Ministry of Generosity: Sunday Offering

Each Sunday, sixty percent of the offering is shared with a community non-profit ​and forty 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, Andrea Bond, Laurel Lein, Karen Abraham, John Christiansen, and Collin Rust. To nominate an offering recipient, please use the form on this page.  ​

July 2024 Offering Totals

July 7
​​​​​​​​​​​Offering Total: $1913.77
Freedom School (60%): 1148.26
Unity Church (40%): 765.51

July 14
​​​​​​​​​​​Offering Total: $1920.27
Keystone Community Service (60%): 1152.16
Unity Church (40%): 768.11

July 21
​​​​​​​​​​​Offering Total: $1508.75
Prepare and Prosper (60%): 905.25
Unity Church (40%): 603.50

July 28
​​​​​​​​​​​Offering Total: $2507.27
Bedo Korneila Women's Association (60%): 1504.36
Unity Church (40%): 1002.91

Offering Principles
Criteria for Sunday offering nominations submitted by congregation members:

1. All nominations are considered. However, the Generosity Ministry Team places emphasis on non-profits whose annual budget is $500,000.00 or less.
2. The offering amount will be significant in relation to the size of the organization’s or project’s budget.
3. Recipients must have a connection with Unity Church through shared work or church support.
4. Recipients’ mission/values must reflect the core values of Unity Church.
5. Please allow one year before submitting repeat nominations.

Upcoming Offering Recipients

DONATE TO THE SUNDAY OFFERING

September 1: Unity’s Peace and Justice Scholarship Fund is dedicated to supporting equal access to participation in pilgrimages and hands-on workshops that serve as an important cornerstone of Unity’s community outreach programs. This collection will support scholarships for Unity’s social and racial justice programming. 

September 8: Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) engages people to protect, restore and enhance the Mississippi River and its watershed in the Twin Cities region. FMR knows today’s young people are the future stewards and advocates of the river, and this collection will support youth development programming and the development of functional pathways into environmental professions for young people, and particularly BIPOC youth.

September 15: The Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota (ILCM) provides free immigration legal representation to low-income immigrants and refugees in Minnesota and North Dakota. ILCM works to educate the community about immigration matters, advocates for public policies which respect universal human rights, and offers free immigration legal representation. This collection will support their internship program where participants learn to navigate the complexities of the immigration system in the Twin Cities.

September 22: With guidance from certified Montessori teachers, students at JJ Hill School use hands-on materials to establish critical thinking skills and respond to real-world issues. Unity Church has a group of committed volunteers working alongside school staff, and this collection will help provide additional materials for students, staff, and volunteers during the 2024-25 transition year when JJ Hill prepares to move into its new facility across the street from Unity Church. 

September 29: Social Justice Clinical Pastoral Education (SJCPE) provides justice-centered, liberative spiritual care education for faith leaders who desire to expand their capacity for walking with individuals through their stories of pain, healing and transformation. SJCPE peer groups include four inmates at Stillwater Corrections Facility learning to provide spiritual and pastoral care to one another. SJCPE is a progressive faith presence in an otherwise conservative, Christian-dominated environment. This collection will sponsor inmate participants.