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.

The “I” Word

Inclusion! It’s about making all people feel welcome. From those of us attending remotely:  Thank you for looking directly at the camera from time to time; for us, it’s eyecontact. We appreciate your waves; we find ourselves waving back! Thank you for remembering to always face the microphone while speaking. We are grateful when […]

Love is Central: SUUSI 2025

SUUSI is the Southeast Unitarian Universalist Summer Institute, a walloping week long summer camp for the young and the young at heart, a meet-up of Unitarian Universalist community, bringing together old friends and new. SUUSI 2025 will be July 20-26 in Radford, VA In 2025, we will gather in the foothills of the Blue Ridge […]

Come Dance with Us!

Hello! I am a new member of the UU Church. I am on the board of a group called the Tallahassee Community Friends of Old Time Dance, aka, contra dancing. I know several members of the UU Church who attend our dances and one who plays in bands for our dances. Tallahassee Community Friends of […]

April 2025 Green Sanctuary Good News Corner

States and cities can lead the way on global warming If the past is any indication, state and local action could be enough to allow continued progress on climate change, even without federal leadership. GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS  MARCH 14, 2025 The United States’ recent withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement indicates a shift away from […]

Message from Church Leadership

On February 16, 2025, a Congregational Meeting was held to vote on the Asking Budget for 2025-26 and to share information regarding planning for UUCT ministries in the future.  UUCT bylaws (Art. X. Sec. C) required a quorum of forty percent (40%) of the Qualified Members for this meeting because the Asking Budget includes the withdrawal […]

Board Minutes: January 2025

Board Attendees: Chase Den Beste, Marty Beech, Annette Pearce, Kim Ross, SallyAndersen, Alden HutchisonInvited Attendees: Rev. E.N. Hill & Greg De Angelo & Alessandra Nysether-Santos The meeting began with opening remarks from the board president, then a closed session was announced. There was a motion to approve the minutes and financial reports, which passed unanimously. […]

Treasurer’s January 2025 Report to the Congregation

After an encouraging December, current year pledges received in January decreased to $12,910, or  $7,902 below our monthly budgeted amount. Current year pledges totaled $75,785 fiscal year-to date, or 30.4% of annual budget, compared to our 58.3% target. With prepaid pledges included,  current year pledge receipts are 59.8% of annual budget. January receipts for other […]

71st Birthday Celebration: UUCT Birth Chart Reading

On Sunday, 3/2, we kickstarted the celebrations of UUCT’s 71st anniversary during a multigenerational service and a community potluck. In that worship service, we had such an abundance of engagement and excitement that I was not able to fully share the birth chart reading for our beloved Unitarian Universalist Church of Tallahassee. To make the information accessible […]

Going to Church on Sunday Morning

While this might be a poetic euphemism, while I have been known to do that sort of thing, while I am known, to the extent I am known, for making up and overusing silly phrases that could mean almost anything, today, right now, in predawn dark, as I digest my breakfast, sip my coffee, and […]