Social Action Team August news

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Faith-to-Action News

The Faith-to-Action recipient for August 2025 is First Chance for Children. You will hear more about this worthy organization during Sunday worship service collections. Please donate as you are able, either online or in the old-fashioned way… in the collection plate.

The Social Action Team is still accepting applications for the Faith-to-Action collections for the period September 2025 through August 2026. Deadline for “first priority” nominees was July 1. Nominations received after July 1 will be considered until we have 12 qualified applicants. Any member or friend of UUCC may submit a nomination. Here are the applicants as of this writing:

  • Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia
  • The Lajee Center
  • The Women’s Forum in Honduras
  • City of Refuge
  • Heart of Missouri CASA
  • TBD(program for paying utilities in progress)
  • UUCC Honduras Team
  • The MICA Project

Recent Faith-to-Action collection results:

  • July: $862.06 for Mobility Worldwide
  • August: $1,174.25 for No More Deaths
  • September: $1,325.27 for the Honduras Ministry Team.
  • October: $1,382.27 for the Sanctuary and Immigrant Justice Team.
  • November: $1,574.30 for the Pink Haven Coalition
  • December: $1,063.94 for Caring Hearts and Hands of Columbia
  • January: $2,057.88 for the Boone County Community Bail Fund
  • February: $1,258.41 for the Minority Men’s Network Educational Fund
  • March: $1,247.24 for Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty
  • April: $1,704.27 for CASA
  • May: $1,081.22 for Children’s Grove Kindness Libraries
  • June: $790.82 for CoMo Bike Co-op

Honduras Ministry

Please mark your calendars – the next UUCC Honduras service trip is scheduled for Spring Break 2028. Whether you ever go on a service trip to Honduras or not, we absolutely could not do it without the incredible support and enthusiasm of the whole congregation. THANK YOU! Please email Allie Gassmann if you would like to get involved.

Food barrel

Did you know UUCC collects food for the Food Bank Market? Leave your donations in the barrel near the elevator and we will get them to the market for you.

Loaves & Fishes update

All the volunteer slots for food and serving filled up several days in advance. If you are considering volunteering, don’t delay! Positions go fast! Consider signing up for a future L&F as a service project for your Chalice Circle or other group.

If serving or donating food doesn’t work for you, and you want to be part of the UUCC support for Loaves & Fishes, you can donate to the food reimbursement fund on the Giving page.