Annual Homeless Families Foundation Collection

The NUUC Social Action Committee is again participating in the annual holiday collection of gifts for "The Homeless Families Foundation". Please donate new, unwrapped toys and clothing for boys and girls from birth to 18 years of age. Please place your gifts in the designated box in Fellowship Hall. If you prefer, money is always needed and welcome. Checks should be made payable to The Homeless Families Foundation (or “HFF”) and may be placed in our Sunday collection basket, dropped in the Treasurer’s Mailbox off Fellowship Hall, or mailed to the church at NUUC, P. O. Box 541, Lewis Center, OH 43035. Last day for our collection is Sunday, December 9. For questions please contact Myrna Buckler at (614) 933-9935 or thequeenmum@insight.rr.com .

Jan Bourke, Yvonne Clippinger, Teri Cornell, Donna DeGeorge, Barry Fagan, Martha Filipic, Tony Marconi, John Foreman, Lynn Foreman, Scot Hardin, Laura Howe, Dick Leavy, Neil Kirby, Steve Mallett, Diane Mattox, Rod Myers, Kim Poderys, Susan Ritchie, John Rodeheffer, Lori Torriero, Ken Watts:

Thank you, Thank YOU, THANK YOU!!!

It is always remarkably humbling to look back and see how many people contributed to “my” stewardship campaign. I am so appreciative of all of the time and effort each of the Visiting Stewards gave to this Fall’s campaign and I am sure that I could not have done this without each of you.

Also, I want to thank all the members of the congregation who graciously took part in the process and who have given both of their time and their money. It is always heartening to be reminded of how full our glass is and how much we are stewards of this congregation and of each other.

As we continue to embrace the abundance that is NUUC, I hope each of you can be proud of the part you have played and continue to play in our church. It has been an honor to serve you as Canvass/Stewardship chair over the past three years and to have been shown that we are truly a wealthy and energetic congregation. My goal three years ago was to imbue a culture of abundance; in fact what I have discovered is that the culture was already here before our eyes. I hope that I have helped us see it more clearly.

Peace,
Sarabeth Mahusky-Petras

Each year it is our tradition to decorate the sanctuary for the holidays with poinsettias donated by the congregation.  If you would like to donate a poinsettia, just bring it in any Sunday between now and Christmas Eve. If you would like to dedicate your poinsettia to the memory of (or in honor of) someone special to you, please fill out a Dedication Form (available on the Greeter’s Desk and on the bulletin board). Your dedication will be annotated at the Christmas Eve service. (You are welcome to take your poinsettia home after the Christmas Eve or New Year’s Eve service.)

Meijer shoppers: Earn double Community Rewards for NUUC from Oct. 1-Dec. 31. Meijer credit cards linked to the rewards program earn 2% for purchases; PIN-based debit cards and cash purchases earn 1%. See the bulletin board in Fellowship Hall for applications and more details, or visit www.meijer.com/rewards. (Our NUUC Rewards Membership number is 994116).