Can you come to Church a couple of hours before the morning Sunday service, or can you donate a couple of hours of your time during weekday office hours? Virginia needs help with weekly office tasks (Sunday video surveillance and front desk staffing; weekday clean-up and preparation of various admin documents). Easy, quick, and varied duties, on your own time. Contact Virginia (admin@uucj.org) to sign up and get trained.
We are looking for 5 generous souls who could volunteer on a rotating basis at the UUCJ front desk from 9am to 10:45am each Sunday morning through the end of the year. Duties involve opening classrooms/helping members with easy office tasks/answering questions. This is an easy, yet critical role to help support our office and minister. With 5 committed volunteers, 1 person comes in every 5th Sunday and we build a fabulous team! Contact Virginia (jennifer@uucj.org) to sign up and get trained. Surprise GIFT CARDS for the 5 lucky ones who get the job done.
Despite the president’s order to stop separating families at the border, the crisis is far from over. It’s important to support our UU Service Committee with phone calls to legislators. Remember that the founders of UUSC, Rev. Waitsill and Martha Sharp, gave up their lives in the US in 1939 to help people flee the Nazi terror in Europe. Surely we can take a few minutes to call or write a letter.
The most important item to stress to your legislators is that the children who were taken from their parents need to be re-united as quickly as possible. Grants for asylum should not be reduced; TPS (protective status) for many Central American and Haitian refugees should remain in place. Our country could also increase aid and support to the countries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala so that people do not have to flee in the first place. Choose any of these points to discuss, but please do something. If we are silent, Congress can only assume we do not care.
Riverkeepers looks for volunteers & UUCJ looks to keep our pond healthy. Partnering = positive impact on Campus & all of NE Florida!
There are even teaching CRUISES during the year! See all events at: http://www.stjohnsriverkeeper.org/events
“As a resident near the river, I participate almost daily in picking up trash that would wind up in the river and I garden in “green” (no pesticides no herbicides) to minimize my impact on the river. The Riverkeepers counts on all of us to help in the healing of the St John’s.” unofficial spokeswoman, Yanella Parra.
Volunteers are needed to help with the Missy James’ reception on Thursday 5/17/18 immediately following the service at 2:00 pm. We will need help setting up around 11:30 and cleaning up after the reception. We will need help setting up tables, tablecloths, coffee pots (regular and decaf) and dishes for finger food. The family will provide the food and cold drinks.
Please contact Janine Leland (j9leland@bellsouth.net) if you are willing and able to lend a hand. We would be most appreciative!
Membership Committee is looking for members excited to talk about membership, welcome guests and new members, and work to improve outreach to existing members. Interested? Contact Sunnie at sunnie.j.baber@gmail.com.
Anyone who likes to sing is invited to join our choir for our annual Earth Day program on April 22. Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, March 11 at 12:30 in the chapel. Music readers and non-readers are welcome. Rehearsal CD’s are available so you can practice at home as well as each week at church. For information and encouragement speak with Sharon Scholl.
Save the date! This year, O’Leno will be April 26th-30th. If you would like to join the planning team, please contact Jen Tucker. JenniferGTucker@aol.com 904-955-3909
On February 16th we will be having an event for the Children & Youth of UUCJ. We need at least four volunteers from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Duties will include chaperoning children in K-12th grade, playing games, making milkshakes and potentially some light lifting. If you want to put a smile on a child’s face please email our DRE, Tyler Burley, at tyler@uucj.org for more information.
You enjoy Sunday social hour? – help keep it going. It takes little time, and “newbies” have someone there to help. Sign up in social hall with Karen Scott or Bowen Barrs. If most members signed up, you’d only have to do it once a year!
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