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Clergy Corner – May 2025
We arrived Wednesday about 5 p.m. with four beautiful days of driving behind us from Connecticut. It was an amazingly peaceful trip, almost no traffic. No surprises. About six hours a day of driving with at least half of them …
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Director of Church Operations – May 2025
Dear friends at UCG, May is finally here and so is our interim minister, Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper! I’m excited to start the month off with welcoming her and her husband, Warren. We will then say goodbye to Rev. Talia …
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Director of Programming and Development – May 2025
Dear Ones, April was definitely brought to us by the letter U. As in, all of Y-O-U who made all our programs, special services, and events so amazing! Our annual All-Church Retreat featured the talent and expertise of so many …
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Middle School Together and Youth United – May 2025
THANK YOU to all our youth families who participated in our April events and programming! Retreat offered its share of memories – with crazy scavenger hunts, energetic variety show performances and taking in the rocket launch from the dock. On …
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Kids United – May 2025
April was such a full and fun month! Retreat was a huge success with our children doing the cutest “under my umbrella performance” and also enjoyed an awesome scavenger hunt. In Kids Night Out (KNO) we learned about rocks and …
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Board of Business* – May 2025
*Please note, this article has changed as there was an error in the uploading of the submission. I usually write about the church budget, but this month I would like to comment our designated accounts. These are special encumbered accounts …
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Sunday Seminars – May 2025
The UCG Sunday Seminar Committee is proud to announce a line-up of seminars we are certain you will enjoy. Seminars are in-person and on Zoom on Sundays at 11:30 a.m. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385 Passcode: 1624 May 4 – …
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Director of Church Operations – April 2025
Greetings from Pollensville, Florida! Hope everyone is enjoying the warmer weather and longer days. However, my nose is not enjoying the yellowing of our current outside world. Luckily, we had a good washing on the last weekend of March. I …
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Director of Programming and Development – April 2025
Hello Dear Ones! As I take a moment to reflect on my first six months in this new role, I am so grateful to everyone who has offered their gifts of talent and service to bring our programming to life. …
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Middle School Together and Youth United – April 2025
Hello Youth Families! Mark your calendars for the activities below, and be sure to check out your weekly emails for additional details! April 6 – No Youth Group- Hope to see you at our All-Church Retreat! April 13 – Youth …
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Board of Business – April 2025
We are only a few months into 2025 so there is not much to say about our revenue and expenses yet. Through two months (16.7% of the year) our revenue to date is 19.4% of our budgeted total. This has …
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Update from the Congregational Life Team – April 2025
Last summer’s Pathfinder subcommittee report recommended the creation of a behavioral covenant for United Church of Gainesville. According to our denomination, a Behavioral Covenant is “a written document created by a community of faith, agreed to and owned by the …