As you know, CMRB sends out a periodic survey which boards and committees and church leadership can use to gauge our progress with our Three Year Plan. The next survey is ready, and can be found at this link. The survey has been significantly shortened, so it should only take you a few minutes to…
DetailsThe Advent season is approaching! It’s time to gather your original and old favorite readings and images for this year’s Advent daily devotional booklet. This year’s theme is “Expectation.” The due date for contributions is Friday, November 5th. Please send your contributions to Taylor Williams . Thank you! **Please send photos and other art as…
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Eat Local, Grow Hope Globally Impact Food Scarcity and Justice Join other UCGers to help ensure food security for our community by shopping at area farmers markets. Markets are open on weekday afternoons at Grove Street Market on Mondays and GNV Market at Heartwood on Thursdays, plus there are two markets on Saturday mornings: the…
DetailsIt is impossibly hard to say goodbye to our beloved UCG after 50 years of history together, powerful worship, deep fellowship, Prayer Group, seminars and kids’ Sunday School—and all those years of fabulous in-person retreats! We are grateful for your kind notes, best wishes, and prayers as we move to a retirement community in Durham,…
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United Tribes resumed in September. Each week we see more familiar (and masked) faces. This month grades K-5 will have Tribes time on the large playground with Keri. We will have a story and activity each week and also some time for outdoor play. PreK and under will be with fully vaccinated childcare aides on…
DetailsWith fall in the air, we move toward what some of us (me) hope will be a cooler season, and the exciting challenge of how to “do normal” in what remains an uncertain period. Our UCG community – ministers, staff, volunteers, and the wider ring of those of us who may be more-or-less distanced from…
DetailsCalling All Singers! Join your fellow vocalists as we prepare for UCG’s 30th Annual Service of Lessons & Carols to be held on December 12, 2021. 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…
DetailsThese pandemic months have been hard for so many reasons, not least of which is feeling so overwhelmed that we don’t find the time to connect with others: to share and to be heard and to be held up right where we are by members of our community. So, in September and October, we invite…
DetailsOver the past year and a half, our Family Promise committee has continued providing for families experiencing homelessness in our community with Family Promise of Gainesville, in the midst of this global pandemic. While rotational housing remains postponed and families are housed in rentals and extended day hotels, we have provided catered meals each weeknight…
DetailsPlease give Prayerful Consideration to your UCG Pledge Commitment for 2022. In a little over a month, we will all be asked to provide responses during our Stewardship/Enlistment Drive. Hopefully, most of us will be in a position to help us reach our financial goals. Our ministers, staff, and those serving on Boards and Committees…
DetailsFriends, it has been my joy to work (as a non-voting member) with the members of the PPP subcommittee this summer, under the leadership of facilitator and current Council Exec member Jim White. It is also my joy to share with you that we have reached an unanimous decision on the uses of the $112,900…
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I am both excited and nervous to begin my three-month sabbatical this month. While some of the plans from my initial proposal still stand, others have changed, as one might expect in this time of covid. But this time of rest and study is much needed and is so very appreciated by my family and…
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