Programs & Projects

A list of programs and projects that UUCE participants help with.

January Plate Share: Sunday, January 19 – Patchwork Central. Mission: Patchwork Central creates community, honors personal dignity, empowers people, and encourages spiritual and social growth through its programs and hospitality, its opportunities for learning, its creative atmosphere and cultivation of the arts, and its work toward reconciliation and a more peaceful and just world.

Patchwork Central began in 1977 as a faith- based neighborhood outreach organization for an inner city neighborhood in need. Today, Patchwork Central continues its outreach to Evansville area neighborhoods with a food pantry and many unique children’s programs. As part of the community fabric, Patchwork Central changes the lives of those it serves by giving them a sense of hope, a place of acceptance, and a bright outlook for the future.

Monthly Plate Share – on the 3rd Sunday of every month, all collection plate money (not designated towards pledges) goes to an organization and/or group  whose missions, visions, and values align with Unitarian Universalism.

United Caring Services – members and friends of the UUCE provide a spaghetti dinner on the 3rd Friday of every month for the United Caring Services. Donations of spaghetti noodles and spaghetti sauce are needed; donation box located in lobby.

United Caring Services: Vision Statement: To be a place where individuals, organizations, and agencies collaboratively create a community of caring. The Mission: To provide values-based, low barrier, sustainable, and high-quality homeless shelters, services, and solutions.

AIDS Resource Group – donate necessities (i.e. soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, diapers); donation box located in lobby.

The Mission of the AIDS Resource Group is to provide quality specialized case management, HIV prevention education and supportive services to people living with, at-risk for or affected by HIV/AIDS. Furthermore, it is the goal of ARG to educate and empower the community to recognize and reduce the stigma associated with this disease.

Evansville Rescue Mission – donate toiletries (i.e. soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, diapers); donation box located lobby.

Patchwork Central Food Pantry – members and friends of the UUCE donate canned vegetables and fruit and volunteer at the Patchwork Central Food Pantry; donation box located in lobby.

Patchwork Central creates community and encourages spiritual and social growth by offering hospitality, providing opportunities for learning, fostering creativity and involvement in the arts, working toward a more peaceful and just world.