Category: The Meridian

The UUCT newsletter, The Meridian, is digital and is emailed to subscribed congregation members, guests, and friends.

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All the articles and announcements contained in the newsletters are below.

Your Brain on Art

I have been impressed by the book “Your Brain on Art,” which I have heard on an hour- long radio program. I cannot improve on that, so I will tell you how to access it. On your computer, put in this link.https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2023-07-31/ivy-ross-and-susan-magsamen-your-brain-art

To Nurture Each Other and the Earth

You may remember the video we shared at our first meeting of Date with Death Club about the Coffin Club. Did it make you wonder about greener options to a standard coffin and a traditional cemetery? This month Date with Death Club and Green Sanctuary have teamed up together to offer three opportunities for folks to […]

Green Sanctuary’s Good News Corner

Renewable Energy Gains GroundMore than 30 per cent of the world’s electricity is now generated using renewables and the European Union is well ahead of this global average, a new report has found. Energy think tank Ember found that major growth in wind and solar helped push global electricity production past this milestone in 2023.  […]

Board Minutes for March 2024

Board minutes for the March 2024 UUCT board meeting were approved at the April meeting. Those minutes, along with the March 2024 Financial Reports can be viewed using the links below: March 2024 Board Minutes March 2024 Financial Reports The Executive Board meets the fourth Thursday of each month in Room C and via zoom […]

Treasurer’s March 2024 Report to Congregation

In March, for the third month in a row, pledge income exceeded the monthly budgeted amount, this time by $2,242. In order to reach our total budgeted pledge income for this fiscal year we will need to collect pledges at an average of almost $2,800 per month more than our monthly budgeted amount of $20,439. […]

Mark Your Calendars

Two Congregational Discussion Meetings will be held to discuss the proposed 2024-25 Final Asking Budget, Contract with the Minister. Endowment Use Plan, and update on UUCT’s Governance Structure. We will meet on in Room L. You may also attend by Zoom. A Congregational Annual Meeting will be held at 12:30 pm on Sunday, May 19, […]

May Flowers and Food for Thought

While May flowers have been brought on by April showers, our May Food for Thought monthly meeting will not be brought forth by our April meeting. We will be taking a month off to accommodate the congregational budget meetings that will be taking place in room L. The importance of these budget meetings cannot be […]

Happy Birthday Solar Panels

It was April 17th in 2007 when UUCT’s solar system was inaugurated, and its 10Kw solar panel array has been providing power to our church ever since. UUCT was the first church in Tallahassee to install solar on its campus. Since that time only two other churches have followed suit but many homes with rooftops […]

2024 Sustainable Communities Summit

The Green Sanctuary Team reminds you to join Leon County Government on Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Eastside Branch Library and Pedrick Pond Park to engage in the pursuit of a greener tomorrow at the 2024 Sustainable Communities Summit. Citizens can register for this free event at LeonCountyFL.gov/Summit. This year, […]