The Cascadia Chalice Lighter Winter Call started in December 2023 and runs through February 29, 2024. If you are an active Chalice Lighter, you have agreed to contribute at least $20 three times per year. Proceeds of this Winter Call will be used as seed money for programs and events to encourage connections and collaborations … Continue reading Chalice Lighter Call Reminder
Every winter, the Governing Circle and the Coordinating Circle ask the community for input into the congregation’s vision for our future. Your ideas, questions, and hopes go into planning for the budget, the stewardship drive, our annual meeting and next year’s goals. We will be holding a Town Hall soon (watch this space for date/time!), … Continue reading The Governing Circle Needs Your Suggestions:
We need OWL (Our Whole Lives sexuality education curriculum) facilitators. Online and onsite trainings will happen this spring. Registration happens early and fills up quickly, so we want to hear from you ASAP if you feel called to this ministry. Potential facilitators will be interviewed by the OWL team. This is a substantial commitment—both the … Continue reading Our Whole Lives
Presented by The First Unitarian Church of Portland You are invited to join Antiracism Learning Circles this winter and spring. It’s on Zoom, so you can join from anywhere! First Unitarian in Portland, OR is the organizer, and we are eager to include participation from all faiths and allies everywhere. We hope you can join … Continue reading Antiracism Learning Circles
We are spotlighting Disability Rights of Washington (DRW). DRW is a private nonprofit organization that protects the rights of people with disabilities statewide. The mission of DRW is to advance the dignity, equality, and self-determination of people with disabilities. They work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights. Visit www.disabilityrightswa.org or www.donatetodrw.org to … Continue reading Disability Rights of Washington (DRW)
The American Indian Community Center will be our INUUC Spotlighted Nonprofit in early 2024. The Center’s Capital Campaign for a permanent home is also being supported by the Spokane Alliance, of which INUUC is a member. The clients of the Center have an urgent need now for: backpacks, water bottles, gloves, flashlights, band-aids, q-tips, sleeping … Continue reading Urgent Needs:American Indian Community Center
We are also forming a new Internal Relationship-Building Working Group designed to cultivate ways for improving communication within and between circles, engaging members and friends in deeper relationship, and stimulating greater community-wide cohesion and direction. This working group will explore ideas, strategies, practices, resources, trainings, and the like to share with our community and with individual … Continue reading Internal Relationship-Building Working Group
We are forming a new Relocation Task Force to explore options for finding a physical meeting space that meets the needs of our community. Currently, we partner with Westminster Congregational United Church of Christ for shared worship, social, and justice events as well as renting office space in their church. We also meet semiimonthly for multiplatform Soul … Continue reading Relocation Task Force
What a joyous 2023 we’ve had! INUUC continued to grow through the year as we: I can’t wait to see all the ways we bring our mission alive in 2024. As we look to the future, I’d like to highlight two upcoming opportunities. There is no need to belong to any circle to participate, and … Continue reading Happy New Year &Blessings for the Turning of the Wheel
We need OWL (Our Whole Lives sexuality education curriculum) facilitators. Online and onsite trainings will happen this spring. Registration happens early and fills up quickly, so we want to hear from you ASAP if you feel called to this ministry. Potential facilitators will be interviewed by the OWL team. This is a substantial commitment—both the … Continue reading Our Whole Lives
