UUFA May 3rd Give Back Day
Please join us Saturday, May 3 from 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM at the fellowship. We will be attending to various jobs on the grounds, planting some flowers and potentially scraping and painting the benches in the grove.
We will spend time after the tasks enjoyng one anothers company for food and fun – games and libations will be enjoyed. Please bring your favorite libation. Pizza will be provided. In keeping with our community’s support of the action “They Cut, We Care”…please bring a shelf stable food donation and/or a financial contribution and Carolyn Sweeney has offered to get it to the community’s collection.
- If it’s raining Saturday – morning portion canceled – We will gather at 2:00 pm for games and snacks !
sopnsored by the Membership Committee
Sunday Services May 2025
Sunday May 4 – Altzheimers and Dignity with Rene Redd. Please join us to welcome Rene Redd with the Altzheimers Association to learn more about the devastating disease and how we can assist others who may be in need. Nellie James is our service leader
Sunday May 11 – Flower Communion and Welcoming Our New Members , Happy Mothers Day too! Please join us on this special annual day as we welcome our New Members; Jeff Wunderly, John Reagan, Amy & Daniel Trumble and Lish Griener and Linda Sistrunk. Please bring a flower to share in our UU tradition of welcome the spring and summer with our Flower Communion , first established by Norbert Chopek in 1923 in Prague at a Unitarian church. Nellie, James, Membership Team as service leaders.
Sunday, May 18 – Music Sunday and Potluck- Join us for a day of song! We welcome Marietta UU Choir members to join us on this Sunday as we lift one another’s spirits in song! We will have a potluck following service and continued singing ! Nellie James is service leader.
Sunday, May 25, 2025 – Considering the Status of Women in the U.S. in 2025; from a UU perspective. Barb Harrison is service leader.
UUFA Annual Pledge Drive Information
Gentlepersons:
This is Jessie Roberson. I am leading the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Athens’ (“UUFA”) Pledge Drive for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. I write to ask your help as the UUFA Executive Committee works to wrap up preparations for the coming year. As you may recall, our bylaws require all members to submit an annual pledge form and to make an identifiable contribution to maintain their membership status. HOWEVER, what you pledge and what you actually contribute is entirely up to you.
The budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1, 2025, that is approved at the UUFA Annual Meeting, reflects the bare bones operation to which our Executive Committee shifted as we scrambled to adjust, to the myriad impacts of the Co-Vid 19 pandemic. As the plague continues to wane (we hope – there still tend to be local spikes every time O.U. students return from a break!), we plan to continue doing “live” services; we also hope to enhance our technological supports for services. Please feel free to contact any member of the Executive Committee to offer feedback, suggest further enhancements or suggest topics for future services.
Having as many returned pledge forms as possible will help to expedite the planning of the Executive Committee. Imagine trying to manage your household spending without having a reasonable idea of what your income will be each month. Pledges are an essential tool that allow the Executive Committee to make a realistic assessment of the likely resources available to support the functions, services and mission we hope to deliver to our community and our congregation over the coming year. It is now possible to pay your pledge in cash, by check or on line using our link to Tithely.com,
https://get.tithe.ly/download-tithely-app
As you may have noticed in our weekly Greensheet and/or Sunday announcements, our building hosts four or five activities per week. The Executive Committee is trying to make our beautiful building a community asset. Our improvements, both inside and outside the building, help advance that objective.
Please take a few moments to fill out and return the pledge form attached. You can return it in person during a service at the Fellowship, mail it (to UUFA, P.O. Box 0333, Athens, OH 45701), or return it via email by sending it to: treasurer@uuathens.org .
The Executive Committee will look at the pledges at the end of the fiscal year (June 30 2025) and make appropriate adjustments to the budget in light of our financial support. Of course, we will gladly accept your support however and whenever you choose to give it. The amount of your pledge is left entirely to your discretion. The grid on the following page is merely a point of reference as you consider your pledge. The Executive Committee deeply appreciates your help in finalizing the plans for the various things that need to get done. Please fill out a pledge form as soon as you can manage it.
Thank you for your time, attention and support.
For the UUFA Executive Committee,
Jessie C. Roberson, Pledge Drive Chair
Please send name and annual amount pledged directly to Susan Westenbarger, UUFA Treasurer at:
Unitarian Universalist Association Suggested Fair-Share Giving Guide
* See the chart below for “suggested” amounts for giving. Please pledge what YOU feel is comfortable.
Supporter
|
Sustainer
|
Visionary
|
Full Tithe
|
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Adjusted Annual Income |
Suggested |
Monthly |
Annual |
Suggested |
Monthly |
Annual |
Suggested |
Monthly |
Annual |
Suggested |
Monthly |
Annual |
% of Income |
Payment |
Payment |
% of Income |
Payment |
Payment |
% of Income |
Payment |
Payment |
% of Income |
Payment |
Payment |
|
$10,000 |
2% |
$16 |
$200 |
3% |
$25 |
$300 |
5% |
$42 |
$500 |
10% |
$83 |
$1,000 |
$25,000 |
2% |
$42 |
$500 |
3% |
$63 |
$750 |
5% |
$104 |
$1,250 |
10% |
$208 |
$2,500 |
$50,000 |
3% |
$125 |
$1,500 |
4% |
$167 |
$2,000 |
5% |
$208 |
$2,500 |
10% |
$417 |
$5,000 |
$75,000 |
3% |
$188 |
$2,250 |
4.5% |
$281 |
$3,375 |
6% |
$375 |
$4,500 |
10% |
$625 |
$7,500 |
$100,000 |
3.5%Ath |
$292 |
$3,500 |
5% |
$417 |
$5,000 |
6.5% |
$542 |
$6.500 |
10% |
$833 |
$10,000 |
$150,000 |
3.5% |
$438 |
$5,250 |
5% |
$625 |
$7,500 |
6.5% |
$813 |
$9,750 |
10% |
$1,250 |
$15,000 |
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