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, Andrea Bond, Molly Gust, Karen Abraham, John Christiansen, and Collin Rust. 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 RecipientsJanuary 29
Walker West Music Academy is the epicenter of a vibrant music learning community rooted in the African American cultural experience where people of all ages and backgrounds gather to explore and grow through music. This collection will support Walker West Music Academy’s scholarship fund. February 5 Minnesota Moms Demand Action (MMDA) lobbies for sensible gun legislation and works to reduce childhood gun deaths through its Be Smart campaign. MMDA is an all volunteer organization working with St. Paul’s Office of Neighborhood Safety on deterring gun violence in our community through prevention, environmental design, accountability, community action, and enforcement. February 12 Small Sums aims to outfit individuals experiencing homelessness or housing instability, who have found employment, with the essentials they need to return to the workplace. To that end, Small Sums helps remove hurdles that block job reentry by assisting individuals in obtaining job-specific work clothes, trade tools, professional licenses, union dues, and bus passes. This collection will support Small Sums in providing work reentry essentials. February 19 Literacy Minnesota believes that literacy has the power to advance equity and justice, and they envision a world where life-changing learning is within everyone's reach. This collection will support English Unlocked an accessible, student-centered, English language literacy curriculum designed for adult learners that is aligned with college and career readiness standards. February 26 Children's Law Center of Minnesota (CLC) promotes the legal rights and well-being of children and youth. CLC’s staff and volunteers provide direct representation of children and youth, primarily in the child welfare system, and advocate for changes in the systems that affect their lives. CLC represented over 700 foster children in 2022. This collection will underwrite the legal costs for representation of its clients. |
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