Beverly Unitarian Church

Pot-Luck dinner and Square Dance on Saturday, November 12 at 6:00 pm at Trinity United Methodist at 9848 S. Winchester. Bring a Dish to Share; the cost is $3/person or $5/family. The event is sponsored by Unity in Diversity and Southsiders for Peace and Beverly/Morgan/Park Community of Churches. For more information, call Betsy Perrine at 773-233-1420 or Mike Wolf at 773-239-1439.

Starting Sunday, October 30, there will be a collection box in the sanctuary to receive hats, gloves, socks (white tube kind), toiletries and hygiene products. We will deliver these to the PADS office as the box fills. With increasing unemployment, homelessness AND drastic cuts in social services at the same time, our brothers and sisters need our help more than ever.

We help out at the Oak Lawn PADS shelter each month that has fifth Thursday from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am in four hour shifts. December 29 is our next date. If you would like to volunteer for this, call Mike Wolf at 773-239-1439. I will contact those who have volunteered before.

There are numerous other volunteer opportunities at the PADS shelters. They are looking for 2nd and 3rd shift volunteers (once a month); help in their Chicago Heights office; Christmas meal donations and distribution, volunteers to work Christmas night. etc. Call Mike at 773-239-1439 or contact Dawn Thrasher, Community Resource Coordinator, at dawn@sspads.org or at 708-754-4357.

The Second Sunday Collection for November and December goes to Unitarian-Universalist Service Committee. The September and October 2nd Sunday collection totaled $229 and went to PADS.

OTHER INFORMATION

Southsiders for Peace will meet the first and third Tuesdays upstairs at 7:30 pm.

Volunteer at the South Suburban PADS homeless shelter on fifth Thursdays of the month.

Support the work of New Neighbors, a local non-profit group that assists one family a year with an apartment and assistance in making the transition from being homeless

Make a difference in the lives of at-risk youth

Two committed women who live a few blocks away from the church have taken in two foster teenagers.  We may be able to assist with tutoring in math and reading.  Please contact Rev. Marcia Curtis if you are interested in this important effort.  

Standing on the Side of Love

Standing on the Side of Love is a public advocacy effort of the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA) in support of same-sex marriage.  They seek to “harness love’s power to stop oppression.”  Please take a moment to sign the nationwide petition at www.standingonthesideoflove.org.  Members of the Social Action Committee feel tasked to help the congregation transform its mission of “living our values in the world” into action, by providing opportunities to do the work of a justice that is rooted in love.  “And in union what we will can be accomplished still.”

A special collections policy at our church establishes the second Sunday of each month as Special Collections Sunday.  On these Sundays, all cash and any checks not designated as a pledge will go to the organization designated to benefit from the special collection.  Checks are to be made payable to Beverly Unitarian Church, and it is recommended that individuals write "special collection" in the note section. 

Marcia Curtis, Social Action Committee Chair, at (312) 431-0381 or RevMyoshin@msn.com