Town Hall Notice – May 2024

Dear friends, Over the last several weeks, we have received many questions about the process that led to the decision to restructure our office staff. We have also heard the need for more clarity and understanding about the related UCG policies and procedures. It is always the goal of church leadership to faithfully uphold our…

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Supper Club May 2024

The last supper club of the year will take place on Saturday, May 18 at Jim and Lisa McElwee-White’s home on Kanapaha Prairie. Rather than being assigned a recipe, you will be assigned a category (appetizer, salad, side or dessert) and can bring whatever you wish. We also request that you bring your place settings…

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Sunday Seminars – May 2024

The UCG Sunday Seminar Committee is proud to announce a lineup of coming seminars we are certain you will enjoy. Join us every Sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. in Reimer Hall or on Zoom. May 5 – We welcome Chelsea Bowlin and her team from Partnership for Strong Families. They are the lead child welfare agency…

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Board of Business – May 2024

Because of the timing of our financial reports and newsletter article due dates, I can only report to you on our budget through the end of March. Through 25% of the year, we have already received 28.3% of our revenue budget. Particularly encouraging is that the church has already received 38.5% of the amount budgeted…

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United Tribes – May 2024

We have so many super awesome things coming up in Tribes. This May will be our final month with Tribes classes. We will be having Children’s Sabbath on May 19th! We look forward to all of our children advancing and 5th graders graduating and moving on into our amazing middle school youth group! If your…

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Buildings & Grounds – May 2024

It’s Spring! And things are growing and blooming all around the UCG campus. Thanks to Erick Smith and more than a dozen volunteers, we tamed some of the vegetation in the East Parking lot and the area north of the Sanctuary on the work day at the end of March. We learned our lesson from…

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Feasibility Update – May 2024

Dear friends, In March, a UCC consultant interviewed a sample of UCG congregants to better understand the congregation’s readiness for a capital campaign. In short, the consultant determined that our estimated “probability of success” was 62%, which she characterized as “typical” for churches preparing for capital campaigns. The study identified a number of areas where…

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