Join your WUUC friends for the 2025 Summer campout!
It’s that time again! July is the annual WUUC campout – Thursday July 24 to Sunday July 27, at Deception Pass State Park.
The campout is the longest-running activity at WUUC. It’s a great weekend getaway, for people and families of all stripes, and includes campfires, a potluck, games, hikes, music, swimming, beach walks, and of course lots of informal hang-out time with your WUUC campers, in one of the most beautiful state parks in Washington.
Over 20 WUUC adults/families signed up when reservations opened back in October, BUT – if you didn’t get in on reserving a site, it still may be possible to add you in!
Additionally, Deception Pass is close enough that even if you’re not camping, we invite you to come up for the day. Saturday is the best day for doing that, as we have our evening potluck!
Please contact Jack Brand at jackbrand@gmail.com or 206 683-5149 if you are interested or have questions – or if you have decided you no longer can use a reserved site,
The Advocates for Social Justice have created a survey with a curated list of non-profit organizations that YOU can vote on to be recipients of our monthly ASJ Special Collections for the next year. Please follow the QR below to see more details and vote for your favorite 10 (out of 20) organizations.
The Totes program is completely dependent on our members and friends in supporting 15 students at Maywood Hills school in Bothell. These students are at risk of missing meals on the weekends when school meals aren’t available. Many thanks to all of you who have contributed food items for these children. Special kudos to our “scheduled donors” who have promised to bring needed items each month. You are the backbone of our program! I’d also like to thank the folks who have helped me pack our supplies into my car. In the past two months, these include Hilarie Cash, Tevina, Sebastian and Sinjin Flood, and Hudson Lyman.
Please watch for the “we still need” messages that come out around the 20th of the month. We had a few more gaps than usual for the February delivery. Donations may be left in the baskets across from the kitchen.
Questions or comments can be brought to John Hartman or Grace Simons, co-coordinators.
This month’s collection goes to California Community Foundation (CCF) Wildlife Recovery Fund. The wildfires in LA County have claimed at least 29 lives, destroyed thousands of homes and businesses, and displaced more than 180,000 people. CCF has a long history of making a direct and meaningful impact on individuals and families in need, ensuring that support reaches those most affected. Since 2003, the CCF Wildfire Recovery Fund has provided over $30 million to communities affected by disasters. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CCF also launched its COVID Relief Fund, offering critical assistance to aging populations, single parents, immigrants, and others by covering essential needs like rent and utility costs and providing vaccines to individuals facing barriers to care, including the unhoused and those with language access challenges.
The ASJ Committee thanks WUUC members and friends for their generous support of our monthly special collections, which take place during services on the third Sunday of every month (February 16th). Instructions for giving are posted during the service, and you can also donate anytime at https://onrealm.org/wuuc/-/give/now, or by sending a check to WUUC at P.O. Box 111, Woodinville, WA 98072. Please make checks out to WUUC and write “ASJ Special Collection” in the notes. Visit wuuc.org/collection.
Our annual rummage sale is coming up April 11-12. The rummage sale is our second largest fund raiser for the church. I have been the lead for far too long and I am stepping down. Dewey Millar has been my trusted partner and he is also stepping down. Running the sale is really pretty simple; we have been doing this quite awhile and have it pretty well organized. I will be available to walk you through the steps and will continue to work the week of the sale (sale prep) and during the sale. Dewey will also be available to share what he has done for the sale. Please reach out with any questions.
