Email, 3/31/2026
Dear UUCC Members and Friends,
Today is the official end of our Annual Stewardship Campaign for the 2026-27 fiscal year. If you’re realizing you haven’t made your pledge yet please do so now! You can make your pledge by returning the pledge card you received in your Stewardship packet, or pledging online at https://tinyurl.com/UUCCPledge. We will begin individual outreach to those who haven’t pledged later this week.
Many thanks to all those who have submitted their pledges for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Your generosity is enormously appreciated. At this point we have pledges totaling $348,617 — 58% of the way to our $600,000 goal. For those still thinking about what to pledge — we need you to help us achieve this goal so we can meet our Operations Budget needs!
At our service on Sunday Cythia Taylor pointed out in a moving testimonial that for her and her family, this congregation has been a safe place for decades: “our congregation is truly a home away from home — a family by choice”. Further, she shared that “there’s really no end to what can be accomplished …. when we weave together our vision, values, creativity, and dedication in collaboration with each other.”
Cynthia stressed the importance of our inclusive sanctuary and the as well as activities and programs — all leading to why she feels it important to support the congregation financially. She asked us to give some thought about “what the congregation has provided for us and our families and friends — especially the children who benefit from the love and acceptance that this congregation embodies.”
Our care and support for one another, our staff, our programs, music, spiritual lives and commitment to justice call us to stewardship and require both our gratitude and our generosity. Please pledge if you have not already done so!
We need you — and you need UUCC!
Thanks again to all of our members and friends who have made their pledges!
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.