Category: Volunteer Opporutnity

Could you serve on the Board of Finance?

Short answer: Yes!

According to our bylaws the Board of Finance has 4 members. Currently the board has 3 members and we would love to have another voice in the mix. The board meets every month usually via Zoom, though come budget preparation time, an occasional in person meeting. We currently meet on a a mid-month Wednesday evening, but are flexible and would be happy to accommodate your schedule if we can.

Here’s the bylaw:

The Board of Finance will provide oversight to the Trustees, who will have full charge of the investment of all trust funds and the purchase and sale of all securities of the Church. They will direct the Treasurer in payment of Church expenses. They will segregate and maintain any separate or special funds and accounts. They will provide an annual report covering each calendar year at or immediately prior to each Annual Meeting. They will pay to the Financial Secretary such sums of money (not to exceed One Thousand dollars ($1,000) in any one calendar year for any one purpose) as may be authorized by vote of the Church Council.

The Board of Finance will supervise and coordinate the activities of those members who serve as Treasurer and Financial Secretary. It will assist the Stewardship Committee and fundraising ministries. It will present the budget to Church Council prior to the Annual Meeting of the Church.

Waterbury Congregational Church Bylaws

If you think we might like to be involved, speak to any of the board members, Diane Leavitt, Barbara Barra, or Cathy Shires. You can also talk to Peter, of course! Thank you.

Public Christmas Dinner Host Needed

The last host of the Christmas Dinner, held yearly for the last decade or so, would like to hand over the reigns. If you have an inkling to provide some service to some folks in Waterbury who would otherwise not have dinner to share on Christmas Day, you can let me know, and I’ll pass the news along to Gregg Simpson, or you can contact him directly.

Here’s How You Can Help

We are trying to coordinate all volunteering through the town volunteer coordinator. You can both sign up to help people at this site. You can also use this form to request help.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1qM0ZpTqtxnt4I7veagq79CEEwW5TK0NwdlT4TA9cpbw/viewform?ts=64ad6d07&edit_requested=true

Also, if you’d like to donate to the Waterbury Good Neighbor Fund, you can do so by either
a) sending a check to the church made out to the Waterbury Good Neighbor Fund, or
b) by going to our paypal portal at https://www.waterburycast.org/donate

Thanks!

Church Green Up Day

You are invited to join a group of church green up volunteers tomorrow, Saturday, May 6. Meet in the parking lot at 9 am and we’ll walk down Winooski Street to River Road and down to the community gardens picking up trash. A simple act that makes a difference to all our neighbors, human and animal!

Church World Service Kit Project

Your Board of Outreach is inviting you to participate in a social justice project!

Each year, Church World Service makes a trip around the various regions of the US to collect from Kit Depots a variety of hand-made rescue kits — these range from disaster clean up buckets, to back-packs that are given to children who otherwise can’t afford them and menstrual hygiene kits, or period packs. You’re invited to help us assemble some of these latter period packs.

From the CWS website: “Providing Period Packs to help end period poverty is an easy way you can help share your love with others. It’s a chance to be an even greater blessing to individuals who lack access to necessary feminine care supplies like sanitary napkins, tampons, and soap. And it’s easy! Whether you are making Period Packs as an individual or hosting a Period Pack party with your friends, by making these simple kits you will be offering women and girls a sense of dignity during the menstrual cycle.”

It is easy to help: Just pop over to our Signup genius page, select an item or as many items as you wish, purchase it, or them, and return to the church by Sunday, April 28.

Here’s the link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A44A9AB2DA1FC1-48330189-help