Rev. Suzelle & the Stewardship Team want to hear from you! We're seeking one-minute videos or photo stories on what you love about UUCW. View the video for more info -- your story could be part of our Sunday services on March 3rd! WATCH REV. SUZELLE'S VIDEO What delights you about UU Church West? What keeps [...]
In preparation for Build 2020, UU Church West is analyzing storage needs. The tasks below need to be completed as part of this analysis: 1. Assist in cleaning out storage areas in higher location. 2. Organize the holiday decoration storage in a higher storage location. 3. Take electronic equipment to sell or dispose of, on [...]
A message from Marsha Thrall, Religious Education Coordinator February is Black History Month. Traditionally, in social spaces throughout the community, celebrating Black History takes the shape of recognizing who we view as “extraordinary” African Americans. Those who have made their mark upon the landscape of the United States through contributions to Civil Rights, science, education, [...]
February is Black History Month. It’s an observance with deep roots, whose precursor was created in 1926 in the United States when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week.” Woodson chose that week because of Lincoln’s [...]
Split the Plate is one of UUCW’s programs of outreach and generosity. Each month we give half of all undesignated offering monies to a non-profit organization as a way to help us live our Unitarian Universalist values and serve our community. The national award-winning Latino Arts Strings Program (LASP) was established in the fall of [...]
In February we will be donating to the Jewish Community Pantry, which is located at 2900 W Center Street in Milwaukee. It serves the Amani and Metcalfe Park Neighborhoods, over 12,000 households of 37,000 clients with 42% children. The current specific needs are: Hygiene products: toothpaste & brushes, bars of soap, deodorant, diapers, baby wipes [...]
BOLD VISION, BRIGHT FUTURE! Unitarian Universalist Church West is a place that provides strength and courage for life’s journey — a spiritual community with a Bold Vision of a better world where each and every person is respected, and where the common good is a common goal! UUCW is a place to be ourselves, find [...]
The Nominating Committee Actively Seeks Candidates for the Board, Nominating Committee and Endowment Committee. Three new members are needed for each committee to replace those who will be leaving their positions in June. These are great opportunities to serve our UU congregation, make new friends, and use your leadership skills. Contact Susan Endes, Nominating Committee [...]
Welcome, Randy! Please welcome Randy Patterson to the UUCW Staff as the Campus Specialist. Randy started at the end of December and is doing a great job. The Campus Specialist position is responsible for the cleaning of the entire building, minor maintenance projects, and being a Sexton on some Sundays. Running the sound system is [...]
UUCW Members and friends will travel to the Dominican Republic on a service-learning trip to build houses and community with families in need (Relax, it's easier than you think!). Join us and learn more about this life changing experience by attending an informational meeting Sunday, February 24 from 12:45 - 2:00 pm. Here is what [...]
Have you been pondering a possible project that would enrich our UUCW community and support the long-range needs of the church? Do you need funds to make that project a reality? Each year UUCW distributes money in the form of grants from our Endowment Fund for projects aligned with the interests of our church. The [...]
The Earth Ministry and Stewardship committees have joined forces to collect and recycle scrap metal to encourage greater recycling and to raise funds for UUCW. Please bring in beverage and food aluminum and stainless-steel cans that have been thoroughly cleaned. Other metal products that you no longer need are also accepted, such as metal shears, [...]
From Phil Kroner, Build 2020 Task Force Chair The Build 2020 Team knows that many of our members and friends have questions about what's happening with our upcoming renovations. Here are some that folks have asked, and our current answers. I’m new to UUCW. What are we planning to do to the building, and why? [...]
Happy New Year, UUCW! November and December have been a whirlwind of activity in Religious Education, especially for our middle school groups. As a group, we’ve been working hard, and learning about how “shop local” and “shop black” movements can both uplift and sustain our neighbors within the greater Milwaukee community. But our explorations have [...]
Sunday, January 20, after 9:15 and 11:00 am services - "Freedom Walk" Unitarian Universalist Church West, follow the signs to UL4 This month, while exploring the impact of the Black Church Experience upon the Civil Rights Movement, and the continuing “Call to Justice” of the Poor People’s Campaign and Black Lives Matter Movements, UUCW’s middle school [...]
