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Out Of A Job?
First Church Co-Sponsors Kampala School
Meet Uganda's Rev. Mark Kiyimba
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UU Electronic Job Board

Out of a Job? --by Rev. Kate Lore
You are not alone. Many members of our congregation are struggling. Some are out of work, are working part-time but need full-time work, or are worried their job might be cut.  Labor Day weekend is an important time to lift up the current state of our economy and job market.  Thus, Rev. Kate Lore will preach on this subject on Sunday, Sept. 4.  In the meantime, however, please know of the following resources:

1. UU Electronic Job Board. (for more, scroll down). If you are seeking employment or have access to job listings, please join our UU Job Board list serve. To subscribe from to the group, send an email to:
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After you have joined you will receive any postings sent to the list.  Those postings are sent by members like you so if you encounter  jobs that may not be suitable for you, please post the details, including contact information, to this list so others may consider them.

2. Connect with Interfaith Worker Justice, a network of people of faith that calls upon our religious values in order to educate, organize, and mobilize the religious community in the United States on issues and campaigns that will improve wages, benefits, and conditions for workers, and give voice to workers, especially workers in low-wage jobs.

3. National Interfaith Job Club. Job clubs play an important function in helping unemployed community members find a new job and manage the challenges associated with unemployment. In this topic area, learn how to start or sustain your job club, connect to the local public workforce system, network with other job club coordinators, and share your own experiences and best practices.

4. Keep coming to church! It is easy to isolate oneself while facing prolonged unemployed.  By coming to church, you are reminded that our failing job market is not your fault. Together we have the power to get through hardships and organize for change!

First Church Co-Sponsors School in Kampala, Uganda

Helping to boost nutrition, sanitation, supplies, and teacher salaries at school started by Ugandan UU minister, Rev. Mark Kiyimba.

The New Life School in Kampala, Uganda was founded in 2004 by Unitarian Universalist minister Mark Kiyimba, who visited our church in November 2010.  Many of the students enrolled in this school are orphans who have lost their parents to HIV/AIDS.  We join 3 other Unitarian Universalist churches in this effort, coordinated by the Unitarian Universalist Partner Church Council (UUPCC):

1. All Souls UU Church of Tulsa, Oklahoma;
2. First Parish in Bedford, Massachusetts;
3. Shawnee Mission UU Church in Overland Park, Kansas;. and
4. First  Unitarian Church of Sharon, Massachusetts.
Each church is committed to donating $2,400 a year for seven years. This money is not intended to pay all the costs of the school but will provide a substantial portion of the school’s funding in a way that is reliable and repeatable.It will support teachers’ salaries and help improve the school building, which does not have electricity or indoor bathrooms. Some money may also be used to purchase sports equipment.
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