Monday, November 12, 2007
UUSC Guest at Your Table Program - Thanksgiving to Christmas Eve
The UU Service Committee Guest at Your Table Program begins on Sunday, November 18 during the Intergenerational Thanksgiving Service. Every year First Parish members and friends participate in this UUSC program where they bring home little boxes that picture many of the UUSC international programs on the sides. Everyone is invited to welcome one of the people who participate in these programs into their homes; welcoming them by contributing towards the UUSC programs. Boxes are collected at the Christmas Eve service, and members are encouraged to convert all their loose cash and coin into a check made out to UUSC.
Give thanks by giving back. Through this special tradition, Unitarian Universalist communities celebrate the worth and dignity of all people and learn how to put these values into action. The Guest at Your Table experience of families learning together has built lasting connections to UU values for generations of UU youth.
Guest at Your Table has been an important part of UUSC, and of UU culture, since 1975. The program made its UUSC debut following then Institutional Advancement Director Warren Salinger's trip to the Netherlands. While there, he was inspired by a similar organization's program, entitled "Gast aan Tafel," to educate its supporters about its work and to raise vital funds. That program used colorful boxes that the whole family could enjoy. Warren immediately began work with UUSC's staff in Massachusetts to adapt the idea for use in Unitarian Universalist homes nationwide — and even worldwide! Each year since 1975, involvement in Guest at Your Table has grown tremendously, strengthening UUs' connections to our shared principles and helping to challenge injustice throughout the world.
You can keep this spirit and tradition alive in our congregation. Put a Guest at Your Table box on your family's table and discuss together what it means to welcome a guest to your table.
Give thanks by giving back. Through this special tradition, Unitarian Universalist communities celebrate the worth and dignity of all people and learn how to put these values into action. The Guest at Your Table experience of families learning together has built lasting connections to UU values for generations of UU youth.
Guest at Your Table has been an important part of UUSC, and of UU culture, since 1975. The program made its UUSC debut following then Institutional Advancement Director Warren Salinger's trip to the Netherlands. While there, he was inspired by a similar organization's program, entitled "Gast aan Tafel," to educate its supporters about its work and to raise vital funds. That program used colorful boxes that the whole family could enjoy. Warren immediately began work with UUSC's staff in Massachusetts to adapt the idea for use in Unitarian Universalist homes nationwide — and even worldwide! Each year since 1975, involvement in Guest at Your Table has grown tremendously, strengthening UUs' connections to our shared principles and helping to challenge injustice throughout the world.
You can keep this spirit and tradition alive in our congregation. Put a Guest at Your Table box on your family's table and discuss together what it means to welcome a guest to your table.