2020 Proposed Program and Budget

Your contributions support the many and varied activities of Hamilton First which include:

Worship and Pastoral

  • Sunday services, special services, choir, sound and other music programs
  • Pastoral Support: personal or partner support, grief and bereavement, marriage preparation, families, youth and young adult
  • Caring Support: Hospital, home or care facility visits, flowers and cards, home blessings
  • Rites of Passage: child dedications, new member welcome, weddings, memorial services, youth coming of age

Social Justice and Outreach

  • Affordable Housing (Sacajawea)
  • Eva Rothwell partnership
  • Gender & Sexual Justice
  • UU UNO

Life Span Learning

  • Children and youth religious exploration, nursery care, youth group, leadership training and conferences
  • Adult religious exploration offerings, affinity groups

Congregational Engagement

  • Seniors programs, The UU Family, Book Group, Drumming Group, FUUD, Young Adult Social and Spiritual Circle, Writers Group, circle meetings, newcomer orientations
  • Subsidized rentals for several community groups

Leadership Development

  • Leadership training, conferences, workshops

Communications

  • Website, newsletter, orders of service and weekly email announcements

Essential expenditures

  • Staff salaries and benefits
  • Denomination: CUC membership fees, UUA and Unicamp contributions
  • Building operation and maintenance
  • Administrative equipment and services
  • Annual mortgage payment