Interactive Lenten Art – The Lively Arts Committee has designed stained glass-like art hangings that are along the sides of the Sanctuary. Each bears the focus word for each Sunday in Lent. We need your help to add color and bring them to life! Each Sunday, a question will appear in the bulletin that relates to the theme of the day. As you depart the Sanctuary, you will see a table with pens, markers, and colored paper. We invite you to respond to the question of the day by writing a word, phrase, or drawing on a piece of colored paper. The papers will be added to the week’s artwork colorfully representing “The Work of the People.” Where do you find joy?                     

Sunday Seminar – Legal Documents You Should Complete BEFORE the end-of-life – Adriane Isenberg, personal attorney and UCG member, will discuss the most basic, and necessary, documents that everyone should have completed before sickness, death, and loss of cognition. She will offer the pros and cons of each, who to appoint as a personal representative, attorney in fact, health care surrogate, and representative to carry out terms of a living will. She will also elaborate on what to determine before signing any estate planning document. In Reimer Hall or on Zoom. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385 Passcode: 1624

Lenten Booklets for daily reading are available in the Foyer or here with original artwork, music, photos, and writings by UCG members.

The “ReMod Squad”, aka the Building & Grounds Committee, will be sharing their evaluation of the Courtyard’s conditions on the following dates and times:

•  Today, March 12th at 12:30 PM
• Next Thursday, March 16 at 5:30 PM

Both presentations will be held in Reimer Hall and on Zoom at https://bit.ly/remod0312.  Meeting ID: 895 4492 1187 Passcode: 1624. Please plan to join us.

Common Threaders will meet at 10:15am on Sunday, March 12. Please bring any type of stitching, knitting, etc.., or just join us for some coffee and conversation.  Everyone is welcome, you do not need to have signed up for the small group.

“Odyssey” All Church Retreat – April 14-16, 2023 at Warren Willis Camp in Fruitland Park, Florida. registration begins this Wednesday, March 15, and runs through Sunday, March 26. You can register in the office during the week and in the Library on Sundays, March 19 & 26. Information brochure here.

Save the Date! Our Annual Noodles and Doodles Fundraiser is Coming on March 26 at 5:30pm! This Art Sale and Pasta Dinner Fundraiser supports our Youth United as they prepare for their summer Work Tour. This year, they are headed to West Virginia to work alongside Appalachia Service Project to assist homeowners with projects that will benefit their health and safety. If you have artwork that you have made or that you would simply like to re-home, we are accepting donations!  Please leave it in the office for Talia by Wednesday, March 22.  We appreciate your support of this fun event and of our youth!

KAIROS Request – Sam Harris is at home recovering from surgery. Please click here if you are able to provide a meal.

BCYF is working on a United Tribes Directory! It will have the family’s picture beside the family’s contact information. If you have not completed a registration form, or need to update your information in Shelby Next, email juliac@ucgainesville.org.

A new way to connect with United Tribes! Stay updated about United Tribes and other Children’s Programming via Facebook, join the United Tribes Families Facebook page at bit.ly/TribesFB. Only parents of registered United Tribes children will be admitted to the group. We ask that any pictures including children that are not your own not be taken from the page and shared on social media accounts. Thanks!                  

The Vinery – We are compiling a small group on ShelbyNext so that we can communicate more easily, sharing resources or ideas, but we are also hoping to gather regularly for a meal and further community building. Our next gathering will be on Tuesday, March 28, from 6-8 pm, with dinner and childcare provided. Contact bromleighm@ucgainesville.org for more information, to be added to the e-mail list, or to RSVP for the 28th.

Lenten Small Groups with Rev. Bromleigh:

Lenten Lectio Divina/Lectio Vita Thursdays, February 23 – March 30, 7:00-8:00p.m. on Zoom. Join in this practice of the devotional reading of both Scriptures and news stories, to hear what the voice of the divine might speak into your heart. Meeting ID: 827 3925 3374 Passcode: 1624

How to Begin When Your World Is Ending – March 21 and April 18, 7:00-8:00p.m. on Zoom. Read and discuss the newest, wonderful book by the Rev. Molly Baskette (a pastor in the UCC). Meeting ID: 875 8140 3722 Passcode: 1624

Small Groups still accepting participants:

Dances of Universal Peace are led & (taught) with Musical Instruction with Vocal accompaniment from participants, Joyful & Inspired from all cultures & Spiritual attunement & Inspiration. The group meets on the 2nd Sunday of each month at 4pm in the West Wing led by Nurallah Briseno. First gathering is March 12.

The Community Weatherization Coalition (CWC) is a local non-profit that UCG members helped to found, and several UCG members serve as active volunteers. During CWC’s three-part Spring Energy Coach training, you’ll learn how you can save local families money on their utility expenses and empowering residents with dozens of conservation tips. If you are interested in joining other UCG volunteers, contact the front office. First training meeting is Wednesday, March 22 at 5:30pm.

Writing Your Own Peace Together – Do you have a lot to say? Do you have a lot of feelings? Observations? Memories? Dreams? And (God forbids) opinions to share? If you are one of those with a lot of any of that, come join Christine Engels and others, we will have a nice space on a Saturday afternoon to sit down and write.  And maybe, just maybe, we can talk about writing and enjoy other writing topics. The group will meet on Saturday, March 25th from 3-4 pm in UCG’s Room 9. Join us for a ‘writing’ (or jolly) good time.