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The UCC General Minister and President is joining a diverse group of 500 leaders converging in Washington, D.C. next week from across the United States, coming together around a common goal — to make climate action a national priority. The Rev. John C. Dorhauer will be speaking at the 8th Annual American Climate Leadership Summit…
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Please join us for our Holy Week celebration of Maundy Thursday on April 18 at 6:00 PM, a service of silence, music, communion, and remembrance. Easter Day activities promise to be filled with joy, flowers, music, good food, friends, egg hunt (for the children!), and wonderful worship! Worship Services will be held on April 21,…
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Hello Family Promise supporters, We just wanted to let you all know how truly important you are in making Family Promise function. Please read on to hear one family’s story about their time in Family Promise of Gainesville… In April of 2018 we lost our home. We left Gainesville and went to Ocala, where we…
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Our church member, Rachel Kirk has completed her requirements for ordination as a UCC minister! On Saturday, March 23, she will be undergoing her Ecclesiastical Council (which is an interview that examines her theology, call, and general abilities to serve as minister) with The Committee on Church and Ministry. This interview can be watched by…
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There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. –1 John 4:18 This morning we awoke to the horrendous news of the mass shooting of Muslims at Friday prayers in two mosques in New Zealand. In…
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4forFairFood Tour: No more 4 for $4, how about 1 penny more! Join UF students and the broader Gainesville community for the 4 for Fair Food Tour March for Farmworker Justice at UF on March 14th as we demand that UF put their principles into action, and stand up for basic dignity and respect for…
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The labyrinth will be in the sanctuary and available for meditation and for walking March 4-7, 8:30am – 4:30pm. Ash Wednesday Services and Labyrinth Walks will be offered on March 6 at 12:00 Noon or at 6:00 PM. For the First Time We Will also Offer a Family Labyrinth ServiceOn Ash Wednesday, March 6 at 6:00pm, all children and families are…
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Dear Partners in Christ: The vision of a body united — in purpose, in mission, in vision — is one that inspired the birth of our denomination. All of our spiritual impulses reverberate in an effort to call us into a more perfect union. Throughout our shared history as a people of faith and as…
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One of the most beautiful hymns in our United Church of Christ hymnbook is “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” Written in 1871 as a poem, it was publicly read as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12, 1900, by school children at the segregated Stanton School in Jacksonville, Florida. The poet,…
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It’s a signal that comes from God’s heart and a light comes too, and it puts the wind from his heart to the sky. -by Pepper Durant, 4.5 years old, as told to her mom, Taylor Williams, one morning around 7 am, in their driveway. She was describing the wind in the trees in the…
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