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
