These are exciting times! Len Martin and I have consistently worked each Tuesday and Friday in September to give the Sanctuary bathrooms a much-needed refresh. So far, the partitions were removed, the ceilings were caulked and painted, the walls were cleaned, scraped, patched, primed and painted, and one light fixture and mirror was moved. We […]
This month’s Good News Corner puts to rest the question of whether organic farming can feed the world. The question has been answered by research the Rodale institute has conducted rigorously comparing conventional with organic farming. The information is presented in an article written by Steven Disla of the T. Collin Campbell Center for Nutritional […]
6:38 PM – Called to OrderOpening words and Chalice Lighting was led by Annette Pearce. Following a check-in with all attendees, the agenda was reviewed and revised. All voted to move final June meeting minutes to August’s agenda. The board accepted the Finance Committee reports for June without opposition. MPPGwendolyn Waldorf will continue working on […]
Fiscal year 2025-26 got off to a slow start with current year pledges of $9,644, or 50% of the monthly budget. By including prepaid pledges, total current year pledges received comes to 23.3% of the annual pledge total. Prior year pledges totaling $360 were received, bringing FY 2024-25 pledges received to 96.4% of the amount […]
Happy September! This is one of my favorite months. My husband and I both have September birthdays, I love the fall equinox, and it means that Halloween is getting closer. This year, it also means my baby’s expected arrival is getting ever closer! I am very excited about that. As we enter this month of […]
Greetings All! Most of you attend UUCT on Sundays and don’t know much about what happens at UUCT during the week. One of our recent large projects was pressure washing the walkways and then hiring Enviro-Mist, Inc. to pressure wash the roof on the sanctuary and clean the north side of the Annex building. We […]
Capital Area Justice Ministry (CAJM) is a coalition of 22 congregations who show up for social justice in our area. UUCT has been a member since its formation. This summer, CAJM earned success concerning affordable rental housing after four years of people power applied to this purpose! The Leon County Commission voted to include funds […]
Lately, in the “news”, there has been a huge effort made to remove crosswalk art on public roads in Florida. I had recently seen the crosswalks near the Leon County Courthouse and was excited to propose doing some artwork on the crosswalks at UUCT. I had barely got that idea ready to propose before things […]
The Vera Institute, an organization with 200 workers and founded in 1961, has a mission of trying to mitigate mass incarceration. Think of what will happen when billions of dollars in the big budget bill lead to rounding up thousands of immigrants. And most of these will be put in for profit prisons where profits […]
Good news! We now have building emergency or incident guidelines to help you figure out what to do at UUCT. The guidelines are set up on a room-to-room basis, so that each room can have its own set of instructions. Staff, volunteers, and members should be familiar with this information, so that everyone knows what […]
