Email, 3/18/2026
Dear UUCC Members and Friends,
Thank you to all who have submitted their pledges for our 2026-27 Stewardship Campaign. At this point we have pledges of $136,085 toward our $600,000 goal! Have you received your Stewardship Packet? We mailed it last week. Look for it. Open it! If you’re ready to pledge online you can do so here – https://tinyurl.com/UUCCPledge.
As Kathleen Binnig so beautifully shared at Sunday’s service, each of us carries an obligation to determine what our pledge will be. She suggested that we recall all that this community gives to us, and to our families — and all that it means to us. Then she advised that we think about the expenses that our congregation must cover to maintain this community and come up with a pledge amount.
Then she advises—“try to give a little more!”
The finance team has calculated that the average annual cost of supporting each member of our congregation is approximately $2,300. We recognize that not everyone is able to pledge at that level, while others may be able to contribute more.
What matters most is that each of us participates as generously as we can.
Whether we measure our tenure at UUCC in decades, years, months or weeks we are here now, as individuals bound in covenant to each other — building our community, nourishing our spirit, and striving for justice.
Everyone matters!
Every pledge matters!
Now, perhaps more important than ever; our commitments make UUCC a welcoming spiritual home and safe place to promote our values of inclusion, equity and belonging in the sanctuary and in the wider world.
Thank you for being part of this congregation and for supporting our shared mission.
Please contact Stewardship@uucleveland.org with any questions or comments!
In fellowship and with gratitude,
The 2026-2027 UUCC Stewardship Committee
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.