DreamBikes is a non-profit organization of bicycle stores operating in low-to-moderate income neighborhoods to refurbish used bikes, return them to the community, and provide hands-on, paid job training to youth ages 15-21. Working in conjunction with local youth organizations, DreamBikes employs teens from the area to work in their store. Local teen employees learn how [...]
When Earth Day approaches, we usually take the time to review our Earth-friendly practices. Last year, a campaign was launched to reduce the mailing and paper expenses related to the West Wind, our monthly newsletter. Members were asked to sign up to receive only digital issues via email. While numerous people did step forward, there [...]
The March food donations will be received by the Milwaukee Homeless Veterans Initiative, which serves 300 to 400 homeless and 5,500 at-risk veterans in Milwaukee. The MHVI began in 2008 when two members began interviewing homeless veterans at Repairers of the Breach, a daytime shelter in Milwaukee, to find out what kinds of help they [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
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 [...]
Kimberlee Tomczak Carlson, Intern Minister What do you remember about your teen years, your adolescence? I remember the thrill of independence, being able to ride my bike to the store completely alone-an autonomous shopper. Though it was just to the local Farm and Fleet, I had to cross the highway and I was completely unsupervised! [...]
Sunday, December 9th — 9:15 and 11:00 am "Season of Mysteries - Holiday Music Service" Featuring the UUCW Adult Choir, Multigenerational Choir, Jennifer Nicolosi, Lead Music Director; and Ruben Piirainen, Music Director; with the Rev. Suzelle Lynch and Kimberlee Tomczak Carlson, Intern Minister The winter holiday season is full of beauty and mystery. We [...]
A Message from Rev. Suzelle Ring-a-ling! Ding, dong, merrily on high… Sleigh bells jingling, ring-ting-tingling… The holiday season is full of bell-sounds that herald the arrival of joys great and small. But I think the best bells are the ones little Zuzu Bailey speaks of in Frank Capra's classic Christmas film, "It's a Wonderful Life." [...]
Has this happened to you? You're sitting in the sanctuary when the Split the Plate partner organization is introduced. You really want to make a donation, but you don't have cash with you or a checkbook! So the gift is postponed… and perhaps even forgotten. Imagine if you could send a donation with a simple [...]
Transportation is a real justice issue and promoting Regional Transportation Authorities (RTA) is a real solution. Low-income people, workers, the elderly and people with disabilities are among those most affected by lack of transportation options. Because of segregation practices of the past 75 years, lack of transportation disproportionately affects people of color who live in [...]
This year, during the gift-giving season, UUCW’s middle school “Call to Justice” RE group is learning about meaningful gift-giving, especially as it ties into the UU Second Principle of “justice, equity, and compassion in human relations.” As part of this “Call to Action” initiative, our 6th – 8th graders have compiled a list of “Local [...]
