Three-day Juneteenth Celebration
The Alachua County Library District will commemorate the 154th Juneteenth with a three-day celebration featuring entertainers, artists and scholars Friday, June 14 – Sunday, June 16. Juneteenth marks the abolition of slavery on June 19, 1865, in Texas and celebrates …
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Wear Orange Storytelling Event on June 6
Wear Orange: Stories from the Front Lines of Gun Violence Prevention WE ARE DETERMINED WE ARE STRONG WE ARE SURVIVORS Join us Thursday, June 6, 2019 at 7pm in the United Church of Gainesville Sanctuary for an evening of stories …
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UCC’s Dorhauer called to participate in American Climate Leadership Summit
The UCC General Minister and President is joining a diverse group of 500 leaders converging in Washington, D.C. next week from across the United States, coming together around a common goal — to make climate action a national priority. The …
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Holy Week Schedule
Please join us for our Holy Week celebration of Maundy Thursday on April 18 at 6:00 PM, a service of silence, music, communion, and remembrance. Easter Day activities promise to be filled with joy, flowers, music, good food, friends, …
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Congratulations to Rachel Kirk
Our church member, Rachel Kirk has completed her requirements for ordination as a UCC minister! On Saturday, March 23, she will be undergoing her Ecclesiastical Council (which is an interview that examines her theology, call, and general abilities to serve …
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UCC Leaders: Mourning the massacre in New Zealand
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear; for fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not reached perfection in love. –1 John 4:18 This morning we awoke to the horrendous news of …
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4 for Fair Food Tour: UF March
4forFairFood Tour: No more 4 for $4, how about 1 penny more! Join UF students and the broader Gainesville community for the 4 for Fair Food Tour March for Farmworker Justice at UF on March 14th as we demand that …
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The labyrinth will be in the sanctuary and available for meditation and for walking March 4-7, 8:30am – 4:30pm. Ash Wednesday Services and Labyrinth Walks will be offered on March 6 at 12:00 Noon or at 6:00 PM.For the …
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A Pastoral Letter from Our General Minister and President
Dear Partners in Christ: The vision of a body united — in purpose, in mission, in vision — is one that inspired the birth of our denomination. All of our spiritual impulses reverberate in an effort to call us into …
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“Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing”
One of the most beautiful hymns in our United Church of Christ hymnbook is “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” Written in 1871 as a poem, it was publicly read as part of a celebration of Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February …
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The Most Beautiful Season!
It’s a signal that comes from God’s heart and a light comes too, and it puts the wind from his heart to the sky. -by Pepper Durant, 4.5 years old, as told to her mom, Taylor Williams, one morning around …
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