Become a Chalice Lighter! A $20 donation three times a year funds grants to UU congregations in our PSWD and also benefits our own UUCVH Church.
What is Chalice Lighters?
The Chalice Lighters Program of the Pacific Southwest District (PSWD) exists to help fund the growth of congregations in our District. The program is designed to make grants to applicant congregations for:
- Facility improvements, such as buying land, building, rebuilding, furnishing or enlarging facilities.
- One-time professional Leadership expenses, such as the costs of hiring a Minister, Religious Educator, or Music Director.
Mission:
To support and encourage the excellence and growth of Unitarian Universalism in the Pacific Southwest District by providing resources to new and existing congregations through the distribution of Chalice Lighter grant funds.
Who is eligible?
PSWD Congregations are eligible when they are:
- A member congregation of the Pacific Southwest District of the UU Association.
- A congregation that contributed its Fair Share to the UUA and to the PSWD for the previous two years, as published in their respective annual reports.
- A congregation in which 20% or more of its members are active subscribers to the Chalice Lighters Program (an active subscriber is one who has contributed to at least one Call in the previous year).
Chalice Lighters Grant application forms for UU Congregations are available here.
You Can Help!
Become a Chalice Lighter! The funds for these grants come from UUs like you: people who pledge to contribute $20 or more three times a year.
A printable PDF Chalice Lighters Brochure with forms is here.
A printable PDF Call Letter (June 2011) with forms is here.
Grants Awarded:
Facilities
- UU Church, Surprise, AZ
- UU Congregation of Las Vegas, NV
- Valley UU Church, Chandler, AZ
- UU Congregation of Northwest Tucson, AZ
- Emerson UU Church, Canoga Park, CA
- Monte Vista UU Congregation, Montclair, CA
- West Valley UU Church, Glendale, AZ
- Neighborhood Church, Pasadena, CA
- UU Congregation of Las Vegas, NV
- UU Church of Studio City, CA
- Chalice UU Congregation, Escondido, CA
- UU Fellowship of Kern County, Bakersfield, CA
- UU Church of the Desert, Rancho Mirage, CA
- UU Congregation of NW Tucson, AZ
- Orange Coast UU Church, Costa Mesa, CA
- First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles, CA
- UU Church of Long Beach, CA
- Granite Peak UU Congregation, Prescott, AZ
- UU Church of Ventura, CA
- Tapestry UU Congregation, Mission Viejo, CA
- Live Oak UU Congregation, Goleta, CA
Religious Leadership
- UU Congregation of Green Valley, AZ
- Conejo Valley UU Fellowship, Thousand Oaks, CA
- Granite Peak UU Congregation, Prescott, AZ
- UU Church of Southeastern Arizona, Sierra Vista, AZ
- Emerson UU Church, Canoga Park, CA
- Unitarian Universalists of the Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Clarita, CA
- Tapestry Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Mission Viejo, CA
- Summit UU Fellowship, Santee, CA
- UU Church in Surprise, AZ Sepulveda UU Society, North Hills, CA