Saturday, June 6, 12:30-3:30 p.m. in Nathan Johnson Hall

Wednesday, June 3, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. in Knatvold and via Zoom The Future of Human Rights and International Law

The bookstore is changing to become a generous benefit of your member contributions to UUC. Why this change? It's a win-win situation: UUC saves money on credit card processing services. You receive curated books about UU, religion & spirituality, justice issues you care about, books for kids, and more. Donations make our "book ministry" possible: access to high-quality current writing for anyone, regardless of ability to pay cover price. If you can give, please give generously! Some thoughts from lead bookstore volunteer Cindy Fuller: The first two weeks of our change to a donation-based model have been successful. Some folks are probably scratching their heads about this switch. I answer a few questions below. Q: When I pay for a book, do I need to include sales tax? A: No. The church office will pay sales tax on books as they come in the door. This makes life easier for the buyer and the bookstore volunteer. Q: If you’re no longer using the credit card reader, how will I pay with my debit/credit card? A: If you routinely pay your offering via text message, you’ll use the same method for the bookstore. If not, you can scan the QR code in the bookstore to get set up in the church’s Realm database. It takes a few minutes and a bit of patience if you’re not used to it. Once that’s finished, you’re in the system and all future purchases can be done this way. Q: Can I still pay with cash or check? A: Absolutely! Q: I put a few extra bucks in the collection plate this morning. Can I get a book? A: Yes. We run on the honor system. Q: Why did I get a receipt for my “purchase”? A: We need to track what goes out the door for inventory and ordering purchases. Note that we did not put a dollar number or your name on the receipt. Q: Will you go back to accepting used books for resale? A: Unfortunately, no. That got too unwieldy when we tried it previously. We’d get items that we could never sell here. The Seattle Public Library and King County Library System will gladly accept used books provided they’re not textbooks or obsolete computer manuals. 

Every year we call on our community to financially support UUC with a pledge commitment. It would not be possible to continue UUC programming, staffing and operations without this support. Thank you! Pledging, however, is just the first step; we depend on those who pledge to fulfill that promise by paying. In these extraordinarily challenging times, it is easy to understand how paying on this commitment can have been forgotten. Yet, your support is still vital to all we do within our UUC community and in our service outside of our walls. In reviewing our accounting and membership records, we are noticeably behind on receiving pledge payments compared to previous years. We think they fall into three categories: Some who have a 2025-2026 pledge on record but have not yet made any payment. Some whose personal circumstances may warrant a hardship exemption (which can be granted by a minister). Some who have already made at least one payment but are lagging behind their schedule of payments for this church year. And so we ask you to turn your attention to this: If you made a pledge for this past church year but have not yet made any payment, it is very important that you do so before the June 14 Annual Congregational Meeting so that your membership status will not lapse. If you are unable to pay on your pledge because of financial or other difficulty, please reach out to the church office. We will understand and we want to support you. If you have fallen behind your payments, we ask that you catch-up with an aim of fulfilling your pledge completely by June 30, 2026 (the end of our fiscal year). You can review the status of your UUC pledge payments and other giving activity in UUC Connect . If you have questions about the status of your account, or need to make alternative payment arrangements, please contact the church office. This church is a community of ourselves. We are all stewards of UUC! ~ UUC Stewardship Committee

Sunday, June 14, 11:30 a.m. in the UUC chapel