UCS Annual Pledge Campaign

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For the fiscal year July 2026 – June 2027

The dictionary defines stewardship as the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care. It is about caring for something we value and enabling it to grow. As stewards, we contribute our time, talent, and treasure. The annual Stewardship Campaign is an opportunity to pledge to make a specific financial donation to support the community we value. Undoubtedly, the Unitarian Church of Sharon is a generous and grateful community. Giving can bring joy, enabling us to put our faith into action. There is joy in working together to make our community a more loving place. There is joy in sharing our dreams and our visions, planting seeds for more substantial and more resilient tomorrows. Over time, your generosity will nurture our community.

The following materials are included in your stewardship packet, which have been both mailed and emailed to you:

  • The Give Together, Grow Together brochure explains the focus of the stewardship campaign. This year’s campaign focuses on our shared UU values. Being “Together” sustains and inspires us and helps us grow. But what inspires you? Is it community, ministry, worship or the love, hope, joy and sadness we experience together all year round?
  • This year, we want to personalize the Stewardship Campaign process.   During the month of March, Visiting Stewards will contact all members and friends to arrange a 30-to-45-minute personal one-on-one meeting to share our values, inspirations and hopes for our church community.  This is a great opportunity to get to know each other in a deep and meaningful way.  At the end of the meeting, the Visiting Steward will ask that you make your financial pledge for the July 2026 through June 2027 fiscal year.
  • The Stewardship Committee has interviewed various church leaders about their feelings about stewardship. We hope these conversations are inspiring.  If you would like to watch the recordings, please click Stewardship testimonials.
  • The Unitarian Church of Sharon 2025-2026 Giving Range Guide helps households determine how much they might want to pledge.  We hope it helps you appreciate how much other members of the UCS donate annually and inspires you to increase your pledge.  Please consider increasing your pledge by 15% and possibly move into a new pledge category (Birch to Elm, Elm to Maple, Maple to Hemlock). 
  • Your Visiting Steward will have a pledge form that can be completed when you meet and the Visiting Steward will submit your confidential pledge.  After you have met with the Visiting Steward, you may submit your pledge in several other ways – by clicking on this link to the online form; mailing your completed form to the church; or dropping it into the pledge form box in the church entryway by Sunday, March 29, 2026.  We must have your pledge form by that date so our Finance Committee and the Board of Trustees can finalize the 2026-2027 budget.

If you have questions about your pledge or contributions, please visit the Church’s online directory using this Breeze link (which is also on the website’s homepage). Search for your name and go to “Giving.”

If you would like to talk with a member of the Stewardship Committee, contact Peter Raskin at stewardship@uusharon.org or call him at 781-771-6084.  We will happily chat or meet virtually to answer questions you may have about our stewardship campaign.

Thank you for your generosity,
 Your Stewardship Committee:

Peter Raskin, Chairperson
Fred Bramhall, Susan Olson Drisko, Kathy Farrell, Jessica Plumridge, Tikeren Quinn, Rumni Saha, and Colleen Tuck