I know that some of you are passionate about housing and if you aren’t you may know others in your congregation who are passionate about housing and homelessness. I would like to extend the invitation to you to join me at Housing and Homelessness Advocacy Day (HHAD) in Olympia on Friday, March 14. Martha and Sandy Nichols are … Continue reading News from FAN

Odyssey Youth Movement:Promoting equity forLGBTQ+ youth in theInland Northwest since 1992 Donate today and help Odyssey provide essential programs and resources for LGBTQ+ youth & help them thrive right here in the Inland Northwest. https://www.odysseyyouth.org/donate Odyssey’s Three Program Areas:  Odyssey’s main focus is our youth & young adult drop-in program, featuring activities and resources for … Continue reading Spotlighted Nonprofit

Support Ukraine Here’s the official fundraising site for the government of Ukraine. If everyone who voted for Kamala Harris gave $10 we’d raise $750 million. It’s a good way to boost democracy:https://u24.gov.ua/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Other actions you can take this week: Please bring your old yard signs to church next time with the wires. We are going to add … Continue reading Social Justice: Supporting Ukraine

Now is the time we ask our Circles to formulate their budget requests for next fiscal year: July 1, 2025 thru June 30, 2026. Groups with current budgets have been sent information to help with that. If your group does not have a current budget, but does have future plans, you are encouraged to submit … Continue reading From the Finance Circle

Recruitment for INUUC Elected Candidates Each year at the June annual meeting, the congregation votes on the slate of new members for the Governing Circle and Leadership Development Circle. This year we are seeking five candidates for the Governing Circle, and three for the Leadership Development Circle. The recruitment for these positions is currently in … Continue reading Leadership Development

As part of the Periodic Update to the Comprehensive Plan, the City of Spokane is hosting community visioning workshops in March to help scope out potential needs and wants that will inform future work. These in-person workshops will include community discussion, mapping exercises, and feedback opportunities related to various aspects of the Comprehensive Plan so we … Continue reading Plan Spokane

Tuesdays, either 2 p.m. or 7 p.m. PacificStarting March 18, via ZoomMeeting every other week for 6 sessionsDates: 3/18, 4/1, 4/15, 4/29, 5/6, 5/20Register HERE The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one in every eight of its children … Continue reading Poverty, By America

This year’s Mardi Bra was a great event that was held this past Saturday. INUUC and Westminister joined forces to collect 2374 items that are going to Women’s Transitions and Hope House. We heard speakers from both organization talking about the challenges of homeless women in Spokane. This is our fourth year to participate in … Continue reading Mardi Bras Recap

Here is a wish list of books for our current ongoing 4th-6th Grade OWL class. Only one of the seven books recommended for use in the class and for parents to examine has been purchased. Please check out the list at the Wishing Tree Book Store (in the Perry Street District) and help educate students and … Continue reading Another Opportunity to help our OWL Program grow

We are trying to expand our community gatherings, as we discussed at our goals service on February 19. As a start, MaryAnne is hosting a Potluck and Watch Party on March 23 at Rockwood Community Center, potluck to start at 10 a.m. This will be a very casual breakfast/brunch potluck, then sit together at 10:30 … Continue reading More in-person Sundays!