UCC News

Support the Church with your purchases

Michael Carnell — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:08:00 GMT

Support the church while doing your shopping at Amazon.com. By just clicking on this referral link, the church will get a small commission on your purchase while costing you nothing. No, your cost will not go up at all, but we would appreciate the small donation that the referral fee will generate.

Children's Christmas Pageant

Michael Carnell — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 07:28:00 GMT

The Christmas pageant presented by the church's youth this past Sunday, the 11th, was a huge success. Thank you to all who took part and attended for making this such a joyful kickoff to the season.

UCC reaches $40,000 donations to Social Justice

Amanda SuperUser — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:41:00 GMT

Beginning in 2003 the congregation of the Unitarian Church in Charleston has undertaken, through its Social Justice Program, an effort to assist children in our community who live in poverty. Approximately $40,000, raised through donations from the congregation and a series of benefit concerts, has been directed toward after-school programs and academic enrichment activities conducted at schools which serve some of the poorest communities in Charleston County.

The program got underway in 2002 shortly after then Minister Jacqueline Collins called on the UCC to form a Social Justice Committee. The committee decided, after some deliberation, to focus its attention on the plight of children in the Charleston area who were living in poverty and more specifically to concentrate on how to enhance educational opportunities for these children.

The funds to support these needs have come from two sources: (1) donations from the UCC congregation, primarily at the Christmas Eve service, and (2) from a series of nearly 60 concerts (Gage Hall Coffeehouse) conducted by the Social Justice Committee. The annual Christmas Eve contributions and the monthly Gage Hall Coffeehouse have now become traditions at UCC.

This program supplements and is coordinated with other UCC Social Justice initiatives such as the Community Outreach Giving Program, Assistance to Crisis Ministries, Green Sanctuary, and Welcoming Congregation.

Read more about the UCC Social Justice programs...

Look and Listen: More UU online resources

Amanda SuperUser — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:38:00 GMT

For anybody interested in more Unitarian Universalist online resources, have a look and listen to these two websites:

http://www.uuaudiosermons.com

This page has audio sermons available for download and listening. Sermons are in .mp3 format and will probably take a short time to load. Over 1600 sermons available. Just click on the title, or search for a particular topic.

http://www.uublogsearch.com/

Read what Unitarian Universalists are writing by searching over 70 blogs written by self-proclaimed Unitarian Universalists, as well as the the Unitarian Universalist Association and UUWorld web sites.