The members of the PPP Subcommittee come equally from five broad areas within the church. The current boards and committees have been grouped together to form the five areas of spiritual, business and facilities, youth and children, connection, and outreach …
Continue readingHello Families! Each Summer Sunday we have Activity Time fun and games from 9:45 until the end of the Sunday Seminar. Advanced online registration is required for children on the nursery side only (birth through preschool). We are capping that …
Continue readingThe Covid Advisory Team is still at work, collecting reliable data every week so that we can make science-based recommendations to the leadership for how to safely re-emerge as a congregation. We are constantly updating the UCG Pandemic Response Guidelines …
Continue readingHere is the inspiring collection of Sunday Seminars for July. Each will be live in Reimer Hall or available on Zoom at 11:15am. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624. July 4 – No Seminar July 11 – “Integrating Being …
Continue readingThe youth of UCG represented you all with honor this week during their annual Work Tour. 18 of our teens gathered last week for our first “Hometown Work Tour.” By day, we worked with Rebuilding Together on two homes, one …
Continue readingWith our extended mild spring weather now transitioning into the hot, humid Florida summer that we all dread it already feels like life is moving back to a more normal and orderly routine. The afternoon thunderstorms have begun in earnest …
Continue readingAfter Bromleigh’s arrival, CMRB determined that it would help to hire a consultant to assist the three ministers in the transition. We hired Peter Ilgenfritz, who worked with our congregation over a long weekend during our discernment process. We had …
Continue readingHurricane Season starts NOW! If you live in Florida, you likely know that Hurricane Season is upon us and lasts officially through November 30th. Two years ago, UCG started a group called the Emergency Response Team to check in on …
Continue reading“All God’s Critters” CAMP UCG 2021, August 2-6 – We are delighted to announce that our summer camp for children entering PreK-6th Grade will happen on the UCG Campus from August 2-6th. For more information or to register click HERE!…
Continue readingThis past weekend was the first one since the “Before Times” that felt almost normal. Next to normal. We played outside with friends, shared pizza on the back patio with others, and worshipped inside (masked!), with singing and everything. It …
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Our Family Promise committee has been busy providing for families experiencing homelessness in our community. Beginning May 24, 2021, we are providing catered meals each weeknight to multiple families being served by Family Promise of Gainesville, while rotational housing remains …
Continue readingJudah Bachmann is graduating high school after a year of dual enrollment and will be attending Florida State University. He plans on double majoring in studio art and political science and hopes to continue learning languages through involvement in clubs …
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