Pledge Drive
Our one-week 2025-2026 pledge drive was March 2-9, 2025. Even though the official pledge drive is over, you can still pledge to contribute to the annual operating budget. Pledges can be made in one of three ways: mail in the pledge card you received via US mail; use the online form (bit.ly/uucpa-pledge-2025); or email pledge@uucpa.org with your name, your pledge amount for the year, and whether you would like to sign up for auto-renewal.
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Enriching our Community
At UUCPA we know how to create community. We do it every day in a hundred different ways.
We do it in our Saturday morning work group, who beautify and repair our lovely campus. We do it on Tuesday with our very active Brown Bag Book group, which keeps many of us in the know (and encourages us to read faster!). We do it on Thursday evening when the choir gathers to rehearse and share the joys of singing together.
We do it every Sunday morning when the tech crew sets up sound and video for our services and ensures that everyone in the Main Hall and everyone watching remotely can participate fully. Working right next to them are our ushers, who greet and welcome warmly all those who attend.
At UUCPA we also know how to enrich the communities beyond our church walls. Each year we join with other churches in hosting Hotel DeZink and Heart & Home for one month each to provide dinner and a place to sleep in our Main Hall, for unhoused people living in the area. During another month we host Heart and Home Shelter, providing meals and overnight space in the church, specifically for women. In the summer we.
We also host a blood donation “Olympics” event, in which our volunteers work with the Red Cross and turn our Main Hall into a blood donation space. We have highly motivated volunteers in our church who organize letter-writing campaigns directed at voters, as part of UU the Vote.
And a recent addition is our participation in the Church of the Larger Fellowship Prison Pen Pal Project. For all these wonderful outward-looking activities, we receive inspiration from our members and leadership from our Action Council.
At UUCPA we know how to create community because we have been a community for over 75 years.
Our generous volunteers, ministers, and staff all contribute to creating and enriching the life of the church and the larger community beyond our walls.
This is where you come in.
Thank you for your pledge!
FAQ
How do I pledge? You can pledge to contribute to the annual operating budget in one of three ways: send in the enclosed card; use the online form (bit.ly/uucpa-pledge-2025); or email pledge@uucpa.org with your name, your pledge amount for 2025–2026, and whether you would like to sign up for auto renewal. Please pledge soon so we can update our budget in time for our Budget Town Hall and our Annual Meeting in April.
Tell me more about the operating budget. Sure—see the graphs below for the fiscal year that begins May 1, 2025. Most of our projected income—an expected 72%—will come from our annual pledges. The 72% from pledges and the 78% of the budget that pays for staff are typical of congregations. We will limit budget increases to inflation, which will raise expenses by 3.8% ($30K) over the present 2024–2025 year.
To enable us to fully support the many different and exciting UUCPA programs that you love (such as the favorites you identified on the previous page), to help cover lost rental income due to our campus renovation project, and to have a balanced budget, we are asking you to consider increasing your pledge by 10%. For more detailed information before we vote on the budget at the Annual Meeting on April 27, please attend the Budget Town Hall on April 13, or email finance@uucpa.org.
