Interweave is a group of LGBTQ people and straight allies working to end oppression based on sexual orientation and gender identity, with the recognition that we will not be free until all oppression is a thing of the past. UU principles guide our work. We value and affirm the lives and experience of queer people of faith, regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, income level, or ability. By providing and supporting leadership and working in collaboration with other organizations of similar vision, we strive to connect and nurture all queer individuals, communities, and groups and their allies.
Fourth U is raising funds to help participants in the Leadership Training Team for Ministry travel to a conference in Nairobi, Kenya, where they will work with representatives of emerging Unitarian Universalist congregations in East Africa. UU congregations have developed all over East Africa without leadership or assistance from the UUA, and now they have asked for our help. The total cost is $38,000, but we are not the only congregation raising funds for this conference. Give generously to train African UU leaders by writing a check to Fourth Universalist Society, and writing “Africa Leadership Training” in the memo line; you can place your check in the collection plate on Sundays or mail it to the office. Your contributions will help leaders from all over East Africa deepen and spread the newest roots of Unitarian Universalism.
Buy a poinsettia and support our fundraising effort. The beautiful poinsettias you see decorating the church this holiday season are part of the project to help us reach our goal of $17,500 this fiscal year. Take one home with you after services on either Sunday, December 23 or Christmas Eve, for either $20 (small) or $30 (large). Or buy one to be donated to the Kateri Home Residence to help make their season bright. You can give your money either to Pam Plate (who will be sitting at the Fourth U Boutique on Sunday) or Seana Anderson. Thank you for your support.
Hannah Zetlin will be participating in the American Cancer Society’s Overnight Relay Race to be run in December at Brandeis University. Any contributions would be greatly appreciated. To contribute online, click her personal page (or copy and paste in the link): Click here to visit my personal page.
Open your closets and your warm hearts for our holiday fur coat drive. Working with the Humane Society, we’ll send fur items (jackets, stoles, hats, gloves, trim, scarves and muffs), to wildlife rehabilitators, who use them as bedding and nesting material for orphaned and injured animals in their care. Please drop off your tax-deductible donations to the 4th U Office from October 9-December 21.
This week, October 7 at 12:30 PM, there will be a meeting for families in the RE program. We will meet downstairs in the chapel room and childcare will be provided.
We will discuss the curriculum for the year and other events that will be held. Also, this would be a good opportunity to invite friends who have been considering a liberal religious education program for their children.
I am still recruiting teachers and substitutes. If you are interested, please email me at aisha@4thu.org as soon as possible. Background checks have to be completed before you are put on the schedule.
Thank you.
Aisha
Open your closets and your warm hearts for our holiday fur coat drive. Working with the Humane Society, we’ll send fur items (jackets, stoles, hats, gloves, trim, scarves and muffs), to wildlife rehabilitators, who use them as bedding and nesting material for orphaned and injured animals in their care. Please drop off your tax-deductible donations to Marisa from October 9-December 21.
The Hospitality Committee is currently looking for volunteers to host Coffee Hour.
Would you like to volunteer at Fourth U, to help worthy causes, to meet new people and chat with the congregation? By hosting a Sunday Coffee Hour, you can do all three. It involves bringing milk and light refreshments, setting up before the service, and staying afterwards to clear away the coffee mugs. The instructions can be found at http://www.4thu.net/hospitality.
This is a great way to volunteer if you only have a small amount of time to give. The money we raise at Coffee Hour is given to charity.
If you would like to see which dates still require volunteers, there is a list on the Hospitality page on this website.
We also need help with organizing our Fair Trade coffee project. We sell ground coffee and whole beans, fair trade chocolate bars and cocoa after church once or twice a month, as a fundraiser for Fourth U. We’re part of the UUSC Coffee Project.
For further details, please contact Lois Coleman (lcoleman@barnard.edu / 212-663-2743) or Spencer Salzberg (smsalzberg@hotmail.com / 718-884-8957).
