Giving Paths – part 2 (DAFs)

by Alan Hill, Chair, UCG Board of Business This is the second of a three-part series on advanced ways to financially support your United Church of Gainesville. In part one we learned about qualified charitable distributions (QCD’s) from a traditional individual retirement account (IRA) for persons at least 70½ years old. In this part we…

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Congregationalism – What?! Part 1

by Suzanne Huggard, Council Member-at-Large There are Interim Ministers, and the Florida Conference, and the United Church of Christ, and Congregationalism. Oh My! What?! Are we the United Church of Gainesville Congregationalists? What does that mean? If you read the back of the Sunday bulletin, you may have noticed the sentence that says, “This church…

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Clergy Corner – November 2025

Don’t Tell Me I Have Homework by Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper In addition to making your pledge for 2026 through our investment campaign, please read the Convergence report of our fascinating congregation, which is so well told in their report. THANK YOU. Please also come to the Sunday, November 9 meeting with at least one question,…

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Giving Paths – part 1 (QCDs)

by Alan Hill, Chair, UCG Board of Business You can give to the United Church of Gainesville in several ways either to fulfill your annual pledge commitment or to support a specific need or program. You can make a direct contribution of cash. We take checks and credit cards, too. You can donate stocks or…

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Sunday Seminars – November 2025

November Sunday Seminars   The Sunday Seminar Committee is pleased to announce the line-up of seminars for November. Seminars are in person and on Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385 Passcode: 1624 November 2: No seminar – Pride Brunch November 9: Zoom seminar with Cameron Trimble of Convergence November 16:…

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Board of Children, Youth and Families – October 2025

The Board of Children Youth and Families has been busy raising funds with football parking to help improve our children’s playground and for other needs, providing input into the children’s program positions, updating the safety and protection policy for minors, and recruiting volunteers for our many activities with families, youth, and children.   We would love all church members to be aware of our safety and protection policy for minors. You…

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Board of Business – October 2025

by Alan Hill, Chair, Board of Business On October 5, we will ask the congregation to adopt our challenge budget for 2026. This is our aspirational budget to fund church operations and programs for the coming year. It sets our enlistment or member pledge goal for 2026.  There are several objectives in this budget:  Fund a search for a settled minister …

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