June Sunday Seminars

During June, the UCG Sunday Seminar Committee is scheduled to host two Sunday Seminars: Each will be live on Zoom at 11:30am. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624 Sunday June 6: “Enhancing Your Family Genealogy,” with Dr. Fletcher …

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Ray Meeks Update

June 28, is Ray Meeks’ 68 birthday. He developed chest pains soon after he was moved to Madison Correctional Institution in December, his third post death row facility. After waiting over a month, he underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery at …

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United Tribes in June

Hello Families! Slowly but surely things are seeming more like our old normal on our playgrounds on Sundays. This week we celebrate moving to the yellow zone. If you are thinking of joining us please read on…. When we have …

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Moderator Moment – Donn Smith-Lopez

Our church-year theme: Return, Reunite, Reimagine As I was pondering the congregation’s theme for the upcoming church year, our community had finally begun to emerge from our COVID-induced cocoons and we had only just started to gather for in-person worship …

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Food 4 Kids

We are coming to the end of 10 and a half years of Food for Kids. It has been challenging in so many ways but with your loving support and generosity we have been about feed children weekly in 108 …

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CMRB

As Andy prepares for his upcoming sabbatical this fall, the timing is good to review what a clergy sabbatical is, and how they work at UCG. The word “sabbatical” is derived from the Greek work “sabatikos”, which means “of the …

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PPP Funds Disposition Update

At the Spring Congregational Meeting on May 2nd, the congregation approved, by a large margin, a motion relating to the loan of $112,900.00 obtained by the United Church of Gainesville under the Payroll Protection Plan. The motion, as passed, calls …

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Lively Arts News

Our new worship theme is “Dreaming” and we would like to hear and display your dreams!  We invite you to trace your hand on a piece of colored paper and write your dream on it. What aspirations, imaginings, hopes, or …

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United Tribes – May 2021

Hello Families!  We have enjoyed reuniting with some of our Tribes children!  If you are considering joining us in person soon we hope to answer your questions here in one place.  When we have United Tribes, it will be provided …

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May Seminar Schedule

Join us Sundays at 10am for our intriguing and thought provoking Seminars live on Zoom.  Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624 Sunday, May 9th – No Seminar – Happy Mother’s Day! Sunday, May 16th – “The Secret …

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BCYF

Families, join us on Saturday, May 22 at 10:30 am for a Spring Family Gathering as we celebrate the end of the year and enjoy each others’ company.  We will meet at the field by One Love Cafe (4989 NW …

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