Give thanks by giving back. On November 18, 2007,
the Sunday before Thanksgiving, join UU communities
nationwide to celebrate this important tradition.
Materials for the 2007-2008 program are now
available. Use the links at right to view them, and
place your order.
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 your
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.
How to order Guest at Your Table planning and
program resources
UUSC mailed a planning packet to each congregation,
and each
UUSC local representative, in the middle of
September. You can view the materials online here.
And you can place your order for program resources
including boxes, using the online order form or the
postcard included in the packet.
You'll find helpful tips for ordering materials and
planning your program in the Guide to Guest at Your
Table* For more information on how your congregation
can participate in Guest at Your Table, please
e-mail
volunteerservices@uusc.org
or call 800-388-3920.
