Service Opportunities

Our grower, Nichole, will be celebrating her birthday morning on June 4 by working at our garden from 9am to noon. As the JU & UNF student helpers are gone for the summer she could use help from UUCJ. Please come by to wish her a happy birthday & offer a helping hand. No experience necessary. Your visit will brighten her day and help her grow food for the pantry at Arlington Community Services!

Saturday, June 25, 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. Meet at UUCJ to spruce up and make repairs.  We need a team to parse the kitchen cupboards, decide what needs to go, and donate useful items to a thrift store. Grounds work and setting up the Anthony conference room are also planned.  Please contact Steve Settle at if you have any questions.

Volunteers are needed for member security.  Spend an hour and a half walking around campus keeping an eye on the parking lot as members meet on Sunday between 9:15 and 12:15. Need 2-4 members. Sign up here.

Here ye! Here ye! The donation phase of the 2022 Service Auction has begun. First, a heads up to those of you who have purchased events at our 2021 auction that have not taken place, these events are in the works as we speak and will take place as soon as possible. This year’s Service Auction will take place Sun May 15th through Sun May 29th.  Our auction will be online again due to the success we had last year:…

The Membership Team provides information on how to become a member of UUCJ, as well as an opportunity to become a member and officially sign the membership book. For all members, it encourages connections with other UUCJ members and teams and facilitates belonging and engagement within the UUCJ Beloved Community. If you would like to be a part of this important work, meet other members, and have a little fun contact the membership team coordinator (Nancy Murrey-Settle) at

Opportunities from Our Outreach Committees It’s an exciting time at UUCJ as we get ready to return to in-person services. Happily, our outreach has not slowed during “the Zoom months”. If you are looking for ways to be involved, here are just a few of the UUCJ opportunities that you can consider: ICARE We had a great turnout at the Community Problems Assembly this month – 24 of us!  But we are reminded that there is still much work to…

Both the arbor over the bench and the tree in the corner have been trimmed in the garden to the right of the walkway to our church, along with much raking, cleaning up and weeding. A new bulb garden is in the process of being created using existing bulbs, this is a big job…sure could use a few more hands to lighten the load. We will be meeting again this Sunday, November 21st 2:30 – 4pm. Hope to see you…

Progress was made last Sunday in our attempt  to clean up the garden adjacent to the walkway of our church:  most dead plants were removed, many were pruned, weeding and raking took place thanks to the efforts of Hope, Betsy, Lois, Teri, Carlos, Kim and Darlene.   It was fun working together and the results were a thing to behold.   We did not however finish the cleanup phase, much weeding and raking needs to be done –  SURE COULD USE A…

We are sure that many of you have noticed that the garden to the right of the walkway into our church is in desperate need of attention.  What’s the fix?  Phase 1: CLEANUP. Hope and Darlene will spearhead a gathering at the church this Sunday 2:30-4:00pm. We will be trimming, pruning, raking, weeding, cutting down and disposing of dead plants, and sure could use some help.  Any amount of time you have to spare will be most appreciated, and if you have…