United Tribes resumed in September. Each week we see more familiar (and masked) faces. This month grades K-5 will have Tribes time on the large playground with Keri. We will have a story and activity each week and also some …
Continue readingCalling All Singers! Join your fellow vocalists as we prepare for UCG’s 30th Annual Service of Lessons & Carols to be held on December 12, 2021. This service combines the readings of the Christmas story with beautiful carols & music …
Continue readingThese pandemic months have been hard for so many reasons, not least of which is feeling so overwhelmed that we don’t find the time to connect with others: to share and to be heard and to be held up right …
Continue readingOver the past year and a half, our Family Promise committee has continued providing for families experiencing homelessness in our community with Family Promise of Gainesville, in the midst of this global pandemic. While rotational housing remains postponed and families …
Continue readingPlease give Prayerful Consideration to your UCG Pledge Commitment for 2022. In a little over a month, we will all be asked to provide responses during our Stewardship/Enlistment Drive. Hopefully, most of us will be in a position to help …
Continue readingFriends, it has been my joy to work (as a non-voting member) with the members of the PPP subcommittee this summer, under the leadership of facilitator and current Council Exec member Jim White. It is also my joy to share …
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I am both excited and nervous to begin my three-month sabbatical this month. While some of the plans from my initial proposal still stand, others have changed, as one might expect in this time of covid. But this time of …
Continue readingDuring September, the UCG Sunday Seminar Committee will host an inspiring collection of Sunday Seminars: They will be available on Zoom at 10:15am. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624. Here are September’s offerings: September 12 UCG Enriches My …
Continue readingUCG’s Young Adult Group is open to all post-high school young adults and meets for lunch twice per month from September through April. The group meets at the fountain in the Courtyard after the second service to walk to a …
Continue readingFor the month of September while we remain in the red zone we will continue with Activity Time fun and games outdoors only during the 9:15am service. Advanced registration is required each week. All children over the age of …
Continue readingAs 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 …
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