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.
Offering Recipients
St. Paul Freedom School
January 2: International Institute of Minnesota Afghan Refugee Program provides wrap-around services for newly arrived refugees offering help with the financial resources needed for immigration documentation, housing and health insurance applications, school registration, employment training, and transportation. Currently over 1200 Afghan refugees are being served.
January 9: Good Courage Farm is an emerging agrarian ministry in west-central Minnesota where people of all faiths gather to learn and work together for the healing of Creation. Good Courage grows good food while sharing practices of agricultural, social, and spiritual regeneration. Kerri Meyer, Unity’s former Religious Education Director, is its founding Executive Director. Unity Church member Craig Allen serves on its board. This collection will support Good Courage Farm's summer food/faith interns. January 16: Freedom School, held each summer in the Rondo Education complex, is a free program for students in grades K-8. This collection will help provide nutritious meals, address pandemic learning loss, and provide resources for lessons, field trips, and fun. January 23: Pawsitivity is a St. Paul organization that serves individuals with autism and epilepsy by training dogs to serve their needs and help foster their independence. This offering will outfit two service dogs with vests, patches, harnesses, and belts. January 30: Minnesota Multifaith Network (MnMN) aims to be a statewide network of faith leaders committed to building bridges and trust between faith communities and opening space for deeper relationships. This collection will support shared learning and training focused on fostering human rights through expanded interfaith commitments. Unity Church members Tom Duke and Mark Pickard are board members of MnMN. |
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