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Climate Summit on September 30
It’s too darn hot! Learn about local climate change and what we can do at the Climate Summit on September 30, 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m., at UCG, cosponsored by the Creation Care and Climate (C3J) Task Force of UCG …
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Sunday Seminars – September 2023
During September, the UCG Sunday Seminar Committee will host an inspiring collection of Sunday Seminars: They will be available on Zoom at 11:15 a.m. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624. See September’s offerings below. 9/3 – Labor Day …
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Men’s Retreat – November 3-5, 2023
We invite all who identify as men to join together for a weekend of fun and fellowship at beautiful Camp Weed in Live Oak. Our theme this year will be “Masking and Unmasking: Living Into Our Authentic Selves.” We’ll consider …
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Creation Care Justice Designation
At our May congregational meeting, our Creation Care and Climate Justice Task Force presented a motion to the congregation, asking for approval to seek designation as a Creation Justice Church in the United Church of Christ. The motion, of course, …
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Clergy Corner- September 2023
Here is one example of my experience of how the Holy Spirit works: As a child, I watched a lot of reruns of the BBC improv comedy show Whose Line is it Anyway? As I got a little older, as …
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Climate Summit – September 30, 2023
Learn about local climate changes and what we can do at the Climate Summit, September 30 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at UCG, cosponsored by the Creation Care and Climate (C3J) Task Force of UCG and the Alachua NAACP …
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Creation Care and Climate Justice Task Force Update
After our congregational vote at the May congregational meeting that affirmed our desire to adopt a Creation Care and Climate Justice statement, members of the C3J Task Force worked together to craft an application to the United Church of Christ, …
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July 28 COVID Update
The COVID-19 virus is still detectable in nearly all of the wastewater samples from Alachua County. The numbers of new cases and hospitalizations, although both low, have been slowly rising over the past 2 months. Waning immunity and the continued …
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Moderator’s Minute – Change and Experimentation
You have no doubt noticed that our beloved UCG is embarking on two grand experiments as we seek to discern our path forward over the next several years. The first is already in place – the hiring of our three …
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Re-Mod Squad – August 2023
Several donations to the Building Improvements Designated Fund were made in June and July totaling $13,000! These monies are so helpful to us, especially now that we have really depleted our funds and were praying for no big emergencies. And, …
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Time and Talent 2023
We are so fortunate at UCG to have significant participation on our boards and committees! Each year, we host a Time and Talent Fair in late summer to recruit new board and committee members to join our important work. This …
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Clergy Corner – August 2023
My maternal grandparents were married in September of 1953. He served as a helicopter pilot in the Army for thirty of those years, and they spent those first decades of their marriage traversing the country (and globe) as he was …