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UCG Disaster Awareness Response Team
UCG is actively updating our member Disaster Awareness Team. Currently we have about 15 UCG members on a list. The purpose of this team is to reach out to UCG members who have voluntarily given their name to UCG as …
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Do you want to Join UCG?
Joining UCG is always a sacred time. You bring who you are to us, and we in turn offer ourselves to you as a sacred trust. We confirm our connection with communion. We will be welcoming new members at the …
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The Road to Change is Coming to Gainesville
Indivisible Gainesville is proud to co-host The Road to Change events with the inspiring change-makers Marjorie Stoneman Douglas Students and Students Demand Action on this Thursday, July 26. Please Join us in supporting their actions and in amplifying their …
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The Impact of Separation from Family: A Timely and Timeless Lesson
About the Author: Victoria Harrison is a family systems psychotherapist with over 40 years of practice. In an upcoming book, she addresses the importance of studying one’s own family history as part of improving health and functioning in the family. …
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Families Belong Together March
There will be an important march on June 30th for raising awareness of the deplorable separation of parents and children at our borders and throughout the country. The city of Gainesville will be participating in this march. CLICK HERE for …
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A New Worship Theme: The Not-So-Secret Garden!
A task force of the Lively Arts Committee—Daniel Webster, Nel Gammon Webster, Gwen Chrzanowski, and Mike Myers worked for many hours to create an indoor garden in our sanctuary! The worship space (always beautiful) is now enhanced by a weaving …
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Sanctuary Task Force Update
The Sanctuary Church Task Force of the United Church of Gainesville will recommend that the United Church of Gainesville publicly proclaim and act to be a support congregation to the local Sanctuary Movement at the Congregational Meeting on May 13th. …
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Before I Die I Want to…Wall Project
The UCG Before I Die I Want to …wall is in the UCG Courtyard the whole month of April. The Wall is in conjunction with the UCG small group that recently met for five Tuesdays evenings to study The Art …
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Statement on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting
Dear Beloveds, Here is a statement on the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting posted on February 15, 2018. It cites two bills in the Florida legislature calling for a ban on assault weapons. This information comes from the …
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Lenten Season- The Shadow of the Day
The season of Lent begins with Ash Wednesday, February 14, and continues for forty days and six Sundays—a time of preparation that recalls the period of testing Jesus spent in the wilderness. We have the gift of these forty days …
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Gun Sense: Will this be the Year for Change?
To join the effort at changing the laws and preventing more deaths: Everytown.org Momsdemandaction.org “Friends, this issue of justice reaches to the very core of our faith. According to a recent Gallup poll, 60% of all people who have recently …
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A Prayer for the New Year by Bishop George A. Appleton
Give me a candle of the spirit, O God as I go down into the deep of my own being. Show me the hidden things. Take me down to the spring of my life, and tell me my nature and …