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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ONA

 The Open and Affirming Committee is recruiting!  If you would like to join in advocating and educating yourself and others about the celebrations and concerns of the LGBTQ+ community, not to mention planning UCG’s presence at the annual Gainesville Pride Festival and our own UCG Pride services, you are invited to join us!  Please email…

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February 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 Feb. 7: Mayor Lauren Poe – Gainesville Mayor Lauren Poe, a member of UCG, will speak about a program…

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Spring Small Groups

Signing up for one of our small groups is a great way to make some friendly connections with your fellow UCG’ers while enhancing your life through one of our amazing offerings. We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity through our church community. For our Spring offerings, we will be utilizing the ShelbyNext…

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