Community Outreach Ministry

If you've been looking for a way to stay connected to others in the congregation and to be involved in the larger community in these challenging times, Unity's Community Outreach Ministry Teams can be a good place to start. Whether you're interested in volunteering, organizing and advocacy, or learning, these teams offer many different opportunities.

Each team has a focus (sustainability, racial justice, affordable housing, etc.) and partners with one or more organization in the community to engage education, service, and advocacy within the context of our spiritual development and lives. For more information or to volunteer with any team or project, please contact the people listed or Rev. Shay MacKay at 651-228-1456 x106 or shay@unityunitarian.org.

Meet the Teams

Act for the Earth

The Act for the Earth Team promotes Unity Church’s environmental efforts. They oversee Unity’s transformation into a green institution and lead the congregation in advocacy on climate change issues facing our world. 

Gun Sense

The Gun Sense Team works to empower Unity Church and its membership to be active citizens in this process of dialogue and creation of policy. The team partner is Protect Minnesota.

Obama School

The Obama School Team partners with Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School by providing tutors, library volunteers, support of teacher appreciation and arts events, and more.

Affordable Housing

The Affordable Housing Team is committed to public policy advocacy that will lead to systemic affordable housing change by partnering with other congregations through the Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative.

Indigenous Justice

The newly forming Indigenous Justice Team works to better understand the history experienced by indigenous people in Minnesota and how it lives on in the present day. 

Partner Church

The  Partner Church Team works to develop a mutually rewarding relationship between the Unity Church community and that of our sister church in Homorodszentpeter, Transylvania, in Romania.  

Evergreen Projects

Evergreen Projects is Unity's quilting group and the work that they do to serve organizations in our community including Hallie Q. Brown Food Shelf, Jeremiah Program, and The Family Place (a day shelter in St. Paul).

Mano a Mano

The Mano a Mano Team supports the work of Mano a Mano International Partners, a  non-profit organization dedicated to helping development in rural Bolivia.

Racial and Restorative Justice

The Racial and Restorative Justice Team advocates for justice and acknowledges the importance of  restorative and racial justice in interracial healing and in building Beloved Community. Community ​