some students who very much need social-emotional support and individual attention to rebuild academic skills. In addition, our garden team needs
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