Children’s Holiday Craft Fair December 17, 3-5 pm – Come join the Board of Children, Youth, and Families for our annual craft making fair. We will have stations for kids to make holiday crafts to give as gifts as well as a cookie decorating table. Activities are geared towards kids K-5 but younger siblings are…
DetailsThis is a reminder that one of our Christmas appeals is for Ray Meeks, who joined this church from death row in 1979. Please contribute by making a payment, however you do UCG payments, with a note directing your gift to the Ray Meeks Christmas fund. You can contribute online here. Ray relies on our…
DetailsYouth United Annual Chili Lunch is back Sunday, December 4th! – Join us from 10:30am-12:30pm to help support our UCG youth’s Summer 2023 Work Tour with the Appalachian Service Project June 11-18, 2023! The cost is $7 for adults (16 and older), $5 for children ages 3-15 and free for ages 2 and under. You are encouraged to bring muffin tins if you…
DetailsBe a Christmas angel by buying a gift that will be purchased at the UCG gift market for a nominal price by parents of children at Rawlings Elementary school to give to their children. Paper angels will be hanging on a Christmas tree in the foyer through December 4th . Take an angel from the…
DetailsMen’s and Women’s Lunch Groups meets every Friday at noon. Both groups are holding their annual holiday luncheon on December 9 at 12pm. Please see below for more information. Men’s Squirrel Pie Lunch December 9 at 12pm in the West Wing – All UCG men are invited to this holiday tradition. Bring adult beverages,…
DetailsUCG is the only congregation I’ve ever known that calls this month-or-so-long annual process of gathering pledges for the coming year “enlistment.” And every year, this fact strikes me as sort of ironic, as “enlistment” to me has clear and overwhelming military connotations, and UCG is probably the least interested in the military-industrial complex of…
DetailsCalling All Singers! Join your fellow vocalists as we prepare for UCG’s 31st Annual Service of Lessons & Carols to be held on December 11, 2022. This service combines the readings of the Christmas story with beautiful carols & music that enrich the meaning of the Advent season. No vocal experience necessary– new and/or once-in-a-while…
DetailsLessons and Carols will be on December 11, at 11am and 7pm. Youth choir rehearsals will be on Thursdays from 6:45-7:30 in the Sanctuary with Phillip beginning November 10th. Please join us! Nov 6: 5:30-7pm: Dinner and Programming in Reimer Hall Nov 12-13: Church on the Prairie campout! Nov 20: Afternoon Splatter Room Field…
DetailsWinter 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 to https://bit.ly/winterSG22 by November 6. Winter Small Group Registration will be from Sunday, November 20 – December 4. Registration is…
DetailsCalling all crafties! Do you have a fun holiday craft that you would like to share with our children at the holiday craft fair? If you are interested in sharing your artistry by teaching a craft on Saturday, December 17 from 3-5 pm, please let us know! You can email Taylor Williams at gutsandglorygnv@gmail.com to…
DetailsThe season of Advent is meant to be a journey. We are called to be present, to take time to breathe, to be still and wait as, over the weeks, the eternal rhythms of Advent’s hopes come to life within us. In the midst of our busy-ness, this hour each week in the beauty of…
DetailsWe are gathering writings and visual art for the 2022 Advent devotional booklet! We are looking for one of your favorite writings, an original piece of your own, or visual art. Please submit all writings as a word document or in the body of your email and all artwork as a JPG. Send submissions by…
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