April 4 – Easter Sunday – No seminar

April 11 – Meditation for a Spiritual Connection – Lou Ritz, a professor of Neuroscience at the University of Florida, will discuss how meditation will allow us to focus our attention on the divine that is within each of us. Dr. Ritz is co-author of the textbook “Medical Neuroscience,” and Director of a campus-wide Center for Spirituality and Health. Hosted by Sue Hatch

April 18 – Safe Affordable Housing for Gainesville – Most UCG folk are aware that a lack of safe and affordable housing is a major national and Gainesville issue.  This seminar will focus on good news you may not know and on  positive opportunities for a varied range of personal engagement in addressing the problem.  We will hear from several organizations with which UCG is already involved and that are constructively involved in this area of need. Hosted by Tony Miller.

April 25 – The Executive Council will present a program on changing the church by-laws – Join Moderator-Elect Donn Smith-Lopez for a tour of the important updates we have been working on for our church by-laws, which will be voted on at our May 2 Congregational Meeting. By-law updates will be made available to you in the week prior, so please come prepared with any questions you may have! This has been a labor of love for our Executive Council for the past seven months, and has been discussed and approved by Church Council. We welcome your insights as we make these simple but important updates.