Our Caring Circle is Available
Our ‘Care Coordinator’ receives requests and answers questions for the Caring Circle.
Joan Stapleton is the contact person for September and October.
Bob Bollinger is the assistant.
If you have a need, please contact Joan. Please note that your call will be returned as quickly as possible but it may be at the end of the day.
Tech Team
Looking for a way to give back to UUCD that DOESN’T involve committee meetings, AND allows you to try something different?
We have an amazing hybrid system which allows us to offer our services both in-person and online. BUT… more helpers are needed to make it happen every Sunday.
This is something you can do from home (yes, even from across the US!) or from the back of church – either by yourself or with a partner. You don’t have to be “tech-savvy;” and team support and training is always available. It’s a simple (flexible) once-a-month commitment.
Want to find out more? Email Sherry at officemanager@uudanbury.org, Keith Henderson or Barbara Myers. Come join the team!
Sunday Services
Ministry Team
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to participate in our Sunday worship services?
To deliver the welcome and greeting? Or perhaps give a reading? Or even serve as a service coordinator? The Sunday Services team is looking for more hands to help make light work of our weekly programming. If you’re interested in supporting the Sunday Services team, please contact Sam McCoy.
Additionally, we received 31 responses to the survey we offered in July. Thanks to those of you who took the time to share your thoughtful responses. We are in the process of analyzing the feedback, and you may notice some changes in the coming weeks and months. In the October Comment, we will share more about what we learned.
Social Action Council
Soup Kitchen Corner
by Judy Lacker
On Saturday, September 7, some members of Soup Kitchen Team C will return to the Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen on Spring Street to help serve take-out meals and sandwiches that were cooked or prepared in volunteers’ homes or through donations. Unfortunately, we are not yet able to serve the guests a meal inside Dorothy Day Hospitality House.
You can also help feed our neighbors with a gift card in any amount from any local supermarket. Lynn Taborsak has also been scheduling the sandwich donations so we have just the right amount each day at Dorothy Day Soup Kitchen. If you are interested in making sandwiches, please email her at ddhhsandwiches@gmail.com. We can all be an important part of the fight to end hunger in our community!
In the past couple of years, we have lost some of our Dorothy Day volunteers. Please consider volunteering to be on a DD Team – it only involves a few hours, 3 Saturdays per year. You will find it to be a very rewarding experience.
Please contact Judy Lacker for more information or to sign up. If joining a team is not for you, you may consider being an alternate. It would require you to be available to substitute for a team member who would contact you a few days in advance of the particular first Saturday of the month. You can sign up on the poster on the bulletin board in the lobby and indicate “Alternate”.
We have resumed collecting non-perishable food donations on Sunday mornings. Please place your food donations in the basket in the foyer. You can sign up to help transport the weekly collection to The Dorothy Day Hospitality House on Spring Street.
Now is the time to think of what you can contribute to be auctioned off – check the categories below! The Auction is UU Danbury’s most successful fundraiser and it also helps to fund organizations in greater Danbury that help others.
Get Ready for the Nov. 2 Auction! READ MORE
The Auction categories include:
- Baked goods
- Gift baskets
- Gift Cards
- Dinners/Special Events
- Classes/Tutoring
- Gourmet Adventures
- Services
- Original art by members and friends
- And more — be creative!
To find out or help out email: auction@uudanbury.org
Board Meets Monthly on Monday Nights
Beginning in September the UUCD Board of Trustees meetings are moving from the 2nd Thursday of each month to the 2nd Monday. We generally meet in person at 7 pm in the Lower Level of Fellowship Hall. Members of UUCD are always welcome to come observe any meeting – this is one way we keep our actions transparent to the congregation. Non-members may contact a Board member to arrange to observe a meeting. (Note: Occasionally for sensitive matters such as personnel issues, the Board goes into Executive Session where observers are not permitted.)
We also publish the minutes of our monthly meetings here in the Member Portal of https://uudanbury.org/ under “Board of Trustees Documents.” Minutes are posted as soon as they’ve been approved.
If you need access to the Member Portal, please contact Sherry or Margaret for the current password.