Kroger Plus Card to benifit UCM

If you shop at Kroger, you can register United Campus Ministry with your Kroger Plus card online to help benefit UCM. It's free, and this year alone UCM raised $900! Remember, you have to reenroll every April, but UCM will send you a gentle reminder in case you forget. Check your receipts when you shop, United Campus Ministry should be printed at the bottom. Here's how you enroll:

- Register at krogercommunityrewards.com with your Plus Card
- Click on Sign In/Register and then on Sign up Today in the “New Customer?” box.
- Enter your zip code, click on your favorite store, enter your email address and create a password and agree to terms and conditions
- Check your email inbox for a verification message and click on the link
- Click on My Account and log in with email and password
- Click Edit Kroger Community Rewards info and input your Kroger Plus card number (back of the Plus card)
- Update or confirm your information.
- Enter United Campus Ministry or 81730 To verify you are enrolled correctly, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your information

Free Holiday Meals

UCM's weekly free meal program will be serving Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday, November 25 at 5:30 p.m. Vegan options will be available.

Saturday lunch will be available on Christmas day, Saturday, December 25, and on New Years day, Saturday, January 1 at 1:00 p.m.

All meals will be served in the lower level of UCM, 18 N College St. Volunteers are needed to help set up, prepare food, cook, share a meal, and clean up.

Contact Shannon to donate or volunteer at ss335907@ohio.edu

IFYC "What If? Speak In"

What if MLK rejected Gandhi's value of nonviolence because he was Hindu? What if we did nothing to build bridges across the faith divide? What if instead we took action together to build our global community? Prove we’re better together. Start by asking what if?

Interfaith Youth Core at Ohio University will be holding a Speak In on Wednesday, November 10 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. in the Friends of the Library Room (Alden Library 319). The “What If? Speak In” will provide an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, and community members to learn about the interfaith movement as well as engage in a guided discussion about the common value of service in various religious practices. 

Speakers include Greg Emery, Director of the Global Leadership Center, discussing his work with the Harvard Pluralism Project, Elizabeth Collins, Professor of Classics and World Religions, talking about her work with the Difficult Dialogues Project, Amritjit Singh, Professor of English, sharing his interfaith aspects of Sikhism, Rev Evan Young, Campus Minister for United Campus Ministry, discussing UCM’s role in interfaith work, Professor Savas Kaya, Advisor of the Muslim Student Association, and a representative from Rural Action's watershed project. Information will be provided about how to get involved in Interfaith Youth Core’s winter quarter service project dedicated to local and international water rights. People of all or no faith backgrounds are encouraged to attend and help promote the movement towards religious coexistence. Refreshments will be provided.

"I feel that cooperation among members of different faith communities in common action for the common good is essential to combat daunting issues such as poverty and global warming, both on the local level and internationally," says Interfaith Youth Core fellowship recipient Guru Amrit Khalsa. "It is only a matter of time before cooperation becomes the social norm, and members of various faith groups come together as opposed to inter-religious conflict." 

The Interfaith Youth Core is an international nonprofit supporting religious pluralism on campuses across the country. United Campus Ministry (UCM): Center for Spiritual Growth and Social Justice is spearheading the movement at Ohio University. UCM’s mission is to engage the Ohio University and Athens Communities in spiritual growth, work for social justice and community service guided by socially progressive and interfaith values. For more information call 593-7301 or email ucmathens@frognet.net.