What can one person do? A lot! Join us as we work together to build the Beloved Community. You can contribute with short-term projects or tasks or as part of an on-going team. We hope you find something here that speaks to your desire to share your time and talent with the world. For the most recent opportunities please check out our weekly newsletter and check out our calendar of Community Happenings.

What Do We Do & Where Do We Need Help?

Check out the Report on our Ministries from 2026 from May 2026 to see our most urgent areas needing help and to get an overview of all of the ways we serve each other, our congregation and our wider communities.

Zoom Wizards in Trainings Needed for Worship

Each Sunday, we can experience worship in-person and live on-line.  A small but might band of volunteers handles the sound system, shows the slides and videos, and ensures everyone on Zoom can see and hear too.  It’s not an easy job, but it is immensely rewarding, and all of us who do this task have learned from others and with practice. If you’d like to just give this a try or learn more, please reach out to Rachel Avery or Mike Stimson.  You can shadow an experienced tech and see if this is something you might like to do. 

What are some reasons offering Zoom is so important:

•  Zoom may be the first way people encounter our congregation.  The warm welcome they receive at the virtual coffee hour (shout out to our Zoom coffee hour hosts!) may form their first impression of JRUUC
• Members can Zoom in from anywhere.  Feeling under the weather or you’re out of town but you don’t want to miss service?  This option is available to you! Offering worship online is one way we keep Love at the Center of what we do.  Not everyone is able on a given week to come in-person to Reeb, and this allows us to draw the circle wide and include everyone during worship.
• We also use Zoom to record the reflection for each service that has a reflection, and those audio files are posted to our website
• Did you know that on an average Sunday we have 18+ people on Zoom?

Help Keep Our Grounds Looking Beautiful

Our grounds volunteers:

• Mow the grass in the front, side, and back of the building.
• Pick-up trash around the building including the rear parking lot and sidewalks.
• Check for any issues that need to be brought to Building Stewardship Committee.
• Mow terrace in front of the apartment building next to building (Arthur’s building).

We have a lawn mower in the shed in the apartment building next door that you can use. 

Click here for more information and to sign up for a week

Share Your Moments of Awe: Centering in Beauty Art Needed!

If you’ve been attending Sunday services recently, you’ve likely noticed the Centering in Beauty moment near the beginning.  We believe that offering a brief time of centering can help us arrive more fully into the space we make sacred together, and that beauty can be a great way to do that.  Who can’t use a little more beauty in their lives these days, right?  The images we’ve shared up to now have been offered by Rev. Karen or members of the Worship Team.  We’d love to widen our sources and include your images of beauty! 

If you have an image you’d like us to show on a Sunday morning, please email it to the Worship Team at centering@jruuc.org (with a title if you have one).

Join Your Membership Team!

The JRUUC Membership Team is in need of additional helping hands and hearts. Among many other activities that build belonging, we 

• Coordinate hospitality services and greeters
• Conduct the Getting To Know JRUUC classes
• Schedule congregational social activities based on people’s interests
• Coordinate outreach activities and work with newcomers

At present, we especially need volunteers who are good at planning and publicizing social activities, but any help is welcome. Our team charge describes our work in more detail.
Interested? Please contact the Membership Team at membership@jruuc.org.

Zoom Coffee Hour Host Needed

Do you like to chat with others in your spiritual family? Do you have one hour a month (after Sunday service) to spend on a very important JRUUC offering? Well, this is your chance! We are looking for one or two people to join the regular coffee hour hosts. We will provide training and tips for the Zoom event. If interested, contact Mary Wagner.

We Need More Greeters!

Please consider making a difference at JRUUC by becoming a greeter! For one Sunday per month, greeters arrive 20-30 minutes before service to get the building ready to welcome everyone, start the coffee, and greet everyone who arrives. After service, greeters clean up the kitchen so that we are ready to go for next Sunday. Please contact Liz Chapa if this sounds fun and you’d like to be added to the group. Training will be provided.

Many Hands Work Day – Watch Your Newsletter for Dates

Come help with cleaning and maintenance of our building and grounds! Please join the building stewardship team for a work day. Tasks may include tuning the lawn mower, weeding garden beds, clearing brush in the back parking lot, inspecting and cleaning the roof, cleaning and painting graffiti on the building, and picking up trash. Please contact Renee Buchanan with any questions. Light snacks will be provided! Click here for the latest newsletter.

Let Us Know Your Talents and Interests

Fill out our Time and Talent Interest Form here, and we will put you in touch with leaders and projects to match your interest now or in the future.

Community Meals – 3rd Sundays

Most months, we meet after the service on the third Sunday of the month for a potluck or “cooked for all” meal. We are always looking for volunteers to help cook for our community meals! Vegan, vegetarian, Gluten/Dairy Free items are always appreciated! Community meals are usually held on the 3rd Sunday of the month. Please contact us at re@jruuc.org to sign up with a dish! Your support is what helps us be able to continue this important community building and fellowship.

In order to lessen the burden on third Sunday greeters, Genevieve is also asking for volunteers to help with set up/clean up after service on third Sundays for the community meals. Responsibilities will include setting up tables and chairs as well as ensuring the dishwasher is run and all counters are wiped down. Please contact us at re@jruuc.org if you have any questions or are interested in volunteering.

Thank you!

Join Us in the Community!

Contact us if you are interested in representing JRUUC at events this summer… farmer’s markets, neighborhood festivals etc. This is a fun way to introduce folks to Unitarian Universalism and our little community. Contact the membership team for more information, and watch your weekly newsletter for upcoming events.

AV Tech Help Needed for Sunday Services

Interested in keeping our zoom services streaming? We need more tech help! We can train you. Contact Rachel Avery to learn more.

Magazines Wanted

The RE program is looking for used magazines for use in our projects and lesson plans. Magazines can be dropped off in the RE office, the more pictures the better!

Keep Our Congregation Financially Strong

We need people interested in fundraising and stewardship to work with our staff and Board.

Mutual Aid Within Our Congregation – Caring Tree

Help other members of our congregation with meals, rides, errands, cards, and more.

Share Our Building With the Community

Join the Rentals Team and work with our office assistant to help recruit new and returning renters. Click here for more about rentals.

Nominate a Share-The-Plate Recipient

We share half our the money donated in our collection plate each week with an organization (usually local) that puts our principles into action.

Local Community and Statewide Justice Work – Wisconsin Network for Peace and Justice Calendar

Find out what other organizations are doing to promote social justice and join in.

No Time? Donations Can Help Too…

Donate to JRUUC or Share-the-Plate