During October, the UCG Sunday Seminar Committee will host an inspiring collection of Sunday Seminars: They will be available on Zoom at 10:15am with the exception of October 17. Meeting ID: 829 6457 0385, Passcode: 1624. Click below to see October’s offerings.
October 3, 2021 – No Seminar; Fall Congregational Meeting
October 10 – “Budget Deep Dive!” – Last Sunday our congregation approved a “challenge budget”; but what is that really? Do you need more details before making your pledge? Are you curious about how the budget was developed? What about that PPP money? Join folks from the Board of Business and the PPP committee, plus our incredible accountant, Catherine Cake, as we tackle all questions you bring. Transparency: it’s a UCG thing.
October 17- Voter Suppression in Florida – Please note this seminar is at 11:00am. Since January of this year, 18 states have enacted 30 laws that make it more difficult for people to vote, including here in Florida. This campaign reflects a long history of voter suppression as an instrument of white supremacy. Join former State Representative Cynthia Chestnut, Dr. Lance Gravlee (UF Anthropology and UCG Racial Justice Committee) and Dr. Jay Maggio (St. John’s River State College Political Science and Alachua County Democratic Party) to place these developments in context and discuss strategies for fighting back.
October 24, 2021 – “Emerging Language”-A panel of UCG members of differing generations will talk about language that has emerged as we strive to describe our identities and relationships.
October 31, 2021 – “When the Veil Between Heaven and Earth is Wafer Thin,” with Sandy Reimer – On this Eve of All Saints’ Day, we will revisit Celtic and other traditions of remembering and honoring our loved ones who have died. Then we will share the ways and times when we have sensed or felt the presence of those dear ones: perhaps in dreams, perhaps in meditation and prayers, perhaps in both ordinary and extraordinary moments of grace. As St. John Chrysostom wrote, “Those whom we love and lose are no longer where they were before. They are now wherever we are.”