The Compassion in Action Committee invites you to provide items for the “To Replenish Everyday Essentials (TREE)” project for people living with HIV. Requested donations are products that cannot be purchased with food stamps but are particularly important for people with HIV. Donations will be delivered to the Pride Community Center. Please bring donations during…
Details“Mindful Mending: Society, Selves, Socks” There are many ways to participate in this year’s women’s retreat – half-day, full-day, in-person at UCG or virtually. Childcare is provided in addition to lunch, beverages, and snack breaks. Saturday, March 12, 2022 9:30am – 6:30pm UCG or online After the longest and strangest two years of life torn…
DetailsDo we dare look forward? I’m surely not alone in being heartily sick of upheaval, uncertainty, and, all too often, unwellness a pandemic can bring.. I’m having to tell myself – and I’m coming here to say to you also – hang in there! Regardless of challenges yet unseen, I can (almost) guarantee we’ll be…
DetailsSmall Groups Report Thank you to our Small Group Committee and Leaders, who have offered 49 different options for groups this Spring. And thank you to all of you for signing up! We have 461 participants signed up, and there are still opportunities to join in our larger events if you would like! For example,…
DetailsVinery Update From Judy Parsons You may have heard about or read about the new Vinery program that UCG is participating in. I wanted to share with you a bit more about what the Vinery is and where we are in these early days of exploring what this will mean for us at UCG. …
DetailsUpdate from Charter School Lease Subcommittee Beth Hinrichs, Chairperson At our Winter Congregational Meeting, I provided a summary of our process regarding a proposed use of our education and West Wing for a public Charter School called Constellation Charter School. The school had approached church staff late last year with a proposal to lease our…
DetailsHi Families, We know that so much has changed over the last few years. Many of us find ourselves lost and not knowing which practices and routines are safe to return to, yet alone which ones we want to put back into our lives. As people who guide young children, we almost always find ourselves…
DetailsWatch for details from Tammy in weekly emails March 6: MST: Spirituality w/Talia YU: Walk and Talk March 13: Family Meal and Conversation with People’s Potluck at Parker Park- 4-7pm Confirmation March 20: No meeting – Spring Break March 27: Corks and Colors and Sweet Dreams Confirmation
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We are excited to offer our All Church Retreat this year– with some essential safety measures meant to keep everyone safe, including: All participants vaccinated to the fullest extent possible, with a negative PCR test result within 72 hours of arrival All programming this year will be either outdoors or in open-air locations, and for…
DetailsAs I’ve written over the last few months, the Financial Sustainability and Stewardship Committee (FSSC) was formed as a diverse group to reflect on the church’s fiscal practices and budget process, collaborate and fact-find with Boards, Committees and staff and make advisory recommendations to Council Exec and Church Council. The goal of the group is…
DetailsJoin us on Sunday mornings at 10:30 am, either in Reimer Hall or through the link that comes out in each Sunday worship bulletin. March 6– Artist Joon Thomas will share their insights and process around their work, including a tour of the beautiful installation of sacred script with calligraphic artistry that has been…
DetailsIf you haven’t been to church in a while, you should come. Last Sunday, looking around the courtyard between services felt SO GOOD! It felt normal*. A dozen teenagers were receiving donations for our gift bags for Grace Marketplace, then sorting them with members of Compassion in Action and making beautiful gifts of love for…
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