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5 Wishes |
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Make all your wishes come true this Holiday Season bring someone who needs to know!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 from 5:30- 7:30pm in the Parish Hall
Please join us for a dinner presentation and conversation to receive your free copy of the “Five Wishes” document created by a lawyer volunteer, with Mother Theresa. It is a comprehensive Advance Health Care Directive ( AHCD). The presentation is coordinated by USSB member, Susan Plummer, the Director of Alliance for Living and Dying Well.
Your questions and concerns will be answered by the speakers who are all professionals in the field, a lawyer, social worker and nurse. Take the initiative and express your wishes and bring your family or loved ones to dinner to have a conversation about your end-of-life desires.
Sharing your personal concerns and values, spiritual beliefs, or views about what makes life worth living can be as helpful as talking about specific treatments and circumstances. Having the conversation about your end-of-life care decisions with your loved ones will also help them ensure your wishes are followed.
Do you have answers to the following questions: How important is it to you to be physically independent and stay in your own home? Do you have a healthcare agent? Have you communicated your views with your family members? Will they respect your wants and needs, even if they don’t agree with your choices? Do you already have an advance directive?
Please, bring an important person in your life, to have the conversation and support one another in the heartfelt and fruitful journey of completing our Five Wishes. Share them with those who need to know.
For more information please call Susan Plummer at the Alliance for Living and Dying Well 805-845-5314. |
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Holiday Radio Play - A Christmas Carol |
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CDs of the USSB Theater Group's fabulous performance are now available for only $10 from the USSB Office. All proceeds benefit the Warming Center.
If you have any questions, please contact Paul Freeman. |
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Pastoral Care |
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“Nurturing a spirit of connection and support during times of need.”
When a crisis hits or a major life transition happens, sometimes we need a little extra support. “Pastoral Care” is the term used to describe the kind of care that we offer one another during these hard times. It may mean a visit from the minister, a bouquet of flowers or a hot meal, or simply sitting down with a cup of tea and another member of the congregation who is willing to listen.
The goal of Pastoral Care is to offer a supportive presence, to help in transition, to provide an environment of hope and growth, and to offer support on the spiritual journey. If a member has a more serious concern or an ongoing need for support, we can help with a referral to outside resources.
Members, please login for more information. |
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Auction Team |
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Our annual event and services auction is our major fund (and fun) raiser for the year. It is held the first Saturday of November, from 5 to 9 PM. Join the team of volunteers that makes it happen!
It takes big vision planners, auction item soliciters, volunteer coordinators. We need volunteers to be in the Garden on Sundays for the two months prior to the event, data entry volunteers in the office for a similar period. Special help is required the immediate days prior to recieve, tag and organize art and material donations. There is a set up crew the night before. We need several teams the night of the event to make it flow seemlessly and keep everyone fed, bidding and having FUN, in addition to entering the winning bidders into the data base. At the end of the evening the clean-up crew is needed to tie and tidy it all up.
The sheets of what bidders have won, and the art and other material items are available for pick up on Sunday morning - and once again, volunteers are needed to help with distrabution.
This event is a long time congregation favorite - an evening not to be missed. Its ongoing succes as a fund and fun raiser is wholly the result of the generous donations of time, energy, goods and services of the members and friends of USSB.
Contact Nancy in the office to become part of this year's team!
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Office Volunteers |
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Office volunteer jobs are a great way to get insight into how USSB accomplishes the many and varied tasks at hand and meet the staff, fellow members and friends of USSB. There is always something that needs to be done and much gratitude for those who are willing to help get it done!
Helping get mailings out in a timely fashion, keeping our website current, maintaining the organization of our storgage areas, computer data entry and coordinating special projects are examples of office volunteer opportuities.
We always welcome a smiling face and cheerful voice willing to help at the reception desk. The USSB reception office is open from 9 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday and Sunday mornings 9 AM to 12 noon.
Contact Carol in the office to find out what might best work for you. |
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