Communicating about Guest at Your Table
Spreading the word about Guest at
Your Table
When holding any special event for Guest at Your Table,
be sure to have plenty of "Stories of Hope" flyers on hand, UUSC
buttons and stickers, and maybe even some extra Guest boxes or
envelopes. Be creative with your displays and tables. Create posters
to announce your event, or to celebrate UUSC.
Create a display including the Guest posters, boxes,
flyers and anything else you would like to use such as Guest or UUSC
stickers, in a prominent and heavily-trafficked location. During and
after each service for the duration of your Guest program, encourage
people to donate their pocket change to a box in the display.
Place reminders of Guest at Your Table all over your
congregation's building(s). UUSC sends one Guest poster to each
congregation and makes one more available by request. Put the
posters up as soon as you receive them to get people thinking about
the coming program.
Feature past or present boxes and posters at your
church fairs and functions and at your social action table after
your Sunday services. Place a box or two in each religious education
room or other meeting rooms used by your members.
Create a chart linking the amount of money raised with
the type of work that the funds could make possible.
Place brief announcements in your congregation's print
and e-mail newsletters, and Order of Service, describing the good
work UUSC can do thanks to Guest contributions.
Be sure to place announcements before the program starts, while the
program is running, and after its close. Give people notice before
your opening Guest at Your Table service. While the boxes are in
people's homes, regularly remind everyone about the importance of
the program. And after your closing service, acknowledge all that
your church has done to strengthen Unitarian Universalism's powerful
voice for human rights – your UU Service Committee.
Newsletter and bulletin items for the beginning of your
program
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Guest at Your Table is coming! This UU tradition celebrates the
worth and dignity of all and helps us put UU values into action. The
Guest at Your Table experience helps families learn together about
justice, building lasting connections to UU values.
Become part of the tradition. Place a Guest at Your Table box on
your family's table. With UUSC’s Stories of Hope, discuss what it
means to welcome your guest. Share your family’s blessings with your
guest each day.
Our (date) worship service(s) and religions education classes will
celebrate the beginning of this year’s Guest program. Be there and
pick up your Guest box and accompanying Stories of Hope.
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<<D a t e>> will be Guest at Your Table Sunday. This
UU tradition celebrates the worth and dignity of all people and
helps put our values into action.
Colorful boxes and Stories of Hope help put a human face on the
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s work to advance human
rights and social justice in the U.S. around 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.
The Guest at Your Table shares Stories of Hope; lives changed for
the better through the work of UUSC and our partner organizations.
We will learn of Viola’s struggles to survive Katrina, to rebuild
her home and her community. Angel’s fight for justice after children
contracted Hepatitis A from Guayaquil, Ecuador drinking water. Mary,
a Nairobi teenager, receiving education even after becoming chief
breadwinner. And Appeal for Redress helping military personnel to
speak out against the war in Iraq.
Support raised through the Guest at Your Table has made these and
many more stories of hope possible.
And your Guest gift can do even more good in the world! All
individual and family unrestricted contributions of $100 are
eligible to be matched dollar for dollar by the UU Congregation at
Shelter Rock, Manhasset, N.Y.
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Newsletter and bulletin item for the middle of your program,
while the boxes are at home
Many of us now have our Guest at Your Table boxes placed on our meal
tables (or Guest donation envelopes tacked in a prominent place).
Welcoming a Guest at Your Table can be a meaningful experience for
our families. It is an opportunity for us to talk with each other
about what is happening in our world, the blessings in our lives,
and our UU principles.
If you received the Stories of Hope with your box, UUSC encourages
you to use them as discussion starters. If not, you can view the
stories online at www.uusc.org/guest . Together, you can learn what
sharing your blessings with your Guest at Your Table can do for our
world.
If you missed getting a Guest box this year, you can still pick one
up after services or contact our UUSC local representative, ______.
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Newsletter and bulletin item for the end of your program, when
preparing to collect the boxes
During the <<D a t e>> worship service(s), we will
gather up the Guest at Your Table boxes.
We are so proud that this year our congregation has continued the
tradition of Guest at Your Table. Each Guest box reminds families
that they are where UUSC’s commitment to the inherent worth and
dignity begins. UUSC can advance human rights in the U.S. and
throughout the world because of the support of members.
Your Guest gifts can earn membership for each member of your family.
UUSC membership rates are:
• $40 for a single regular membership
• $10 for a youth/student membership
• $20 for a senior citizen membership (65 and over)
• $75 for dual regular membership
And your Guest gift can do even more good in the world! All
individual and family unrestricted contributions of $100 are
eligible to be matched dollar for dollar by the UU Congregation at
Shelter Rock, Manhasset, N.Y.
Please count the money inside your box, make out a check to UUSC,
fill out the coupon on the side of the box making sure to mark your
membership type. If you’ll be using a Guest donation envelope
instead, please be sure to fill out your envelope completely and
circle your membership type.
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Do you have a newsletter or bulletin item you’d like to share with
us? Email it to
volunteerservices@uusc.org
and we might post it online.
For your Order of Service:
Guest at Your Table begins today! Please support the Unitarian
Universalist Service Committee by taking home a box and putting some
money in at each meal through the holiday season. Please return your
boxes by [date].
Our goal is that all of [your congregation]'s RE students plan and
work to become members of UUSC at the student
level of just $10. We encourage parents and youth to discuss today's
Guest at Your Table service and the work of the Service Committee.
Mail a letter to your members. Include in a regular church
mailing a personal letter about UUSC and Guest at Your Table to all
of your members, from the UUSC Local Rep or minister. Consider
including Stories of Hope or a fact sheet. |
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