Stewardship: Annual Giving Drive
UUCD’s Stewardship Team encourages giving as a spiritual practice to sustain and expand our ministries and outreach. Online Pledge Form
Stewardship 2021-22: Resilience & Transformation
Read our Letter to Members and Friends.
Pledge Online.
Questions: office@uudavis.org
Thank you for your resilience! We acknowledge some of what you, our staff, ministers, congregants, friends and lay leaders have done this year…virtually.
Welcoming Each and All
- Cared for the most vulnerable among us by staying apart
- Listened and shared at deep listening groups
- Attended creative, magical RE programs
- Shared our voices at World Cafés
- Raised funds at a fun & successful service auction
- Celebrated our Senior Minister’s 20-year anniversary
- Enjoyed a drive-through holiday photo shoot
- Made newcomers & visitors feel welcomed
Cultivating the Spirit
- Quickly adapted services and programs to be on-line
- Connected with those far away in services and programs
- o Brought in a variety of music and guest musicians,
- o Enjoyed our Juuliebells, virtual soloists and choir music
- Participated in a Christmas service with other UU churches
- Stayed connected to UCD campus students
- Listened to guest speakers
- Provided services to people who prefer to/need to attend from home
Serving Others
- Shared the plate with many nonprofits
- Supported fire victims and emergency grants
- Created quilts for kids & congregants
- Reached out to friends in need of support
- Celebrated the lives of church friends we have lost
Serving our Community, Building, and Grounds
- Maintained our grounds and buildings
- o Hand watered our grounds when the well was not functioning
- o Ensured our well was repaired
- o Installed acoustic panels
- Advanced leadership development
- Filled vacant leadership positions
- Restored the Human Resources committee
- Held meetings and retreats to take care of the business of the church
Our Quest for Justice
- Participated in social & racial justice groups
- Worked to protect democracy
- Increased our focus on the Climate Crisis
- Supported undocumented students