Middle School Together & Youth United March Activities

Watch for details from Talia in weekly emails. Wed. 3/3: Lenten Study on zoom, 5:30pm Sat. 3/6: Pokemon Raid and Walk and Talk, 12:30pm Sun. 3/7: Cooking with Yo’ on zoom, 4:30pm Sat. 3/13: Zoom Game Time, 4:30pm Sun. 3/14: Afternoon Hike, 4:30pm Sat. 3/20: Outdoor Movie Night, 7:00pm Sun. 3/21-27: Spring Break (no programming) Sun. 3/28: Palm Sunday crafting with palm fronds…

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March Sunday Seminars

The UCG Sunday Seminar Committee is proud to announce a line-up of coming seminars we are certain you will enjoy. Join us every Sunday morning at 11:15, live on Zoom. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624 Mar. 7 – “Why do evangelicals support Trump“ presented by Dr. David Hackett, Professor of Religion at UF and…

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United Tribes in March

Hi Families!  We’ve enjoyed getting to connect somewhat directly with you all recently on Zoom with our Sunday Evening Zoom Lent Devotions for Kids and our Zoom Conversation led by the Board of Children, Youth, and Families where we gathered family input for upcoming events.  Here’s what’s coming up for March:   Sundays 3/7, 3/14, and…

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CMRB

The Congregation-Ministry Review Board’s mission is to serve as a conduit between the ministers and the congregation. If you ever want to discuss a problem, concern, or something that went great, don’t hesitate to contact CMRB chair Tim Martin, or any of the CMRB members: Rebecca Beachy, Catherine Berg, Salina Briseno, John Engels, Don Fitzpatrick,…

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Easter at UCG

Our hope and plan is to celebrate Easter, the Day of Resurrection, together in person. Services will be a little simpler than in years past, as we observe all of our COVID protocols, but no less joyful. Reservations for the services (at 8:00am, 9:30am, 11:00am, and 12:30pm) will open on Wednesday March 24 at 9:00am.…

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Outdoor In-Person Worship Coming

With COVID infection rates dropping and increasing availability of the vaccine, the COVID team has advised that we might begin to take steps toward resuming some of our in-person activities. The biggest change at this point will be to our Sunday services. We will offer two services, at 9:00am and 11:00am, outdoor in the courtyard…

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Lent at UCG

Lenten Devotional Booklet – Make your way through Lent guided by the voices of our community. Pick up a hard copy during the Ash Wednesday Drive-by event, get one in the mail by contacting Shanna in the office, find the pdf online, or check our FB page at noon for each day’s reading. The booklets will also be available in…

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Lenten Devotional

Make your way through Lent guided by the voices of our community, accompanied by a bag of intentional items, to enhance your lenten observance. Pick up a devotional in the Courtyard (along with your bag of lenten items), get one in the mail (by contacting Shanna in the office), find the pdf here, or check…

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Bob Atkins

We received word from Pam Kylstra, Bob Atkins daughter, that Bob died at noon, Wednesday, February 10.  He was 95.  Bob was the last living founding member of the United Church of Gainesville. He was a crucial part of the group that in 1964 put an ad in the Florida Alligator to see if anyone was interested in forming…

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Lenten Worship Theme & Schedule

Our theme this Lenten season is “Elemental.” Each week as we move closer to Easter, a story of life and love stronger than all things, we explore the ways in which we are connected to one another, to the earth, to the sky, to the sacred.  March 7:  Fire – Andy Bachmann March 14:  The…

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