Thursday Live Lenten Devotional
Thursdays, noon, February 18 and 25, March 4, 11, 18, and 25. Your ministers provide a five minute devotion to get you through the week (and hone their live broadcasting skills). Join us here!…
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Make your way through Lent guided by the voices of our community, accompanied by a bag of intentional items, to enhance your lenten observance. Pick up a devotional in the Courtyard (along with your bag of lenten items), get …
Continue readingBob Atkins
We received word from Pam Kylstra, Bob Atkins daughter, that Bob died at noon, Wednesday, February 10. He was 95. Bob was the last living founding member of the United Church of Gainesville. He was a crucial part of …
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Lenten Worship Theme & Schedule
Our theme this Lenten season is “Elemental.” Each week as we move closer to Easter, a story of life and love stronger than all things, we explore the ways in which we are connected to one another, to the earth, …
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ONA
The Open and Affirming Committee is recruiting! If you would like to join in advocating and educating yourself and others about the celebrations and concerns of the LGBTQ+ community, not to mention planning UCG’s presence at the annual Gainesville Pride …
Continue readingFebruary Sunday Seminars
The UCG Sunday Seminar Committee is proud to announce a line-up of coming seminars we are certain you will enjoy. Join us every Sunday morning at 11:15, live on Zoom. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624 Feb. 7:…
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Signing up for one of our small groups is a great way to make some friendly connections with your fellow UCG’ers while enhancing your life through one of our amazing offerings. We hope that you will take advantage of this …
Continue readingCoronavirus Advisory Team
As you may recall, the Coronavirus Advisory Team was formed last March at the start of pandemic with the goal of preparing recommendations for the next phase of UCG’s response to the pandemic. Many phases later, we admit we’ve been …
Continue readingLent 2021
Our theme this Lenten season is “Elemental.” Each week as we move closer to Easter, a story of life and love stronger than all things, we explore the ways in which we are connected to one another, to the earth, …
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Clergy Corner – Talia Raymond
“By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” -Genesis 3:19 This verse gets a lot of …
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Kairos
We miss attending church in person. I miss our Picnic in the Park Small Group and our Movie Group. Or, more accurately, I miss seeing UCG friends in those groups. So, although Kairos members continue to contact the home bound …
Continue readingCMRB – Survey Results
The first set of survey results are here! As part of our newly-adopted Three Year Plan, we have committed to periodically checking in with each other to assess how well church programs are meeting our needs for spiritual nurture, connection, …
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