UCG is actively updating our member Disaster Awareness Team. Currently we have about 15 UCG members on a list. The purpose of this team is to reach out to UCG members who have voluntarily given their name to UCG as a person who feels potentially at risk during some kind of natural disaster such as…
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Joining UCG is always a sacred time. You bring who you are to us, and we in turn offer ourselves to you as a sacred trust. We confirm our connection with communion. We will be welcoming new members at the 9:15am service on Sunday, October 7. New Member Orientation is Tuesday, September 26 at 5:30pm…
DetailsIndivisible Gainesville is proud to co-host The Road to Change events with the inspiring change-makers Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Students and Students Demand Action on this Thursday, July 26. Please Join us in supporting their actions and in amplifying their voices to bring an end to gun violence. Bring your family and friends, and head to…
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About the Author: Victoria Harrison is a family systems psychotherapist with over 40 years of practice. In an upcoming book, she addresses the importance of studying one’s own family history as part of improving health and functioning in the family. She is faculty at Bowen Center for the Study of the Family in Washington, DC,…
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There will be an important march on June 30th for raising awareness of the deplorable separation of parents and children at our borders and throughout the country. The city of Gainesville will be participating in this march. CLICK HERE for the Facebook event page. From Facebook Event Page We are marching because Families Belong Together.…
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A task force of the Lively Arts Committee—Daniel Webster, Nel Gammon Webster, Gwen Chrzanowski, and Mike Myers worked for many hours to create an indoor garden in our sanctuary! The worship space (always beautiful) is now enhanced by a weaving by Jan Haase, several of our UCG banners, origami birds, bench, flowerpots, hanging baskets, and…
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The Sanctuary Church Task Force of the United Church of Gainesville will recommend that the United Church of Gainesville publicly proclaim and act to be a support congregation to the local Sanctuary Movement at the Congregational Meeting on May 13th. We hope you will be present to vote on it. As a Support Congregation, UCG…
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The UCG Before I Die I Want to …wall is in the UCG Courtyard the whole month of April. The Wall is in conjunction with the UCG small group that recently met for five Tuesdays evenings to study The Art of Goodbye: Exploring End-of-Life Concerns. The UF/IFAS Extension program is offered annually at UCG and…
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Dear Beloveds, Here is a statement on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting posted on February 15, 2018. It cites two bills in the Florida legislature calling for a ban on assault weapons. This information comes from the Florida Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence of which the Florida Conference of the United Church of Christ…
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The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, February 14, and continues for forty days and six Sundays—a time of preparation that recalls the period of testing Jesus spent in the wilderness. We have the gift of these forty days to reflect and focus on our spiritual journeys. Lent is a pilgrimage that offers us…
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To join the effort at changing the laws and preventing more deaths: Everytown.org Momsdemandaction.org “Friends, this issue of justice reaches to the very core of our faith. According to a recent Gallup poll, 60% of all people who have recently purchased a gun listed “personal safety” as the reason for their purchase. However, statistics from…
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Give me a candle of the spirit, O God as I go down into the deep of my own being. Show me the hidden things. Take me down to the spring of my life, and tell me my nature and my name. Give me freedom to grow so that I may become my true self…
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