Our Ministries

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UUCP thrives because of the hard work and dedication of the people who support our mission. One way to make a difference is to join one of the ministries, or teams that volunteer to take on various tasks or activities, which attend to and serve our members, friends, and the community. These activities are shaped and directed by our understanding of our mission and include everything from planning our Sunday services and programs, to planning communications, or planning and supporting the religious education program.

What is a Ministry?

Groups of people from our congregation, who volunteer to take on a task or take on activities, which attend to and serve our members, friends, and the community. These activities are shaped and directed by our understanding of our mission and include everything from planning our Sunday services and programs, to planning communications, or planning and supporting the religious education program.

Please click on the title to read more about each ministry.

The Racial and Social Justice Team grew out of the UUCP participation in the UUA Antiracist Multicultural Congregations Pilot Project. The Team has a 3-strand focus which includes: anti-racism and anti-oppression work, social service work, and the work of celebrating diversity. The UUCP Vision Statement and the UUCP Resolution On Anti-Racism are the guidelines for the development of the tasks and functions of the Justice Team.

What We Do:

  • Plan and implement programs of antiracism and anti-oppression study and action.
  • Serve the homeless and the hungry.
  • Create alliances with community and religious groups to foster racial and social justice education and action.
  • Sponsor celebrations of our diversity of race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, and age.
  • Acknowledge and develop the connection between justice seeking and the spiritual.
Communications 

The mission of the Marketing & Communications Specialist is to promote activities of our congregation in order to attract new people and continue to inform our current members and friends about upcoming services, events, and topics of interest. Through updated content on our website as well as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram the Marketing & Communications Specialist functions as an editorial board through which the Congregation and our other Ministries can get the word out about the wonderful things we do at UUCP through the web, email and social media. In addition we have a weekly newsletter with events and information called “The Weekly Reader.”

For more information or to volunteer, please contact the Marketing & Communications Specialist at communications@uucpalisades.org

Growth and Membership

Growth and Membership coordinates the set-up of our Fellowship Coffee Hour to ensure that it is a friendly and nurturing environment for all.  We have a Welcome Table in place to welcome visitors to our congregation.  At least one member of the M-Team is available each Sunday to greet our visitors and answer any questions they may have regarding our congregation and/or Unitarian Universalism.  The M-Team offers new visitors at Sunday service the opportunity to fill out a Visitor Card and then follows up by sending a welcome letter from our minister.

Caring Connections is that part of our team that reaches out to those in need within our congregation. We send cards to members and friends that have experienced a significant event in their lives (e.g. an illness, the arrival of a child), or just to say hello if we haven’t seen you in a while.

The Board of Trustees/Program Team

The BOT/Program Team is responsible for planning Sunday services. The team meets every month to plan upcoming Sunday morning services. Since our minister is part-time, to fill in the weeks when Reverend Dodenhoff is not here, the BOT/Program Team also researches and books other guest speakers, religious leaders, and congregants to lead services throughout the year.

The BOT/Program Team strives to plan services that include:

  • Meaningful content
  • Spirituality
  • Inclusiveness and outreach to those present and others
  • Building of UUCP community
  • Connection to Unitarian Universalism

Excellent delivery and an uplifting tone are important to our services. Since our congregation cares about music, we also strive to include hymns sung by the congregation, recorded music, and live presentations by pianists and occasionally other musicians.