The UU Congregation of Tupelo hosts many special events including guest speakers, musical performances, special worships and more. Here is the upcoming schedule of special events:
Opportunities for Community Service
Helping Hands Food Bank
Helping Hands Food Bank is a service of the First Methodist Church of Tupelo. UUC Tupelo is collecting items for donation to the food bank. In response to a need at Helping Hands, we are collecting personal care items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo), diabetic items (low-sugar foods, sugar substitutes, etc.), quick-prep. food items for kids (cereals, frozen popsicles), disposable diapers (#3 size), "pull-ups". As always, any canned foods, pasta, rice, beans, etc., are also needed. Members of our Congregation volunteer their labor one Saturday in four to help interview applicants, pack grocery donation boxes and bags which are distributed to qualified needy individuals and families. We work with "Team 4" and serve every 4th Saturday.
Dates for 2009 are: Jun - 27, Jul - 25, Aug - 22, Sep - 19, Oct - 17, Nov - 14, Dec - 12.
Contact Marguerete Johnson [mdj319@comcast.net]
SOCIAL JUSTICE
JUNE IS TORTURE AWARENESS MONTH
In 2008, in cooperation with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture Our Congregation organized a public awareness rally in downtown Tupelo at the Federal Building at Church Street and West Main, followed by a march down Main Street to the Park at Fair Park. We carried banners proclaiming
“Torture is a Moral Issue” and “Torture is Wrong”
and handed out information brochures.
In 2009, the emphasis is on convincing our Legislators and the Obama Administration that we need a formal, but independent, Committee of Investigation to document our past actions and recommend legislation to prevent such actions forever.
Contact: Bob Spencer 566-2300 [roblspen@bellsouth.net]
and see www.nrcat.org for more information.
HIGHWAY CLEANUP
We have been assigned McCullough Blvd from Eason to Hope Church as our section of highway to keep clean. First Work Day was April 18, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. and we met at Hope Church Parking lot
Opportunities for Community Service
Helping Hands Food Bank
Helping Hands Food Bank is a service of the First Methodist Church of Tupelo. UUC Tupelo is collecting items for donation to the food bank. In response to a need at Helping Hands, we are collecting personal care items (toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, shampoo), diabetic items (low-sugar foods, sugar substitutes, etc.), quick-prep. food items for kids (cereals, frozen popsicles), disposable diapers (#3 size), "pull-ups". As always, any canned foods, pasta, rice, beans, etc., are also needed. Members of our Congregation volunteer their labor one Saturday in four to help interview applicants, pack grocery donation boxes and bags which are distributed to qualified needy individuals and families. We work with "Team 4" and serve every 4th Saturday.
Dates for 2009 are: Jun - 27, Jul - 25, Aug - 22, Sep - 19, Oct - 17, Nov - 14, Dec - 12.
Contact Marguerete Johnson [mdj319@comcast.net]
SOCIAL JUSTICE
JUNE IS TORTURE AWARENESS MONTH
In 2008, in cooperation with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture Our Congregation organized a public awareness rally in downtown Tupelo at the Federal Building at Church Street and West Main, followed by a march down Main Street to the Park at Fair Park. We carried banners proclaiming
“Torture is a Moral Issue” and “Torture is Wrong”
and handed out information brochures.
In 2009, the emphasis is on convincing our Legislators and the Obama Administration that we need a formal, but independent, Committee of Investigation to document our past actions and recommend legislation to prevent such actions forever.
Contact: Bob Spencer 566-2300 [roblspen@bellsouth.net]
and see www.nrcat.org for more information.
HIGHWAY CLEANUP
We have been assigned McCullough Blvd from Eason to Hope Church as our section of highway to keep clean. First Work Day was April 18, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. and we met at Hope Church Parking lot
Special Events
YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
We Meet at Temple B’nai Israel
1301 Marshall Street in Tupelo
Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
We Meet at Temple B’nai Israel
1301 Marshall Street in Tupelo
Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
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LEE COUNTY CIVIL RIGHTS MONUMENT
With some modest help from members of our Congregation the Coalition4Change unveiled the first Civil Rights Monument on a Mississippi county courthouse square in Tupelo,
Lee County, on March 21, 2009.
There are many more counties to go, more work to be done.
Donations may be sent to:
CREATE
213 W. Main Street
Tupelo, MS 38801
Checks should be made out to: Lee County Civil Rights Memorial.
With some modest help from members of our Congregation the Coalition4Change unveiled the first Civil Rights Monument on a Mississippi county courthouse square in Tupelo,
Lee County, on March 21, 2009.
There are many more counties to go, more work to be done.
Donations may be sent to:
CREATE
213 W. Main Street
Tupelo, MS 38801
Checks should be made out to: Lee County Civil Rights Memorial.
On October we hosted Bobbie Wrenn Banks of Womens Actions in New Directions who presented a lecture in the auditorium of the Lee County Library and gave a
press conference on the steps of Tupelo City Hall. (See Photos page for more)
press conference on the steps of Tupelo City Hall. (See Photos page for more)
Ronda McDowell, Jennifer Falkey and Bob Spencer shown here, as well
as Amy DeCanter contributed time, effort and energy to helping the Coalition4Change meet is first objective. Financial contributions came
from Hank & Ruth Jaekel, Margi Koranik, and others.
as Amy DeCanter contributed time, effort and energy to helping the Coalition4Change meet is first objective. Financial contributions came
from Hank & Ruth Jaekel, Margi Koranik, and others.