Ministry of Generosity: Sunday Offering
Each Sunday, seventy percent of the offering is shared with a community non-profit and thirty percent supports the Community Outreach Ministry at Unity Church. The Generosity Ministry Team oversees the distribution of the Sunday offering. Members of this team include Dick Buggs, Matt Brown, Molly Gust, Patricia Ohmans, and Rebecca Flood. To nominate an offering recipient, please use the form on this page.
Offering Principles
Criteria for Sunday offering nominations submitted by congregation members:
Offering Principles
Criteria for Sunday offering nominations submitted by congregation members:
- All nominations are considered. However, the Generosity Ministry Team places emphasis on non-profits whose annual budget is $500,000.00 or less.
- The offering amount will be significant in relation to the size of the organization’s or project’s budget.
- Recipients must have a connection with Unity Church through shared work or church support.
- Recipients’ mission/values must reflect the core values of Unity Church.
- Please allow one year before submitting repeat nominations.
Upcoming Offering Recipients
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July 25: Neighborhood House, founded in 1887, serves more than 15,000 people annually in its six locations throughout St. Paul, helping them gain the skills, knowledge, and confidence to thrive in diverse communities. Neighborhood House assists immigrants and refugees through its multiple services revolving around food and housing security, financial literacy, and educational and youth programs. This collection will support a distance learning site in the Wellstone Center providing supervised support for kids working though learning deficits incurred during a school year interrupted by pandemic restrictions. Unity members Sally Scoggin and Andrea Bond have been powerful energy sources for Neighborhood House.
August 1: The Circle of Peace works with Unity’s Racial and Restorative Justice Team to promote racial healing through relationship building. The Monday night dinner and circle held at Unity Church has met over 500 times. This collection will support these weekly gatherings. August 8: The Como/Falcon Heights Block Nurse Program organizes volunteers, professionals, and family members to provide care for seniors in ways that support choice, dignity, and independence. This collection will support the Homemaker/Companion Program providing light housekeeping, errand running, meal preparation, and companionship. August 15: The Hallman Intern Endowment supports Unity's role as a teaching congregation by underwriting an annual stipend that is awarded each year, bringing a ministerial intern to the congregation. There will be no intern in 2021-22 due to the transition in senior ministerial staff. This offering is an annual collection that increases endowment reserves. August 22: Everyday Miracles serves communities at risk for poor maternal health care outcomes. It strives to provide compassionate, culturally aware support in a non-judgemental way and offers doula services, prenatal yoga, and childbirth and breastfeeding education for families from underserved BIPOC communities. August 29: Unity Church provides meals for the families participating in evening classes with Jeremiah Program, a residential living and educational center for single moms working toward a post secondary education. This collection will help purchase, prepare, and serve the food offered at these twice monthly meals. |
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