Stewardship
Stewardship includes all the ways we care for our congregation. Financial gifts as well as gifts of your time, energy, passion, talent, and effort are our love and commitment made visible. All aspects of stewardship can be as much about continually nurturing a spirit of generosity as they are about obligation and responsibility. We celebrate our responsibility in using these gifts well to support Unitarian Universalism here in our congregation and in our community.
Visit our Donate page for details on ways to give financially.
Make a Pledge to Support Our Congregation!
Church members are asked to pledge a donation of money to the operational budget of the church every year. This pledge should be of an amount that you can afford and which feels right to you. You do not need to be a member of the congregation to make a financial pledge. Everyone is welcome to participate and support the work of our congregation.
Our operating budget is the way that the congregation is able to cover all our operating costs, including minister and staff salaries, building and grounds upkeep and maintenance, programming, and social justice work beyond our walls.
Pledging at Any Time of Year
We generally have an annual pledge drive for the upcoming fiscal year each spring; our fiscal year goes from July 1 through June 30. If you would like to make a pledge commitment at any other time of year, please contact the church office at office@uubloomington.org. We are happy to help!
How to Fulfill your Pledge Commitment
After you’ve made your pledge, you can fulfill it at any time during the year, in whatever way works best for you. You can make one payment, or installments, i.e. quarterly, monthly, weekly. You can set up an autopay from your checking account or a credit card. See our DONATE page for details.
If you prefer to donate via paper checks, to make record keeping easy on our end, please note on the memo line of your paper check that it is a pledge payment, along with the fiscal year it’s going towards (i.e. “Pledge 22-23” or “current year pledge”). If you mail your pledge donation check, please send it to our P. O. Box: UU Church, PO Box 8132, Bloomington IN 47407. Thank you!
Planned Giving
The Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington is flourishing today because visionary early members nurtured it, both in their lifetimes and through bequests in their estate plans. What will be your legacy to our community?
Learn more about Planned Giving.
Our Special Purposes Fund
The Special Purposes Fund (SPF) supports the Church’s religious, charitable, educational and civic purposes beyond activities under the normal operating budget, via management of both endowment and general funds. It accepts both direct donations and donations from estates through Planned Giving.
Current members of the Special Purposes Fund Committee are Andrew Appel, Ruth Aydt, and Ed Long. The church’s Treasurer and one other Board member also serve on the committee.
Contributions to SPF may be made through
- Direct Donations
- Planned Giving
Contact the Special Purposes Fund Committee at spf@uubloomington.org.
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Planned Giving
Read MoreThe Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington is flourishing today because visionary early members nurtured it, both in their lifetimes and through bequests in their estate plans. Now it is our turn to provide the enduring gifts that will enable our congregation to prosper in the future.
What will be your legacy to our community?
Learn more about how to include the church in your estate planning:
Regardless of how you choose to make your donation, please ensure that the gift is made to:
Unitarian Universalist Church of Bloomington, Indiana, Inc.
Our mailing address is: P.O. Box 8132, Bloomington, IN 47407
The Legacy Circle
Our Legacy Circle was created to recognize and thank donors who have included the church in their estate plans. If you have done so, please let us know by joining our Legacy Circle group, or by contacting a member of our Planned Giving Committee. We want to thank you.
Planned Giving Testimonial
Steve and I recently updated our wills and our advance medical directives. That process has a way of focusing one on the important priorities. Besides wanting to provide for our grandchildren and continue to support some social justice organizations that we have been heavily involved in for decades, we wanted to bequeath a percentage of our resources to Bloomington UU. The statement that “We are seeking the spirit, building community, and changing the world” is what we know and love about UUCB. We want that to continue past our physical presence here. -Veda Stanfield
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Ways to Donate
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2024-25 Pledge Drive
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