| This Sunday, we will see and hear from the 31 children who brought our campus to life during this week’s CAMP UCG! Then, Rev. Talia will reflect on the world of children and their exceptional gifts as teachers of inclusion, care, and peace.
This Sunday, July 30
9:45 a.m. Childcare
10:00 a.m. Worship – Camp UCG Sunday
10:30 a.m. Activity Time
11:00 a.m. Fellowship and Beverages
Let’s Connect
Back-to-School Blessing next Sunday at 10 a.m. service – Receive words of blessing and encouragement from your community as you start a new school year!
Sunday Seminars resume next Sunday, August 6.
Food First Collection is August 6 – Please bring your non-perishable donations to support the Gainesville Community Ministry’s food bank.
Fall Small Group Submissions Wanted – If you enjoy a hobby or skill, or want to connect with friends through outdoor activities, here’s your chance to share it with fellow UCGers. Please submit your ideas here by August 13. Watch for registration to begin in September.
Gathering Water – Wherever you are this summer – in your yard, at the beach, in another state or country – remember to gather a small amount of water to bring to our annual Gathering of Waters service on August 13. This service is our ritual of re-gathering as a church community at the end of the summer.
Single 10 a.m. Service Continues Through the Fall – We will continue with a single 10 a.m. service through the fall, followed by coffee hour immediately afterward and seminars starting at 11:15. A congregational decision on whether to continue with one service or return to two will take place at the October 15 congregational meeting.
Click here for events of interest in the greater community.
Women’s and Men’s Lunch Groups
Friday, July 28 at Noon
All Welcome!
Women’s Lunch Group will meet in the Library
Men’s Lunch Group on Zoom at noon. Click here to join Men’s Lunch Group on Zoom. Passcode:1624 Meeting ID: 884 800 708
Next Sunday, August 6
Food First Collection – Back to School Blessing
9:45 a.m. Childcare
10:00 a.m. Worship – Rev. Bromleigh McCleneghan
10:30 a.m. Activity Time
11:00 a.m. Fellowship and Beverages
11:15 a.m. Sunday Seminar – The Vinery; the UCG connection with UF and Santa Fe |
This new website is great! It’s very well organized, interesting and full of useful information that is easy to find. Thanks so much! I will switch from getting mailed bulletins, which I always read thoroughly, and will now rely solely on the website.
As a visitor to UCoG, I must say this website is well constructed and maintained. Most helpful for me, and I am grateful!
By chance met John Schert, who mentioned UCG, Michael Pellett & Kathy Funke. I thot of you, others, who have spoken about UCG over years. Hello! Cite great for the shy stranger (me!) to learn more. I’ll visit soon.
Dear Friends, I was told that I might review and sign up ON-LINE, for fall classes/seminars . (not sure what you call them.) Unfortunately, I cannot find a location for them. I was hoping to do this before Sunday. Can you please give me a link if this is true? Many thanks, Holley Humphrey
Hi Holley, if you are looking for the small groups registration…please follow this link; https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdD2NhhkO692eX9i0CxoLU845d6_x89l8zsA7rPASJJOQzLtA/viewform. It is also in our Small Groups page on the website. If you still have trouble finding it, please call us at 352-378-3500. Hope this helps! – Shanna Swiers
Dear UCG friends,
Oh how I miss you, especially at this time of year! Having moved away I am forever connected to a LOVE made manifest in the words and deeds of UCG. Listening to the 2000 recording of Lessons and Carols today connected me to the eternal grace that is UCG. Blessed Be!
I just want to say “thank you” top the Board of Parish Ministry, for organizing such a beautiful service today, on Sunday, 12/29/19. The act of writing down what I wanted to let go of from 2019, helped release me from past guilt, resentment, sadness and loss. Burning it in the fire in our courtyard, was freeing. What a wonderful way to begin the new year. Thank you!
Some of us (particularly retirees) will be getting a stimulus check even though our income has not changed due to the stay at home order, while others have lost their entire income. Does UCG have a distribution plan in place to allow us to donate all or part of our stimulus money to those who won’t be able to make their rent?