As you all probably know, boards and committees are the engines that make UCG go. Boards and committees plan and carry out programming, provide guidance and feedback to the ministers, and perform critical outreach to our community. During the pandemic, …
Continue readingI am very pleased to tell you that the planning for another F4Ks year at Rawlings Elementary School is under way. All of the volunteers are happy that we were able to complete the program last year. Historically, we have …
Continue readingThe Covid Advisory Team has revised the screening questions for Sunday morning worship services. The new screening questions take into account the varied landscape of scenarios currently present in our community. The availability of testing, a likelihood of asymptomatic infections, …
Continue readingCatherine and Sanford Berg are two of our longest-tenured members of the United Church of Gainesville. They joined UCG in 1971- while we were still worshipping at the Presbyterian Student Center on University Avenue. Since then, they have been loyal …
Continue readingOn August 29th UCG had the first in-person Board and Committee recruitment fair in two and a half years. We owe much appreciation to Moderator-elect Barb Gibbs as well as Lisa and Shanna in the office for putting so much …
Continue readingNear the beginning of June I received an email from the Rev. Alexis Carter Thomas, looking for congregations within two miles of a university campus who might be interested in learning about the program she is managing. Her email read, …
Continue readingAll-Church Read! – September through November, 2021, Racial Justice Committee will sponsor an all-church read of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson. Four small groups will be offered as zoom book discussions. A variety of dates and …
Continue readingEarlier this summer Bromleigh asked me to speak during a Sunday service about our church year theme “Return, Reunite, Reimagine”. I initially planned on giving a standard oration to share my thoughts and ideas on what this theme means to …
Continue readingOn Tuesday evening, August 3, the Alachua County School Board will vote on the COVID-19 plan for the coming school year (which begins August 10). Currently, the plan names mask-wearing by all individuals, vaccinated and otherwise, as “strongly encouraged,” but …
Continue readingOur Back to School Blessing on August 8th is open to all children and youth, preschoolers through high schoolers. On that day, please bring your child(ren) to the playground/nursery before 10am just as you have been doing since re-gathering. The …
Continue readingRacial Justice Committee will sponsor an all-church read for the fall beginning in September. The selection is Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. There will be various offerings of small groups and hopefully a panel discussion of …
Continue readingWe are delighted to invite you to join us for Gathering of Waters, our annual service that celebrates our reunion as a UCG family, on August 29th at our 10am service. At summer’s end, from swimming pools and faucets, from …
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