Opportunities to Get Involved at MUUS
Like Music, and organizing music events?
Choir – Choir members work with the Music Director to provide musical accompaniment for services at MUUS. Contact Ann Quackenbos at choir@muusct.org
Religious Education Committee member – Lifespan Religious Education: At Mattatuck Unitarian Universalist Society, one of the many ways we minister to one another is through our faith development programs for children, youth and adults. Our programs include Nursery Care and Faith Development classes and Adult Religious Education, recurring activities, and special events. Through our Religious Education programs, we hope to nurture each of our members on their own faith journey. Contact: re@muusct.org
Sunday Service Committee member – The Sunday Service Committee strives to design religious services that provide a safe space in which to experience the transforming power of community, the spirit of life, and love. Contact Christine Edelson at ssc@muusct.org
Religious Education Teacher – Volunteer teachers work from UUA curricula on Sunday mornings to help the children and youth of MUUS on their spiritual journeys Contact Sarah Edelson Baskin at re@muusct.org
Like technology? Have written language, communication, or public relations skills?
Communications Committee member – The Comm Comm produces our monthly newsletter; our weekly e-mail blast; and monitors our FaceBook page. The Comm Comm is always looking for new ways to communicate among our members and friends, and to let the wider community know about us. Contact Christine Edelson at commcomm@muusct.org
Photographers – Photographs of MUUS events for our publications, FaceBook page, and for local newspapers are always in demand. Contact Eileen Resnick at commcomm@muusct.org
Are you good with money? Have a knack for event planning and fund raising?
Fundraising Committee member – Some of MUUS’s biggest social events of the year are also our biggest fund raisers, and the Fundraising committee plans, organizes, and implements these key events. Volunteers with creative social and fundraising ideas are always welcome. Contact Eileen Resnick at fundraising@muusct.org.
Are you a gardener? Good with plants?
MUUS Garden for the Hungry – We have a number of plots in the Southbury Community Gardens. Help us plant, tend and gather produce for the Southbury Food Bank. Contact Christine Edelson or Sarah Edelson Baskin
Are you welcoming? A good host or hostess? Good at reaching out and making others feel at home?
Membership Committee: The Membership Committee serves to welcome all who enter our doors and our community into an inclusive, caring environment. As Unitarian Universalists, we seek to promote respect for one another and to create a congregation of love and acceptance. We work closely with the Minister and other Committees to achieve our goals. Contact: membership@muusct.org
Coffee And… volunteer – Each Sunday after service, MUUS hosts a coffee hour. Volunteers sign up weekly to make coffee (everything you need is provided except the cream). Volunteers often choose to provide some snacks to go along with the coffee and tea (home-made or otherwise). Contact Eileen Resnick at membership@muusct.org
Helping Hands –This group reaches out to MUUS members and friends who are ill or in need of support, and organizes “help” such as food, rides, etc. Contact Judith Frances at membership@muusct.org
Do you like to connect with people in small groups?
Small group ministry is intentional, lay-led small groups that deepen and expand the ministry of a congregation. Two key focuses are intimacy, or building community and deepening relationships, and ultimacy, or the opportunity for deeper spiritual exploration and search for meaning. Small group ministry is also called covenant group ministry, because the members in a group make an intentional commitment to one another.
Like to make a difference?
Want to make the world a better place?
Social Justice Coordinating Team (SJCT) member – This committee meets monthly to serve the social justice interests of the congregation. The SJCT has several task forces working under its guidance. The SJCT monitors the task group activities and provides guidance, support and advice to help them solve issues that arise. Contact Monica Burnham at sjct@muusct.org
Peanut Butter and Jammin’ volunteer – On the 3rd Thursday evening of each month, MUUS members and friends gather to make 250 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the Greater Waterbury Interfaith Ministry (GWIM) to distribute to their homeless and economically disadvantaged clients for the weekend (when the Waterbury food pantries are not open). Contact Pinki Chillemi at sjct@muusct.org
America Reads – America Reads is a national campaign initiated in 1997 challenging Americans to help our children learn to read well and independently by the end of elementary school. MUUS volunteers read with students from a Waterbury school weekly. Contact Pinki Chillemi at sjct@muusct.org
Woodbury Food Bank volunteer – Each Friday in the month of March MUUS members and friends staff the Woodbury Food Bank to help keep the atmosphere organized and welcoming as the clients do their shopping. Contact Eileen Resnick at sjct@muusct.org
