Guest at Your Table 2009-2010

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This year, join UUs around the country — and around the world — in welcoming a Guest at Your Table!

For more than thirty years, the Guest at Your Table tradition has helped UUs build lasting connections to UU principles and support the movement for universal human rights. It is a simple and meaningful way to incorporate "faith in action" into your life.

Guest at Your Table is for everyone! It includes a meaningful worship experience, religious education, and at-home learning for people of all age groups.

» Learn how YOU can coordinate a Guest celebration for your congregation.

When Do We Celebrate Guest at Your Table?

Most congregations will begin their Guest at Your Table celebration on November 22, 2009 — the Sunday before Thanksgiving. But please check your congregational calendar for your opening date.

Getting to Know Your Guests

During Guest at Your Table, participants keep a colorful Guest at Your Table box — with photographs of special guests from around the world — in a prominent place in their home, like the dining room table.

Keep a colorful Guest at Your Table box in a prominent place in your home, like the dining room table. Photo courtesy of Paul W. Locke

Over the next four to six weeks,participants get to know your special guests by reading aloud to family and friends real-life stories from Stories of Hope PDF. Stories of Hope is the focal point of the Guest at Your Table experience, connecting UUs to real people whose lives have been transformed by the shared struggle for human rights. (Stories are written at all reading levels.)

You will also learn about UUSC's social-justice mission, which puts our shared principles into action.

Sharing with Your Guests

During Guest at Your Table, you or your family may also make daily contributions to your Guest at Your Table box, as if sharing with your special guests. When human-rights supporters share their blessings with UUSC during Guest at Your table they ensure that UUSC's vital work to advance social justice continues, year after year.

You and your family members can also earn UUSC membership by giving at the membership level during Guest at Your Table.

» Find out where your donations will go!