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Call for Committee Members: Join Us in Creating Transformation at the All-Church Retreat!

UncategorizedBy admin January 28, 2025

Call for Committee Members: Join Us in Creating Transformation at the All-Church Retreat! You are invited to join the planning committee for our upcoming All-Church Retreat, tentatively themed “Metamorphosis”, taking place April 4-6. This retreat is a cherished opportunity to deepen our connections, explore spiritual growth, and celebrate transformation as a community. Creative, committed individuals…

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Middle School Together (MST) and Youth United (YU) Happenings! – February 2025

UncategorizedBy admin January 28, 2025

MST and YU Families! Please see below for our upcoming opportunities for art, service, education and fun- additional details will follow in your weekly emails! Please reach out to Tami at tamih@ucgainesville.org with any questions. 🙂 February 2 Mask-Making, Part 1 February 9 Mask-Making, Part 2 February 16 Service Project collaboration with Compassion in…

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Ray Meeks – Flowers and Eyesight

UncategorizedBy admin January 28, 2025

Ray Meeks, as most of you know, spent 38 years on death row and then had his sentence commuted to life without possibility of parole. He is now in Madison Correctional Institution, a faith based medium security prison where he is doing quite well. His biggest difficulty has been that he has severe cataracts and…

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Sunday Seminars – February 2025

UncategorizedBy admin January 27, 2025

The UCG Sunday Seminar Committee is proud to announce a line-up of seminars we are certain you will enjoy. Seminars are in-person and on Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385 Passcode: 1624 February 2 – “LGBTQ+ Inclusivity 101: Developing an Inclusive Vocabulary and Knowledge of Queer Gender and Sexual Identities” with special guest…

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Events at UCG for July 30 – August 5, 2025

Featured, GeneralBy admin December 23, 2024 8 Comments

We’re thrilled to welcome back Rev. Dr. Rik Stevenson as he leads our service with a powerful message rooted in an Afro-centric hermeneutic of the text. This week’s teaching explores the giants we face – not just the Goliaths of the world, but the hidden giants within that quietly stir up dysfunction in our lives.…

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Director of Programming and Development – January 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 20, 2024

Hello, Dear Ones! By the time this newsletter hits your inbox, we will have celebrated another Christmas and welcomed the arrival of a new year, one in which we as a congregation will spend learning and growing alongside one another as we work to create the church we will become. In my short time thus…

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Middle School Together (MST) and Youth United (YU) Happenings for January 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 20, 2024

Happy New Year, Youth Families! We hope you had a joyful and restorative Holiday break. 🙂 We look forward to kicking off 2025 with Vision Boards, self-care practices, adventuring, service, and game nights! Our annual Mystery Trip for YU will take place January 17 – 19; please check your weekly emails for the RSVP details!…

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Women’s Retreat: January 31- February 2, 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 20, 2024

Through the Looking Glass: Finding Light at the End of the Rabbit Hole Participants have described past Women’s Retreats as one of their favorite UCG activities; a warm, welcoming place for newcomers; and a time to make new friendships and deepen current ones. The retreat is open to all in the wider UCG community who…

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Campus Keepers – Sound Room Clean Out 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 19, 2024 1 Comment

EVERYTHING MUST GO! Calling musicians, sound techies, engineers and rockers. Please come to the sound room (off the Sanctuary foyer) after the service on Sunday, January 12. We still need to clear out a LOT of stuff from the sound room. The closet is overflowing, the floor is covered in cables and electronic detritus, and no…

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Director of Church Operations – January 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 19, 2024 2 Comments

Dear friends, On Sunday, December 1 I had the honor of meeting with members of the Board of Parish Ministry and Campus Keepers to help with the “hanging of the greens” after the worship service. A task I had many times helped Sam Harris and Erick Smith take down the decorations from Reimer Hall, but…

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Pathfinder Implementation Committee – January 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 19, 2024

The Pathfinder Implementation Committee (“PIC”) was formed with the charge to carry out the Pathfinder recommendations approved by Council. The PIC is divided into four teams focused on different tasks. The Church Consultant Team was charged with receiving proposals for church consultants to assist the congregation and potentially an interim minister with multiple issues,…

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Seminar Committee Report – January 2025

UncategorizedBy admin December 19, 2024

The Seminar Committee is regrouping/reorganizing and going strong! We will be offering many exciting seminars with great guest speakers this spring on diverse topics including A.I., weather changes as the climate changes, toxic masculinity, spirituality diversity at UCG, etc. In addition, we are adding a virtual suggestion box! If there is a seminar you’d like…

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