Email, 3/25/2026
Dear UUCC Members and Friends;
Many thanks to all those who have submitted their pledges for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Your generosity is appreciated. At this point we have pledges totaling $246,414 — 41% of the way to our $600,000 goal
For those still thinking about what to pledge — we need you to help bring us to our goal! There is still a week left — please make your decision and get your pledge in before the end of this month — by March 31. Every pledge is important and appreciated. Moreover, our pledge is what confirms your membership in the congregation. You can make your pledge by returning the pledge card you received in your Stewardship packet, or pledging online at https://tinyurl.com/UUCCPledge.
In this season of Stewardship, let’s pause for a moment and think about what calls each of us as individuals to the congregation. And then — how our individual commitments and participation make a collective and powerful statement about what we value in our local community, our state and our nation.
At our service on Sunday, Valerie McFadden shared several important observations about what calls her to membership and what she values about her membership in UUCC and our affiliation in the Unitarian Universalist Association, our denomination’s national organization.
She spoke about the importance of our Religious Exploration program for our children right here and the way we all benefit from the Wee Worship space Jenni Papp has established in our sanctuary. Valarie said, “The sight and sounds fill me with gratitude for everyone who made this possible, whether through a visionary leap of faith, financial support, or the practical work of designing the space and moving the pews”.
Children represent about 20% of the nation’s population—but they are 100% of our future!
Valerie went on to share important and timely work of the Unitarian Universalists Association,, who “define what we as a denomination support.” She celebrated the “intense work of democratic discernment” around the issues related to promoting peace and justice and shared headlines that demonstrated how our individual commitments as congregants join with so many others through the UUA to work against militarism, and to promote peace and justice.
As we pause to think about our pledge to UUCC in this stewardship campaign, let’s embrace not only our roles as individual congregants here at UUCC, but what Valerie so clearly identified as our collective impact as a denomination as well. This impact will ripple out across the country—as we stand up with others to protect and promote democracy, peace and justice.
Let’s pledge for those in the Wee Worship section of the sanctuary and for every one of us in the pews and online!
Thank You!
With Gratitude and In Fellowship,
The 2026-2027 Stewardship Committee,
Stewardship@uucleveland.org
Stewardship vs Building our Tomorrows: Two campaigns, Two Purposes
You may be wondering what’s the difference between the Stewardship Campaign and the Building Our Tomorrows Capital Campaign.
Think of it like your household finances: Stewardship funds our checking account (to pay staff, programming, utilities, and maintenance), whereas the Capital Campaign is for building our savings account in order to pay for a major renovation of our building.
Pledges to each campaign are separate. And indeed, congregants are asked to make a pledge to each campaign.